The Refurbished Nursery

We have successfully turned the old office/crafting/storage/guest room space into a room for the baby. The transformation began over the summer with a major clean-out which included many trips to Boomerangs, deliberation about what we actually needed vs. just didn't know how to say goodbye to, and a significant transfer of stuff from this room to Craig's music room (which is now considered a multi-purpose room). Some details on the images:

1) little yellow rocker from Craig and Meredith's childhood- a coat of yellow paint to brighten it up

2) yarn rug made by Sarah's Great Grandmother Lena (circa the early 70's - was made as a gift for my mother)

3) stained-glass windows purchased this summer at Brimfield Fair - with some minimal clean up and fresh coat of paint on the frames, they transformed into something magical

4) Merimekko curtains - we deliberated for at least 3 hours at the Merimekko fabric store in Spain this summer when trying to decide which fabric to buy. In the end, we think our choice was absolutely perfect. Thanks Bob and Judy for the spending money to splurge on cool fabric!

5) orange polka-dot futon - with some creativity and plenty of velcro, I transformed an old IKEA duvet cover (which I purchased at least 10 years ago for about $5) into a futon cover that mimics great-grandma's rug nicely.

6) pillows covers made from the left-over curtain and duvet cover fabric - easy, fast and super satisfying