First Bedroom and Nursery Reveal!

Way overdo reveal of the first bedroom and nursery!  In order for our home to be approved we had to have the bedrooms set up and ready as if they would drop off a child(ren) today.  The first room we did was months ago but we finally got it pretty much all set up.  I don't have before's and only after's on my computer so those will just have to do! 

Revealing the Dot Room!

We kept this room gender neutral and bright and cheery just as you will see we did for the nursery.


Still considering a slipcover for our pull-out couch to make it blend into the room better.  Note the original hardwood floors we had to rip out the old carpeting and clean to uncover! 


The toddler bed is oh so cute!  This room would be for kids we take in that are likely 3-4+


The bunked beds


My girlfriend Megan helped Brian and I make these tie blankets.  We have the green blankets that are a single layer fleece on each bed but needed heavier blankets come winter time.  It was near impossible to find bright colored comforters especially since we wanted two in a twin size and one in a toddler size that all match so we decided to make them! 


Of course the room has a lot of books on the bookshelf....many of which are Dr. Seuss our favorite!


Even the ceiling fan was "pimped".....Ummm I mean "dotted"


The back of the door has a dry erase board we intend on being our "Welcome board" where we will write the child's name and it has cork board with push pins around the edges to hang pictures and other items on.

Here is the nursery reveal! 

The before's:

Notice tiny bit of the old carpeting


We were painting the walls white therefore everything was pushed into the center of the room.


Our friend Lindsey and her boyfriend help paint the walls white with us which we greatly appreciated!

The durings:


We used a laser level to create straight vertical lines for our stripes


We learned a trick that after you put your painters tape down you paint over with your under-color and wait for it to dry before you put your new color over.  By doing this, it seals the tape and any color that would leak is in its original color therefore wouldn't be noticed or seen.


Then the red and blue went up!


When waiting for the paint to dry, we replaced the dinky light in there with a ceiling fan


When we pulled the tape away we had perfect crisp lines throughout the room! 


It was then time to pull out the carpeting and padding!


Half way there, so happy taking this carpeting out meant we are completely carpet free in our home right now!  We likely will have carpeting in our basement but at least the first floor is now so easy to sweep and wash.  You never know how dirty carpeting is until you pull it out...makes you want to never ever even walk on carpeting again!

The Finished Product:

Looking into the room


When you walk in to the left side is the crib.  Love this crib because it was my families crib used for each of us kids beyond Mary Grace.  We put on the plastic edges to baby proof it.  We still need to make a dust ruffle to hide the diapers and wipies under the crib.  We made the crib tie blanket the exact same as the ones in the dot room.  We purposely did so if we would need to move any of the beds around they can each go in either room and coordinate well. 




Changing table holding our new gang of Dr. Seuss characters plush toys.  We are planning to put them all on a shelf but for now they are hanging out on the changing table until then.




Love the Dr. Seuss quotes throughout the room!




The rocking chair my parents bought when I was born.  Such a precious treasure to now have in our nursery.  It must have been meant to be in our nursery since the original red seat cushion matches perfectly! 




Another view of the crib and the new ceiling fan light we installed



Don't worry Tucker.....you will always be our baby too!!!!!