Gumdrop's Nursery...the start

We moved back in with my parents right before Christmas due to details of our future being uncertain right now. J will graduate after the baby's born due date (about 2 weeks later), Gumdrop will arrive at some point, J will start a job (no ideas on where yet or the financial situation that will put us in), and I will become a stay-at-home mommy (so we want to live close to J's job). So with all that in the air, my parents graciously offered their home to us again. This time, it's a little different since we are pregnant...oh, and my brother, his wife, and their 2 dogs are there as well. =)

The "bedroom" we will be using for the nursery is small. It is 8 feet by 11 feet with 2 windows on outside walls. The other 2 walls back up to our bedroom and our bathroom. Talk about hard to keep quiet! Someone buy us a sound machine from our registry please!! =)

Here are some pictures of how it looks now, with nothing we have registered for, only things we had or were given already. Hopefully, this will change as I find/get more things. I know that when I find things on Pinterest or blogs, I wish more bloggers said where they got the furniture, decor, or any little cute thing that I really want to steal for my room. So, my goal is to be as helpful in that area as possible. Hopefully, it will be helpful and not annoying. =)

This is the view when you walk into the room from the front door. As you can tell, we are still using this room as a little bit of storage. We need to get rid of the boxes and a few things you see stacked on the cube shelves. The cube shelves are from IKEA. I bought them when I was teaching in a public school to use for my classroom library. They were part of the EXPEDIT series; however, I just found out that the series has been renamed to KALLAX. What you see in this picture are two 2x2 cube shelving units. You can find it here on their website.

This is the crib we were given by a family friend, before we dressed it up with the bedding she gave us. It was given to her by someone else; so, I cannot tell you where it is from or any details about it. I have another crib in mind that I would LOVE to have. Unfortunately, it's just not in the financial cards for us to get everything we want. However, I feel so blessed that we even have someone who is willing to just give us a crib, no strings attached.

This is the view to the right of the entrance. You can see the Dr. Seuss bedding that we were given, stuffed duck animals from my brother's childhood, a sock monkey my in-laws bought Gumdrop for Christmas, and the gray elephant laundry/toy basket that my mom bought Gumdrop for Christmas. I'm pretty sure that was my favorite gift this Christmas. That or the OSU pacifiers my in-laws gave us.

This a view from the small window in the picture above, back towards the entrance. The main point of this picture is the wall space. Right now, my weekly chalkboard is hanging there courtesy of leftover nails from the room's previous use. I may ask for advice on what to hang there later.

This is what the crib and shelving unit look like from the big window you see from the entrance to the room. The shelving unit is similar to the 2x2 ones but it is one unit, 4x2 and stood up on one of the short ends. You can find it here at IKEA. The brown, tan, and blue baskets in both cube units were bought at Michael's when I turned the shelves from classroom bookshelves into my craft room storage. Now, the cube shelves will be used for our sweet Gumdrop. I am currently trying to find a link for you to purchase the baskets if you would like to do that.

We have registered for bedding, baskets, and curtains that match our color theme. We have also registered for a reclining glider. That is the only piece of furniture that will go into the room. It's just too small for anything else. It would go where the elephant basket is right now, in the corner. We will have to see how it will fit and we may have to move one of the 2x2 shelves under the chalkboard to give us the space. We will see!

More on decor for the walls to come soon. Happy Friday!