Charlie Grace's Nursery

Well, I am almost 39 weeks pregnant with Charlie Grace and as of THIS MORNING, the nursery is COMPLETE!! Yaayy!! I am SO. IN. LOVE. with this room! I wish I were a better photographer so that I could capture the true sweetness, but I did my best!!

I started designing this room before Charlie was even officially Charlie. I mean, I named Charlie before I even met Brian. Having a little girl is basically what I'm built for. Glitter and bows and cutesy girlie lovely wonderfulness. 
Except she's my child. So there's a good chance she'll be sassy and smart-assy and insistent on doing her own thang. That's fine. As long as she'll wear bows while doing it. 

GUYS. What will I do if she won't wear BOWS? I swear I'll start over. 
So the goal for the nursery was something simple and bright and girlie but not traditional cheesy pink. This surprised me a bit because I always expected to have a pink nursery. To the untrained eye, it IS pink. But, be informed, people: the color is CORAL. ;)

Up until last weekend, this room was a dungeony mess. I documented some of the madness on my #TeacherMom blog. (Click here). However, Charlie Grace stayed put in her warm, cozy uterine home (thanks, guuurl) and Beckett shipped off to Grandma & Papaw's for the weekend, so Brian and I set to work. Saturday & Sunday, we completed the wallpaper and most of the floors. The wallpaper was a HOT MESS PROJECT. After the first strip (which we tore putting up and then realized we could still see the paint shining through and therefore needed to start over with primer), Brian tried to convince me SEVERAL TIMES that we COULD just return it and buy a gallon of paint for the fraction of the cost. I reminded him that if I am going to grow a human being for 9 months, the least he could do is spend an afternoon fighting wallpaper. He conceded. 
Also, look closely because THE PAINTED WALLS HAVE GLITTER!! Gaaahhh!!! They are SO. STINKIN. FUN!! Most of the pictures don't capture it very well, but this one shows it fairly well. :)

THEN! Magic happened. My baby brother (Devin) and his AWESOME wife (Katie) decided last minute that they would come to our rescue. AH-MAY-ZING. These two flew in on Monday afternoon, worked their HINEYS off, and flew out Tuesday early evening! In the short hours between, they completed MY ENTIRE TO DO LIST. Whaaaat?!?!? Ya'll I'm STILL IN AWE.  Here's the proof:

That, my friends, is Devin. LITERALLY snoring on the floor. This happened. But he didn't sleep the whole weekend.

Sadly, I didn't take a single picture of Katie ALL weekend. Worst sister of the year award, officially earned (me, not her). SHE is a rock star. I literally sat around most of the weekend, totally playing the pregnancy card, while they finished the baseboard, built & installed the shelves (which were a FEAT), painted the dresser & crib, hauled stuff up and down the stairs,  cleaned my van, hung curtains, and so. much. more. If it weren't for them (and Brian, of course), this room would NOT BE DONE.

And now for the details. :)

The chair I reupholstered myself! Yeah. That happened. And the crib was a hand-me-down from Brittany. Katie painted it with white chalk paint. I did the monogram pillow. And that sequin pillow? THRIFT STORE. Bam.

  The curtains I originally saw on Pinterest, and then hunted down on Etsy for A MILLION DOLLARS. So, I found the fabric online and it took about 5 seconds to sew the rod hole at the top. Done!

I love this pretty tieback & the flowy cuteness. :)

The closet was also Pinterest inspired. :) The shelf situation came from Nana & Papa and then my very talented brother assembled it. After he and Brian carried it up the stairs and maneuvered it into the room, we realized it wasn't the white color we wanted!!! {Thank you Allen + Roth for messing that up}. So my fabulous team proceeded to carry it BACK. DOWN the stairs and outside for a quick spray paint. Thanks, Katie! My sexy husband sprayed the poles Champagne to go with the room and cut them to size. I mostly watched as all of this transpired. We call those pregancy perks.

I love that these shelves are clean and pretty and not hidden behind closet doors. I think it makes the fairly small room look more open. I also love that there are shelves high enough that I feel safe having glass decor :) 

We also sprayed these baskets to match the room. :) Can you see the glittery wall back there?!?! EEEE!!! :)

We put so much time and thought into the detail of this room. I'm so glad it turned out just how I'd imagined. 

And now we wait! Hoping Charlie Grace makes her appearance into this world SOON, because I'm ready to snuggle a baby (and not be pregnant anymore).