Captain Konrad's Nursery

I'm so excited that we're oh so, super duper close to finishing the nursery. Here are a few shots of the room.

We spent Christmas weekend painting the stripes around the room. Darin, of course, is a super good sport and did all of the hard work. All I have to do is come up with all these fun projects, and Darin makes them happen. If these lines would have been measured, marked and taped out by me, there's one thing I know for certain - they wouldn't be anywhere near this straight.

In the mail today I had two super fun packages from my Idaho BFF - Neeley. She's been sending me packages of all of her baby "favorite things" and today's packages mark number 3 and 4 - holy cow! It's so fun to go through all the items, and she also includes instructions, tips and what-to-do-when notes. I've never been so excited to read exactly why her favorite diaper rash medicine earned that title! She sent me the diaper bag in the photo below - a one of a kind bag made locally in her area from vintage fabric - I love it!

It seems like it took me forever to find a set of curtains that I liked, and I'm glad I waited, because these striped panels fit the bill.

The rocking chair in the shot below is from Darin's Auntie Annie. The chair has special meaning to Darin because his Auntie would rock him in the chair when he was just a little guy. The date stamp on the bottom of the the seat cushion is 1947. I'm going to give it a little love with a touch up of cream paint and antiquing, and then I'll re-cover the cushion in a plaid fabric. (Yes, just insert "Darin" where I put "I" in the sentence above.)

I think this is the fabric that I'll use for the seat cushion, and I think it will look fantastic on a cream antiqued rocking chair.

My hubby is also refinishing a dresser that I picked up via Craig's list. It was a great deal, and it's also a very sturdy piece with good lines. It's circa 1970, so the stain color was a little reminiscent of the Bee Gee's/Saturday Night Fever days, but it's going to look fantastic when Darin's finished. Only 14 weeks left until the Captain is planned to make his arrival, and that's if he doesn't show up early!