Baby Nelson's Nursery in progress.

This room was originally Ethan's nursery until we moved him into our spare bedroom which is now his big boy room. Soon it will be a train themed room because as you know he loves choo choos.

Ethan was very interested in what daddy was doing in the room. He watched everyday that he was in there along with Dougie and Dewie.

We started off the room in an antique white.

Watching patiently again:)

Drew is a master painter, he is so good at doing anything that needs to be done in the house. We are so lucky.

I found the most beautiful shimmer gray for the stripes. Martha Stewart paint to be precise! It was a bit more expensive than regular egg shell paint but we think it was worth it. We bought a different color gray at first and it looked blue on the walls so we decided to try the shimmer gray and I'm glad we did!

Because Ethan was our first child we really spared no expense on the furniture we bought him. Drew and I realize now that it was not so good choice on our end . Even though he can use the amoire and dresser for years and years and his bed turns into a toddler bed and a big boy bed. This time we decided to be more creative and thrifty! This was lots of fun for me to find good deals and fun things to do with inexspensive furniture. We bought the crib from Babies R Us again.. same brand as Ethan's but because it was the only one left that I wanted they sold the floor model to us. It was originally $495.00 and they marked it down 60%!!! I saw a tiny scratch on the bottom and asked if they could go down another 10% and to my amazement they said yes!! I guess it never hurts to ask. I love his crib its so purty.

The amoire in this picture is also from Babies R Us but we found it on Craigslist listed for $150.00 and we bought it for $100.00. Drew and I borrowed my mom's van and drove down to Buffalo, MN and picked up this beautiful amoire from a super nice family with two little boys too! We now have a hook up for buying beef because they own a farm and sell cow meat. Fun huh?!

I found this dresser on Craigslist as well listed for $100.00 and we bought it for $75.00. The fronts of this dresser were ugly so I decided to upholster it with this fun fabric. The crib sheets that we bought are houndstooth but this is the closest fabric I could find to it. I'm so proud of myself because I think it looks beautiful :)

Etsy is another place I LOVE and I found this organic handmade blankie that matched the theme we are going for which is kind of 50's retro. The colors of the room will be black, white, cream ,gray and yellow when all said and done. Were still waiting on the crib sheet, bumper and skirt but they will take 8 weeks to be here because they are being made just for baby Nelson!

And when your busy taking pictures to blog with your 2 year old is crawling from his rocker to his dresser to comb his hair with one sandal on. What a silly Monkey!