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June 2nd, 2009

So we’re really concerned with getting the baby’s room ready, CAN’T YOU TELL??

Isn’t that bare lightbulb dead sexy. And don’t you just adore that black pipe in the middle of the white wall?? So special. It really makes me wonder what the heck the people who lived here before us did day in and day out. Don’t worry, I am compiling a list of grievances and will share with you all. Know this – they did not have a doorbell. Ok.

(note to self – add put up ceiling fan to the to-do list)

We’ve pretty much been using it to store all the baby stuff we have, plus 2 old dressers, a cabinet and a sideboard currently listed on craigslist (lots of interest on one of the dressers, hopefully selling it tomorrow!) Also those kitchen cabinets we took down that need to go to storage…lets see, what else…3 boxes of toiletries I’m supposed to be unpacking, oh and a bunch of old funky (read: NASTY) shelving we replaced and need to put out on bulk day or give away for free. Who has that kind of time?

So yeah. The black hole. Its sort of the bottom of the list in regards to unpacking.
My dad is coming in 2 weeks to help us finish up last minute projects before the baby comes so hopefully the little dude will not be too early. I know he’ll probably be late but one can dream.

Its not as if we haven’t done anything, I have been working on accumulating some items for his room for months in the event we actually do get around to setting it up.

Since these items are stored in many different places including:

• somewhere in that scary scary room
• our storage unit 15 minutes away
• sitting unassembled in a very heavy box from ikea
• the store we are intending to buy said item in
• randomly on top of my dresser cause I’m scared I’ll lose it

I decided there was no way I’d be able to choose a paint color without doing a mood board of sorts so VOILA! My first attempt at mood boarding via digital scrapbooking.

 

So yeah. There’s no theme and no real rules except “no pink”. Other than that anything goes. We got animals, we got sports, we even have cars/planes/boats in the form of some wooden toys I bought to display. I guess the main colors are blue and brown with green, brick red, and yellow accents. I’m also thinking about covering up the bottom of the crib if I can do it creatively and still use the drawer (I think some sort of decoupage fabric action, need to do more research but stay with me here). We aren’t planning on setting that up until the end of the summer at the earliest so I have some time to look into the options.

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