Baby and Kid Rooms!

One of the best parts about being a mom is decorating baby and kid rooms! I genuinely love getting to know what little odds and ends would help make each child's room feel extra special. Its hard to believe we have one teeny little nursery that has been decorated three different ways...once for Van, once for Jean-Margaret, and once for our "we have no idea what to expect" baby :)

This time around we decided to paint over the green walls. While green proves to be one of the most versatile gender-neutral colors, since we were keeping the same furniture (other than a borrowed crib from cousin Oliver)-- I decided to switch it up somehow and found this adorable neutral shade called "Cotton Balls" from Pottery Barn. I love how soft and cozy it makes the room!

I spotted the nursery rhyme toile bedding when I was pregnant with Jean-Margaret but I knew I wanted something a little more girly for her. Not knowing this baby's gender proved the perfect time to use such a fun gender-neutral print.

It features ladies having a tea party and watering a garden; simultaneously men hunting and humpty dumpty. The decor could go either boy or girl! G-Mommy sewed the beautiful curtains and crib skirt to match. 

As for unique personal touches...maybe we will add some monogrammed items and artwork--we will just have to wait and see the gender before we reveal our names!!

We moved Jean-Margaret into the old playroom (a risky transition because this room is full of bookshelves and she is quite a climber).  So far it has been the cutest little girl's room I could ask for. I really love the way it turned out.

We kept her chair in the nursery so we borrowed Van's old glider.  The denim-colored blue paired with her adorable pink curtains and dark brown walls created a great palate to incorporate some fresh colors into her existing color palate.

For her bedding, I used a combination of this and this and this.

Her room has a rather large closet (for a ranch-style house anyway) and she and Van play in there with mounds of pillows, stuffed animals, and books. When they are in their prime, they tell Evans and me to "stay out" and slam the door in our face. (A good sign we are ready for baby 3 who may want mom and dad around a little more often!!:)

For sweet Van, we decided it was time to create a little work space for him so that he could express his creativity during his down time. (Sounds like a good idea in theory right?)

What was supposed to be a picturesque little boy's desk and work bench has actually turned into a portable stool for him to reach things in his closet he isn't supposed to have access to. And as for the storage bench? We filled it with construction paper, crayons, stickers, and markers--which has led to little wads of paper all over his room and random marks on his furniture. At least he is expressing his creativity somehow, right?

For his bedding, I found this cute bedspread from PBK.

 His curtains and sheets are from Target--G-Mommy sewed the valance for his closet and window to match. The lamp I picked up for about $3 at a kid's consignment store in Chapel Hill.

Well that sums up our decorating spree over the past 9 months.

 Here's to two sweet kids:

 

...and our sneaky 3rd on the way!!