House tour: Baby K's ocean-themed nursery

Finally, it's time to show off baby's room! It's an ocean/fishy themed room - there's not a ton of themey-type stuff, but a few accents around. Here's the view from the door.



• The glider was purchased on Craigslist.
• Chinese paper lanterns are from San Francisco Chinatown.
• Bookshelf is Ikea Expedit.
• Above the window I hung all the cards received at the baby shower.
• The quilt hanging on the crib was made by Aunt Sam and matches the theme of the room!

• Stroller is Baby Jogger City Mini.
• Crib is Ikea Sundvik.
• The wall mural is decals that were purchased from signchick1 on Etsy.

The mobile I made turned out to match the wall decal perfectly!



The bookshelf holds lots of books, a piggy bank and toys.

The dresser was daddy's when he was a kid. On the left is a changing pad... and I'm cheap so I just put a pillowcase on it instead of buying covers! The drawers under that hold all of our changing supplies. The diaper cake on the right will be disassembled when we need them, but it's so cute I wanted to leave it up for a while.

On either side of the dresser I framed pages from a children's book I found at a thrift store called Across The Big Blue Sea.

The other artwork on either side of the window and by the door is pages from the book The Rainbow Fish. Aunt Victoria found this set of 3 already framed at a thrift store.

The growth chart on the door was a freebie from Babies R Us when we registered. The trash can in the middle has a wetbag from 529 Baby to hold dirty cloth diapers.

And finally, the closet...

It has great vertical storage space - that top bar is too high for me to even reach, but it will be great to hang too-small clothing as baby grows out of them.

Thanks for visiting! T minus 8 days until my due date!!

Nursery sneak peek

The nursery is now pretty much set up with the big stuff, now we just need to fill it with ALL those small items! Here's a sneak peek :)

Dresser - Daddy's since childhood

Glider chair - Craigslist

Chinese lanterns - San Francisco Chinatown

Bookshelf - Ikea Expedit

Stroller - Baby Jogger City Mini
Crib - Ikea Sundvik
Mobile - DIY (I'll blog about this once I have my real camera back and can take good pictures!)

Coming soon: Art, mattress, window treatments.

Coming later: Bedding, changing pad, laundry and diaper hampers, stuff on the shelves, tons of other baby gear.

House tour: Hall bathroom

This is probably the room that's closest to being done, which is exciting. Reminder of "before" bathroom:

Since moving in, we've:

• Replaced the nasty old cracked toilet seat that actually pinched your bootie (this alone transformed the room)
• Added a shower curtain and rod
• Replaced the fug laminate countertop with marble, which included a new sink and faucet too

Please excuse the awkward angle taken standing on the tub; it's a very small room!

We're almost done! All that we are planning to do in the near future is add cabinet hardware and replace the light fixture.

House tour: Kitchen

Our kitchen has improved 100% in aesthetics and functionality in the past few months! As a reminder, here's the kitchen before we moved in:

And here she is today:

The changes I told you about a few months ago are coming along! So far, here's what we've done in the kitchen since moving in:

• Added the fridge
• Added the island
• Installed an under cabinet wine rack and magnetic knife rack
• Replaced the old blue horizontal blinds with bamboo roman shades
• Installed hooks for storage by the door
• Had granite countertop installed
• Replaced the sink and faucet
• Painted the walls

Here's what we plan to do next:

• Add a backsplash
• Replace the linoleum floor with tile
• Replace the lighting fixtures

House tour: Dining room

I owe this little blog some updates. I apologize - everything comes along so slowly and I wanted to have amazing "after" pictures to share... but that clearly won't be for a while! So my goal in the near future is to give you an "in progress" house tour. Starting with the dining room. First, here's a reminder of the dining room when we bought the house:

And here it is today:

What we've done so far:

• Painted the walls
• Added the bamboo roman shade to the window
• Bought a new dining set

Upcoming plans for this room:

• Add art on the walls
• Buy a buffet/sideboard for under the window
• Stain the supports under the granite bar to match the cabinets
• Add curtains for both the window and the sliding glass door
• Replace the carpet with tile flooring
• I want to do something to make the back of the kitchen cabinets less of an eyesore - I just don't know what!

Empty house tour - bedrooms & bathrooms

I already showed you the outdoor areas and common areas - the last part of the house you haven't seen is the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Bedroom #1: Master (not much to see when empty - all the bedrooms look the same!)

Master bathroom

Hall bathroom

Bedroom #2: Office

Bedroom #3: Guest room

Bedroom #4: Extra (future nursery :)

Empty house tour - common areas

Here's a look at the kitchen, dining room and living room before we moved in (I already showed you the outdoor areas).

This is what you see when you walk in the front door:

The living room has a wood stove.

I like that we have an entry area separate from the living room, with tile rather than carpet, double doors and tall windows.

The dining room is connected to the living room, behind those lovely wooden bars.

Those upper cabinets blocking the kitchen view are kind of inconvenient, but they're staying because they make up a good portion of our kitchen storage.

Last for today is the kitchen. That door leads to the garage.

  

Just one more post until I can show you the changes we've made already, and plan to make!