After

When you do design work from afar, "after" photos are unpredictable at best.  I was able to get shots of this nursery, but something happened to the memory card and alas, there are no photos of the finished space.  It is no longer a little girl nursery--life moves pretty fast!

In the same house, I designed this nursery for baby number 3.  I posted these progress shots.  Going through old photos looking for something else, I realized I snapped this picture (below) when I was in NYC last summer.  And guess what?  This is no longer a nursery either!  So this will have to do.

This is the other side of the room--it was teensy tiny!  (remember the floorplan work?)

Just goes to show you can certainly pack a lot of style into a small space.

Happy Monday!

Teensy Nursery: The final plan

Yup, we have a plan.  And none too soon, as baby is due September 5!  (These were earlier versions.)

I have been receiving dispatches from New Jersey, including a shot of the perfect dresser in the little niche (where once I dreamed of a built-in crib), and the paint treatment with that fabulous orange racing stripe!

I hit up the new(ish) FLOR store here in Minneapolis on Friday to find the perfect grey and white tiles to create the offset stripe rug, and I am psyched to use both the bookworm shelf and Debbie Carlos's kick-ass fireworks print in the same project.

The upholstered screen is an idea-in-progress to kill two birds with one stone: this tiny nursery was never meant to house a wee one, and the whole-house sound system is taking up one corner.  There is also no door, as this once-office is just off the second floor landing.  The idea is to create a hinged screen that swings to cover the sound system when anyone is in the room, and swings the other way to close off the space when baby boy is sleeping.  We'll see how it comes together....

New to Me: Babyletto

Have you seen the adorable nursery collection Babyletto at Target?
Like Oeuf or other modern nursery lines, only affordable.
I came across these while working on this nursery, and thought I would let you in on it.  (Also couldn't seem to resist making a quick board with the Madison collection.)


Madison:

3 drawer dresser $299

Crib $299

Hudson:

"See low price in cart"--don't you hate that?

dresser/ changer $399

Skip:

$389

Again, low price in cart.  I didn't take that step for you.

SO cute, right?

All available at Target.  Please note: I haven't seen these in person and can't cop to the quality.

Have a great weekend!