Clara's Room

I've wanted to take pictures of Clara's nursery for awhile now, but it's always been too messy when I think about it. Well I finally remembered today and since we're toying with the notion of turning her crib into a bed, and getting rid of the changing table since she's too long for it, I thought I'd better get it done. It will soon be a little girls room, not a nursery. Sniff sniff.

I was never really interested in the themed bedding I saw when I was expecting, so I decided on this pretty floral set and then made her room kind of a garden theme, with butterflies, bunnies and frogs. It kind of has a shabby chic thing going. Then after we moved here, I found a really cute book in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble on stenciling kids rooms and it came with the stencils included. I fell in love with the sheep and thought it would look great in her room. It strays from the garden theme a bit, but not too far. I absolutely love her rocking lamb; it was her birthday gift from us.

I bought the letters above her crib from a company online. They were very reasonbly priced and you could choose from lots of different fonts, sizes and thinknesses. I painted them and added the ribbon myself. I also hung a few butterflies from the ceiling instead of buying a mobile.

This wall is my main dilemma in child proofing her room prior to getting the crib out. I've got to figure out a place to put her storybooks so she can't get her grubby hands on them and there are some breakable things I need to move, but where?

The shelf above her changing table holds a couple of my old dolls. The blue dress was a doll dress made by my grandmother and she also made the sock monkey. There are a couple of my My Little Ponies and a paperback Charlotte's Web that was the first "big kid" book I read.

I painted the walls and did the stenciling back in September. I was very pleased with the way it turned out, but it took FOR-EVER. Let me assure you, stenciling is not for the faint of heart. But if you stick with it and really take your time, it looks wonderful.

And here's Daddy and Clara giving Mommy a big hug.