The Nursery

So I took a 1 week vacation from work. Mainly to keep from burning the place to the ground, but that's a different blog. 

One of the things Mo and I did was set up the nursery a little bit. We haven't had to buy much of anything for this kid so far. We've spent some money, sure, because we can and want to. But we pretty much got the "essentials" for free. So we spent some money of a few things we wanted and some decorative items. 

Here's some pictures. 

The changing table, with a white board for notes and such. 

The white board is something I got free a long time ago. The changing table is my old childhood desk. It has a detachable hutch I will attach when Josiah is ready for a real desk.

crib and giraffe

The crib was free from my sister. The bedding was not horridly expensive, but not cheap either. The giraffe is a great find from Goodwill. It's a Doug & Melissa toy that usually goes for 100 bucks. Got it for 10. Mo had to sew a seam tear on the neck is all.

rocking chair..and giraffe

I offered to get Mo a much more luxurious rocking chair, but she turned me down every time. This is what she wanted. It's simple and fits the room. And, again, the giant giraffe. Those curtains are "blackout" curtains. Trick is, they "only" block 99.9% of light. Those windows have no trees, no buildings, nothing to block the light and get a TON of light. I have no doubt that is 0.1% of the incoming light. We may need two layers or something. Not sure yet.

Shhhh, the panda is hiding. 

That chester drawer was part of the set my folks got me when I was a kid. It's from a company called This End Up. My folks got all me and my sisters a bedroom set. This set will be Josiah's and the other sets are now serving my nephew and niece. If you need furniture, this stuff lasts.

Don't jump giraffe, life is worth living!

The cloth on the chester drawer is actually a window valence, but I didn't want a window valence, so I repurposed it. The basket is holding the thing that we got from Jack and Shonda, but will eventually be a clothes hamper.

Ahhh...so many lovely right angles. 

This is the oak bookcase I built in high school for my dad...which I 'stole' from him as quick as I could. The frame is a gift from a former client and will hold some ultrasound photos. There's really nothing in the baskets yet.

And that's the tour of the nursery. We went to the JBF sale at the fairground yesterday. Mo got some hats for Josiah. I got a Star Wars lego set (totally for me). We got a few more things for Josiah we knew would need (diaper genie II, the breast pump Mo wanted, etc.). Good deals. All in all, I don't think we've spent more than $500 on the entire nursery. Granted, much of it was on discount, already owned, or gifted.