From Pooh to Perfect

So when we moved into our new house last year, we were pretty excited to find that there was a nicely decorated, gender neutral nursery right next to the master bedroom. With the intention of having children already in mind, we were both pretty stoked to not have to re-decorate it ourselves.

Then, guess what? Nesting! About the sixth month of Angie's pregnancy, she decided the yellow Winnie the Pooh had to go.

Together, we took apart the nursery one little piece at a time and got the room ready to repaint.

The whole family was there to help!

Rosie learning how to tape properly

Caesar eating something (surprise, surprise...)

Motorboat contemplating his own existence

Inspired by the Bunny Meadow line of nursery decor at Babies R Us...

 ...we went with a green, cream, and chocolate brown color palette.


And even more of the family got involved. Angie's mom Tracy, and Tracy's boyfriend Kirk, helped Ryan paint the nursery since Angie couldn't be in the room with the paint fumes.

While we let the paint dry and the room air out for a few days, we carefully cut stencils to go along with the bunny meadow theme and stenciled them in the border.

Once we put the molding and shelves back up, the room was looking just about finished.

All there is left to do is put up the curtains and fill it with furniture!