We have a NURSERY!

Getting ready for a baby is a pretty insane process. I've completed more projects than I ever anticipated I would. I have a giant pile of stuff that we are donating this weekend, and there is still more to do around here before Alyanna makes her grand appearance!

We finally got the spare room cleared out for her nursery. It's like a brand new room. We cleaned it from top to bottom. Since we have wood floors, we went to a local carpet place and we were able to buy a remnant, which they cut down to our exact measurements, bound the edges, and put felt on the bottom of it so it doesn't scratch.

It all became a very rushed process when we found out on the Saturday before Easter that our baby furniture would be here on Tuesday/Wednesday of the following week. That gave us Monday to order the carpet. We had our fingers crossed the timing would work out, but it of course didn't. So we got the furniture first and the carpet second. It made moving everything kind of a pain in the butt.

So here is the room before, so you can recall:

Wow, what a mess. I kind of forgot myself, what a disaster that was.
Here it is NOW:

I donated a ton of scrapbooking stuff, but I also did some reorganizing of other closets and spaces in the house to be able to keep 95% of it. Alyanna's closet might also be filled with scrapbooking stuff at the moment, but we're working on it. ;)

Since the picture above, we've taken everything off the walls, but we need to finish patching the holes and do some touch up painting. One thing at a time though! Did I also mention I scrapbooked ten pages this past weekend? I am beginning to feel so accomplished!

Next on the cleaning and organizing agenda

Not much to report as far as progress with projects, but here is a glimpse at our next one. We have to move all the stuff from this room into our living spaces so that we can create a nursery for our baby girl.

You can also see my key chain collection!

 

Currently the cat supplies are in this room because otherwise the dog gets into them, but we just bought a cool cat box hider, which we will set her food on top of so that the dog still won't get into it, and the cat box will be hidden. Link to The Cat Washroom Bench Litter Enclosure.

One good thing is that we know we can keep the paint color the same because we chose a bedding that has pinks and yellows. It's called Dena Happi Tree.

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I am most not looking forward to cleaning all that stuff out. It's requiring me to clean out other parts of my house to make room for all my scrapbooking supplies. Good luck to me!!!

Part of doing the DVD/Video game organization and condensing the space it used was to make room for the cat washroom and my husbands desk. We have room for that. So we just need to address items in our closet and my scrapbooking stuff.


Happy Organizing, Friends!