The Nursery

Today the drywall/plaster guys sprayed the girls' room and nursery.  I was so excited to see how it turned out that I made two trips to the house today to see how looked.  

The walls and ceilings look so fresh and new…love seeing these rooms transform into something that resembles a living space.  

The two rooms had 2-3 layers of painted-on wallpaper.  Here's some before shots:

And here's the north and south walls of the nursery, where Smalls will be residing in 9 weeks or so.

North wall:

South wall:

Token belly shot, mostly to prove that I can still see my feet

And here's my vision for how the nursery will look.  Not sure about the rug yet, but this is one option.  I hope she likes it.

You Can't Rush Art...or Enduring the During

The wallpaper removal process has begun.  I do not envy the poor soul taking the three layers (and possibly 50 years or more) of paper down.  Did I mention that someone along the way also painted on top of the three layers of wallpaper?

We've also had some recessed lighting installed in the kitchen.  I am looking forward to how bright it will be in there.  

I decided to tackle one of the new pendants from Restore that I picked up recently.  I tried rushing the process because I wanted to have one light done before evening.  The screws holding the fixture together were pretty rusted on, so after trying 3 pliers and some WD-40, we were able to get rolling. Here's what I learned: I need a warmer day and more time to do the lights correctly, but I think the first one turned out pretty well.

 You can't rush art.