a labor of love
a nursery for our bébés
When we moved into the old Tudor, the soon to be nursery looked like this.
Yep, you can just click the save to pinterest button if you’d like it for future inspiration. I loathed that built-in the second we walked into the house. And I could not wait to get my hands on it. There was no way Halston was going to come home to that cabinet.
So we immediately got to work removing those lovely works of art. I’m not sure why we didn’t just take the entire cabinet door off, as we ended up replacing them before she was born. Maybe it was pregnancy brain or just not having a real plan. I knew one day I wanted the whole thing gone, but for now we’d just refresh them, and paint the room.
About a year later, the time came. And they were outta there!
I knew the ceilings weren’t the original ceilings, as we had discovered that when changing out the crown. But I had this ephiphany that if we removed the sheetrock, the ceilings would be higher and coved. So I followed my gut and we ripped out the sheetrock ceiling and I was wrong. It added maybe an inch of height and there was no cove. I will never forget Halston walking in, saying “what happened?”. A question she asked repeatedly until we hired someone to sheetrock and texture. After some fresh paint, this room was ready for it’s final touches.
I had previouly purchased pocket rod velvet curtains from Anthropologie. I loved the chartreuse, but hated how they hung. So I had my drapery vendor work his magic on them. Adding the pinch pleat and rings made a world of difference in how they looked and functioned.
I bought white coverlets, striped blankets, and european shams to finish off the look. Finally, the nursery was complete just in time for McCall’s arrival.
I really wanted the space to easily convert from nursery to big girl room with the switch of a bed and it did just that.
I can’t wait to get my hands on their current bedrooms. I’ve got big plans for them!