Nursery Progress. Dos.

This past weekend we spent some time getting the nursery together.  I assembled the crib with a little help from Jake and got my crib skirt, sheet, and breathable bumper (good lord that was a difficult little bugger to get installed!!) all put on it.

The crib and mattress were both shower gifts from Liam's wonderful Granny (Jake's mom.)

Jake (an expert at piecing together all things IKEA, I swear) assembled little man's "changing table" which is actually an IKEA Expedit bookcase with a changing pad attached to the top.  My plan was to buy as much versatile stuff for his nursery as possible so it's able to be used even after he's older

We also bought a yellow Lack side table from IKEA to go beside our glider/chair/recliner that I have yet to pick out.



That's it for now, but we'll be taking/posting more pics once it's completed!

Also, a bonus: belly pic!

35 Weeks on the nose...

Next on the agenda: DIY Roman shade and drum chandelier shade!

I stumbled across a tutorial for a sewless DIY Roman shade on Thrifty Decor Chick's blog, and I would love to try it out for the window above the sink in the kitchen.  The tutorial can be found here.  I chose this fabric for both the roman shade and the drum chandelier shade:

I love how classic it is, and it will look spectacular against both the white kitchen cabinets and the grey-blue paint I chose for the kitchen/attached dinette.  The chandelier will hang above the kitchen table in the dinette.  I cannot wait to get the fabric; it was $14.95 a square yard at tonicliving.com, which is more than I was aiming to spend, but I fell in love.  Of course, taking into account how much roman shades usually cost, as well as drum chandeliers, the $45 + shipping I'm spending on fabric plus this $10 Januari cord set from IKEA (minus the shade):

Along with a generic drum shade which I will cover with the fabric, these projects shouldn't cost more than $75.

If you are interested in covering a lamp shade with your own fabric, here is a great tutorial on Crafty Nest's DIY blog.