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Our little nursery

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We live in a two bedroom apartment and the second bedroom is Brad's office/guest bedroom, and now, /nursery. We didn't need a ton of space for the nursery since we are using a co-sleeper in our bedroom instead of a crib for the first 6 months. Hopefully by the time the little one outgrows it, we will be out of this apartment and into something a bit roomier. Our nursery is just a pretty place to change her diapers and house all her tiny clothes and miscellaneous items, from blankets to books to lotions.

I bought the wall mirrors from Pier One (they often have pretty great sales on wall decor), they are sparkly and shiny, although my pictures may not show it. I looked everywhere for the shelf/hanger combo so I could display some of her dresses while having extra storage but I couldn't find one - until I looked online at Walmart - $18 later, I was happy.

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(don't worry, we're not naming her Brapollina, it's just the moniker our family has given me and Brad:)

I bought the adorable giraffe lamp and shade from World Market, as well as the capiz pendant light.

I stalked Craigslist until I found the Ikea Hemnes dresser (a popular nursery changing table because of the large and deep drawers and classic style). I switched out the top four knobs with these from Anthropologie, to make it a bit more feminine.

And that's it! On the other side of this wall are windows and the pull out couch and then to the left is Brad's desk alcove/work space. It works for us and I am sure baby will not mind sharing the space... Brad doesn't mind it either. I think he's kind of in love with the fact that his man space now includes pink and gold and that he has fuschia baby shoes sitting on his desk.

5 more weeks!

I want to start decorating!

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More specifically, I want to put up a bunch of white lights all over our apartment and keep them lit for the rest of the year.

Festive lighting just makes you feel so warm and glamorous.  And like something exciting is about to happen...

In other news, check out these white chocolate eggs filled with eggnog and painted with edible gold dust... Oh how rich?!

New Paint Plan

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Since I will be consolidating my life and my living space with a new husband soon, I've picked a new color for our new place...

I hope he likes it. My bargaining chip is scaling back on the amount of mirrored furniture with which I desire to fill every cranny.

(that's a lot of windex)

images from Vogue via Dust Jacket Attic