Nursery Photos
pamelamyers | September 6, 2009
Finally! I promised months ago it seems that I would post photos of the nursery when everything was done. Well…drum roll please…it’s finally done! Everthing is ready for Sam. Her clothes, blankets, and bottles are washed, the nursery is set up, the crib is made, and everything that can possibly be put away is away. We even went to the state police on Friday and had our car seat inspection to make sure she is as safe as can be when tooling around in everyone’s Hondas. Everything is ready….now we just need Sam.
Mark and I worked so hard on the nusery, starting so many years ago when Sam was still just a dream. I can still remember us in there painting, and painstakingly trying to make the nicest looking clouds. Mark was in school at the time, and working so hard on getting his Master’s degree. And yet we still found time to get everything just so. When we had settled on the green grass/sky blue theme, Mark and his dad put up the chair rail to get things moving. I was a little worried about that project — not that it wouldn’t turn out well, but that they would wind up killing each other before it was done! Putting up a chair rail is not as easy at it appears, with all the measuring, cutting and mitering, but they were such a great team that day and they did the most fantastic job and in only one short day.
Here are some photos, with some commentary:
This photo is what the room looks like as you walk in. You can see the bassinet clearly, that as I mentioned in an earlier post, Mark’s maternal grandfather made for him to sleep in. The dresser you see behind it, that is doubling as a changing table, was my grandmother’s. My mom used it as her dresser when she was a child, now Sam can use it too. We recently had it refinished (the many years of non-use had dulled the finish a bit) and it is so gorgeous now. I have to give thanks here to the wonderful man who refinished it for us, Bruce Collins. He does furniture refinishing on the side, and this is the second piece he did for us (the first was my grandmother’s cedar chest, also a waterfall pattern). If you live in the area and need any work done, please contact Bruce at bcfurniture@rcn.com. He does beautiful work and will treat any piece of furniture you give him with love. The bookcase (which is already full!) was mine as a child.
This is the view as if you were standing in front of the bookcase. The rocking chair was my grandmother’s. We painted it to make it more nursery-like.
This is the view if you were standing in front of the rocking chair. The glider and ottoman, which are SO comfortable, were a shower gift from my mom and Joe. Mark and I can’t wait to sit in it and rock Sam while we feed her or just give her some hugs. Behind it you can see yet another piece of old furniture that started out as my grandmom’s. My mom used the chifferobe, as did I. It aslo has the same waterfall pattern that Mark and I love. The crib can be seen in this photo. Mark’s mom and dad so kindly bought us the crib as a gift. Sam is a lucky girl to have two sets of such wonderful grandparents who are spoiling her already!
This photo shows the crib the best. It looks so cute all made up with the animal theme. (Of course, anyone who knows Mark and I would know that we just had to have animals all over the room). Speaking of animals….we caught Zephyr mid-stride entering the room to see what exciting thing we were doing in there. She LOVES the nursery and we often catch her napping on either the rocking chair or the glider.
Finally, here is one last photo of the room inspectors, doing their duty and making sure it is all cozy for Sam : ) I don’t think Zephyr and Muffin have quite figured out why we made the room up so nice, but they do love it. We hope Sam loves it as much as we all do.
