One essential ingredient to getting your newborn to sleep well is room darkening shades. Around Kate’s fourth month of age two things happened–we moved her to her crib and she started becoming more aware of her surroundings. I decided it was a good time to get some room darkening shades to help Kate with her
Before we kick off all the behind the scenes details of how I put Kate’s nursery together, I have a few more “final” pictures to share. These were taken by Andrea Elberg–the photographer who did Kate’s newborn photo shoot–and they capture the room so much better than I was able to! If you read Part
After one ultrasound, four months of planning and execution, and a handful of reader death threats later, the time has come to finally reveal our daughter’s nursery! Now this may come as a surprise to you, but I was absolutely clueless about what to do for our daughter’s nursery. I figured it would be so
Autumn is definitely my favorite season, but for some reason I never decorate for it. However, since Baby G&D is due just after Christmas I decided not to deck the halls this year and instead opted for a little fall decor which I can put out and take down while I still have the energy
I know you’re looking forward to a nursery post, so you may be happy to hear that this is somewhat related. G and I have always planned for the smallest bedroom (a.k.a the “4th bedroom“) across the hall from our master to one day be the nursery. Until that time we were using it as
I’ve been enjoying this colorful centerpiece on my dining room table all summer–and it’s perfect for fall which is right around the corner! The vase was a gift from my mother-in-law, the orange embroidered runner is from Pottery Barn ($6 on clearance!) and the flowers are from our front yard. Simple and cheerful!
I love graph paper. It’s quite possibly my number one favorite decorating tool–after my wine, of course. Before I spend even a minute moving furniture or pondering whether something will fit in a space, I bust out my trusty graph paper and get to work. The first space I graphed in our current house–and also
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