Well, the past week brought a little nursery progress. No thanks to me. My motivation seems to have left the building. While I had a list of projects to work on over the weekend, I accomplished none of them. Although I did catch up on Downton Abbey and read a book.
But, that’s a whole other story for another day.
In progress news, we decided on the Jenny Lind crib in white for Baby Dub. We ordered the crib and mattress on Amazon on Monday, and the items were on our doorstep on Wednesday and Thursday. (Since we have a Prime membership, shipping was free.)
I was so darn excited, I convinced Ryan to get it all set up in the nursery.
Franco and Lola helped. They are quite the little worker bees.
It went together really quickly and the puggies approve.
Then over the weekend, while I twiddled my thumbs, my fairy godpeople (aka my mother-in-law and father-in-law) painted the baby’s room.
You can tell from the above pictures that the new color is quite a bit lighter than the old color, which I painted last January. I thought it was too dark from the beginning, but I tried to talk myself out of it. In the end, it was never quite right and made the room cave-like. When my in-laws offered to paint the room, I jumped at the chance before they could change their minds.
And I’m glad I did! The new color is a lot lighter and brighter, which makes the room look enormous.
I decided to go with Martha Stewart’s Sharkey Grey – color matched to Behr Ultra Premium Plus.
The color pops well with all the white, but it’s plenty manly for our little guy.
So, that’s the nursery progress. I purchased all the curtain fabric online and it should be here this week. Let’s hope I can get my rear in gear and get going in this room. I don’t think I can count on other people to do it all for me. (No matter how much I hope.)
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Oonafey says
It’s gonna be great! What color were the walls originally? I just brought home a sample of Martha Stewart Driftwood Gray and love it for the bedroom, but now I’m a little concerned it’s gonna be too dark.
Kelly @ Corner of Main says
The nursery looks great so far! I am jealous of baby dub’s big closet. I also noticed you guys didn’t paint you wood doors, which makes me feel better because most of our woodword is white but the doors are wood. I was debating if we should paint them or not, but now I am thinking not. =)
Sugarr2518 says
That’s great that your fairy godpeople could help with the painting:) It’s looking good..can’t wait to what you guys do next!
Stephanie says
you have awesome fairy godpeople ๐ the room looks great! off to a superb start.
Mrs. Chic says
love MSL Sharkey Grey, perfect color choice – lovely!
*claire* says
i love it!! the crib already looks great with the new wall colors. you’re so lucky to have such great in-laws :))
Kristen says
Love the crib and the new wall color! Cant wait to see more nursery projects!
Lyndsey says
Wow totally love how the white pops with the gray.
Brandi @ His Shabby Her Chic says
How sweet of your in-laws to paint for you! It turned out great. And the lighter color was definitely the way to go!
Michelle says
It’s looking great! Your dogs are so cute. ๐
Joi says
That is the perfect gray!! I’ve had some luck with pretty sweet helpers, too. We’re lucky girls, K!
Katie @ Paisley Print Shoes says
Your in-laws look so NICE!!! ๐ YEAH for nurseries!
Jen @ Paisley Print Shoes says
how exciting! i love it that your pups tested out the crib. so cute!
Sara @ Russet Street Reno says
That new color is so much better in there, nice work making the parents do the painting, too! I won’t be so lucky I’m afraid….
Michael - Innkeeper says
your family in law is so smiley!! haha. LOVE IT!
The room is looking great kim!
LizzieBeth says
Jenny Lind crib + antique dresser? Stop stealing my nursery, hehe.
LOVE the grey. Love love love it. Love the rug too.. where did you get it? I am looking for something like that for the monster’s room.
LB
Erin @ Domestic Adventure says
It all looks amazing already! Yay for nurseries!
And yay for Downton Abbey. I stayed up wayyyy past my bedtime last night to watch the finale. Love that show.
Lindsey says
LOVE the color! What awesome in-laws!!:)
yeoldesandwichshoppeva says
Gee, you guys sure are slave drivers. Poor pugs needed to take a nap in the crib they were so exhausted from all that helping! ๐
Yay, fairy godparents! The Sharkey Grey is a lovely neutral and much brighter than the previous color! Perfect for a little man! I’m so looking forward to seeing how this crib comes together. ๐
Nicole @My Thrafty Life says
I really love that crib! And just when I thought I couldn’t love it any more you go and put 2 PUGS IN IT. Gosh I love them, they look like so much fun.
Don’t you just love Amazon Prime? Now that I have had it I don’t think I could live without it. You have pretty great fairy godpeople, lucky dog! I can’t wait to watch the progress of the nursery!
Chelsea @ {twotwentyone} says
Looks great! The grey and white look great together. I want some fairy godpeople to come to my house and paint for me. Lucky.
Nikki says
His room is going to be so cute! I’m such a fan of the color and the crib.
Carrie @ Hazardous Design says
Omg! I must have been living on the moon, because I just learned about your good news! Congratulations!
Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says
It’s so great to have helpful in-laws! I really like that color!
2littlehooligans says
its looks great! and i am so jealous over those closets. i only have one tiny 1/2 closet in the whole house. oh and i love that little dresser in there. are you going to get rid of it? i’ll gladly give it a new home:)
Anonymous says
Love what you have done thus far! I think the color is a huge improvement.
But more importantly… I love the puggies!!! Seeing Franco and Lola in the crib makes me wonder if I got my three puggies their own crib, if they’d let me and hubby have our bed back. Hmmm…. ๐
lyndsay @ Mr and Mrs says
oh my gosh, i loooove the color! i can already see how much bigger the room looks. You must be getting so excited!!
LifeBegins@Thirty says
Ooh looks so great!! Love the crib and the wall colour.
Leigh says
Looks great! My craft room is a bit too dark of a gray, this would be a nice in-between…but I just repainted it last summer and it was a HUGE paint if only I had fairygod people painters.
Emily says
I love that crib! The room is going to look so great, Kim.
On another note, all of you non-procrastinators are getting me in trouble with Caroline. “Kim is starting on the nursery. 5 Camels is almost done with hers. Can Baby McKevitt’s room be a priority please?”
Cindy @The Flipping Couple says
Wow, I love the gray. I mean, I liked it before, but LOVE it now. Great choice. I also love the pugs in the crib. So cute!
Mrs. Adventure says
PS: I almost forgot… I did a tutorial today for making baby onesies the whole time I thought “Kim would totally make these” so tell me am I wrong?
Mrs. Adventure says
I LOVE the bright white against the grey it looks amazing. As a matter of fact I’m now scratching my chin wondering if the cherry wood that I’ve picked is going to be too dark?
Sigh.
Amanda @ Serenity Now says
Oh, those white pieces are really popping!! So wise to go with white. I think that dark wood for all of the furniture would have gone back to cavelike. That beautiful antique dresser is the perfect mix! Your inlaws are so sweet to help you, and it looks like they did a marvelous job!! I had to paint Natalie’s room all by myself with a bandanna over my nose and the window open. Yep, that’s how helpful my dear husband was. :s
Leigh @ Kesler Expressler says
Love the wall color. It looks great with the mix of white and wood furniture. Can’t wait to see the fabric you ordered!
Denise in PA says
The nursery is going to be lovely! The crib looks great – Lola and Franco look so good in it, they’ll think it’s for them – LOLOL!
daisy says
So far, so good! Great work in-laws!
Anne @ Hello Newman's says
love the white and gray! That crib is adorable!