We've been moving furniture around the house for the last couple of weeks trying to clear out the room that will become the baby's room. Angela is making a great sacrifice (that she's happy to make) of giving up her former sewing room for the baby. We decided to combine the sewing room with the current guest room. That was stage 1. The guest room has turned out well and we actually find ourselves spending a great deal of time in there now.
We didn't want to repaint the entire nursery because we had a lovely shade of green throughout the room and some fun wall decals already in there. But Angela can't leave well enough alone and decided that we needed to have a focal wall with a new design treatment. In her great love of all things geometric, she decided to cover the wall in a grid of squares. Her gracious husband Michael agreed to professionally help her out in her grand endeavors. :) After painting the wall white, he quickly taped off the grid of squares and the fun began!
Not content with just one color in the room, Angela decided that we needed to have 6! So Michael purchased all the paint and gamely went along with her plan. We planned out how large the squares should be for maximum impact and minimum chaos. Yes, math was used! Then we got to work painting each of the squares in a predetermined random pattern. 
Two shades of green, two shades of blue and a shade of grey and white later....here's what we ended up with!
After letting the paint dry for a day, we wanted to see the room as complete as possible. So Mike waded through our current lake of a backyard (got to love LA rain and flooding) to get the crib. And we moved the changing table and the dresser into the room as well. All three pieces Mike had painted beautifully earlier in the summer and we've been waiting to put them in the room! 
Everything is starting to come together and now Angela just needs to get cracking on all of the fabric additions to the room. Here's some of the fabrics that might be used for the nursery. 
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Getting the Baby's Room Ready!
Posted by Angela at 9:14 PM
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2 comments:
Its gorgeous! I love the colors and the high ceiling-you both did a beautiful job. Can't wait to see the final fabric choices and creations! Love you both,
Christine and Scott
Dear Angela and Mike,
Congratulations, we just found out today when I talked to Bill, that you two have a baby on the way. I have been praying for you since Bob and I stayed with you as you will be such great parents. Love the room but the most exciting piece isn't there yet. Enjoy that new little one.
Love and Prayers, Jan and Bob R
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