Room Tour: Our Toddler Nursery

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Image of a decorated nursery featuring a bookshelf wall made of picture ledges.

Today, I’m sharing a few photos of Jamie’s nursery – the first fully finished room in our house! (It’s “fully finished” in that everything has been painted, it has baseboards, and it’s furnished and decorated.) Obviously, we had a little bit of a time crunch since we moved into the house at the beginning of my second trimester and we had a LOT of work to do still! (You can see here what it looked like shortly after we moved in. I almost forgot this room was an office until a few months before Jamie’s birth!) We’re very happy with how it has turned out – it’s simple, unfussy, calming, and uncluttered.

While we didn’t approach the room with a theme in mind, we semi-inadvertently added a lot of woodland/forest/bear elements. We mostly tried to keep it simple and child-friendly, with plenty of room for Jamie to move around and play. We don’t keep many toys in here – just lots of books! (Eventually, we do plan to have a playroom, which will have plenty of space to make big toy messes.)

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An Easy Update: Our Painted Kitchen Door

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Photo of a muted green painted door with brass hardware: Jungle Camouflage by Behr.

When we bought our home, we knew that a kitchen renovation would be in our future. I originally had dreams of painting the cabinets, since I knew we wouldn’t be replacing them for a few years. However, they’re metal cabinets with a plastic-y wood veneer on top, so I knew they wouldn’t hold paint well. Instead, we decided to focus on more permanent changes for our “phase one” update.

Since buying our home, we’ve replaced the floors, primed all the walls, opened up the doorway between the kitchen and dining room, built a brand-new pantry (sans doors for now), replaced the light fixture, added new appliances, and – most recently – painted the door. New cabinets and counters are in our future, but we’ve totally transformed the room without even touching them yet!

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6-12 Month Must-Haves

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Photo of an 8-month old infant with a bear playmat, with white text reading "6-12 Month Must-Haves"

Late infancy is a magical time – babies become little mobile communicators. It seemed like every day, Jamie was learning a new skill! Along with this magic, though, come some unique challenges. Eating and play become much more involved (and messy!), teeth start popping through, and early communication isn’t quite enough to actually understand WHAT your baby actually wants. Today, I’m sharing my 6-12 month must-haves: all the products that helped me survive 8 teeth in one month, our first plane rides with a baby, and the introduction of solid foods!

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