Lover's Knot

We accomplished so much this weekend - more than I would have expected...given we have 128 days until Baby's estimated date of delivery. Then again, we have only 128 days!

As previously mentioned, we planned to paint the walls this weekend. Friday morning Eric and I nailed down the final choice of color before I walked out the door for work. Without a doubt, we wanted pink - but were looking for a light, pastel-ish shade for the walls. We ended up taking a three-color swatch and matching the darker shades of pink to the colors in the bedding fabric. We then went with the lightest shade on the swatch. Winning choice:

Lover's Knot

Friday night Mom and I went and purchased the paint and put up the first coat. Not going to lie, at first I thought it was too "pink". We agreed to keep painting - waiting to see what it looked like completed and with the natural light from the window outside. Saturday afternoon we went for a second gallon and contemplated going for a shade lighter. After not finding one that I liked, we took our chances and bought the same Lover's Knot color. After the second coat was complete - I could not have been happier! We can't decide if it's because of the flat paint on the wall before or just the lighting from the night before, but the color is perfect. It looks fantastic against the white trim and doors - and will look even better up against the white furniture.

Until we get a ceiling light put in, we're using floor and table lamps. Doesn't give a great picture - but I couldn't not share.

Of course, we did have our observers - making sure Mom didn't drip paint on the carpet...

And, finally tonight my handy-man husband put together her crib. Eric was right, it feels more "real" now that the crib is up and set in place. It looks FANTASTIC! As he was putting it together, I kept getting more excited about how happy I was with our final decision. We even had a little "helper" while putting the crib together!

Daddy has some special help...

Complete!

Just testing it out...

Now, we move towards finalizing the design! :) We've borrowed the projector Amanda has "borrowed" from her elementary school and are planning to paint a mural on the wall opposite of her crib and a few birds above her crib. I wasn't wanting paintings at first, but after we put to images on the wall with the projector - how could I not love it?! Eric is super excited to put his artist touch on the walls - and is going to begin working on the sketches and painting this week. I can NOT wait until they are finished! It truly will bring the room full-circle.

Again, the pictures aren't great - it is only the image from the projector...but, the anticipation of the final product makes it all worth it!

Birds above the crib!

Tree mural against the window wall.