workin on the nursery

so we've been working on a place to stick Hazel's stuff. not an easy task when you are 6 and 3/4 people in a 1700 square foot house, but the Lord has blessed and it is all coming together. we converted the playroom to her nursery. this room has had so many personalities since we moved in 8 years ago. it was the study at first, then the dining room, then the playroom, and now the nursery.

it needs some touch up on the window sill paint, but otherwise we'll keep the color the same.

i made a couple of strings of flags to tie in the rugs and the fabric in the bedding. the quilt on the futon is part of the bedding set that all the kids have used. i plan to paint and distress the high chair. it's had a little wear and tear over the past 12 and a half years.

another set of flags, and a homemade chalk board. i have something else i plan to hang above the bed. i'll post a pic of that when i do.

unassembled bed. still working on this. we had some snags with some parts that need replacing. again, same bed and bedding that the other four have used.

i've had this wire strung up for years to display the kids' artwork. i decided to use it for some cheap decorating. i found pics from magazines and ran them off on our printer. since our ink cartridges were running low on ink, it made a nice effect. oh, and there's an original pic of Margaret and Samuel when they were littles.

and this is where i'll spend many a late night with Hazel, here on the futon, watching late night infomercials.

i picked this up at Target the other night. pretty cute for mass produced junk, huh?

and this is a cabinet that Daddy made for me. it's really a kitchen hutch, but it's been converted to my diaper station. inside is my hoard of cloth diapers. in the bottom are H's clothes. i need to replace the knobs with something more attractive. that little purse was one i made Margaret to go with an Easter dress i made for her one year. seems like it was just yesterday. in reality, if i care to admit it, it was 7 years ago. =(

so that's the progress so far. i hope to get more done over the weekend.