back to life, back to reality ...

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and back to work. just with a real pretty baby at my feet. it could be a lot worse than this.
we have a lot of fun projects in the works and i'll be blogging it all soon! notables: the master bedroom furniture is coming (finally). and the nursery! i never shared it because i went into labor and priorities shifted a bit. 

p.s. how major-maj is this office?! so calming. i need that in my work space.

baby tupelo is here

please pardon my absence! our baby girl arrived at the end of january and we've just been so busy trying to get our hearts back into our chest cavities. but i have a sneaking suspicion that we'll be wearing them on the outside, going forward. 

painted dressers for bebe

so little baby tupelo is scheduled to arrive in the next month or so, and we are busy bees putting finishing touches on the nursery. and by "finishing touches" i mean, the majority of touches. B got the drapery up last night, and then i spent a good amount of time trying to get up from the floor. 

side-bar: why would i think i could sit on the floor at this stage of pregnancy? just indian-style like it ain't no thang, playing songs and folding tiny baby clothes. all cute until the getting up process begins. i looked like i was doing an imitation of a buffalo, dying.

i haven't found a changing table/dresser situation at our price point that i'm super in love with, and i really hate to be all matchy-matchy with pieces of furniture. so i think we are going to go the painted-dresser-converted-into-a-changing-table route. here is some inspiration that i'm considering as we embark on this next little project...

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p.s. the bottom one is new from pottery barn. i love that color. but wtfreak is up with the styling? it's distracting and doesn't enhance the piece. pottery barn managing director of styling ... call me.

nursery drama

hi friends. i'm checking in tonight for some therapy. as you know, baby tupelo is coming soon-ish and while he/she is continuing to grow and get cuter by the second (no seriously - you should see the feet/legs of this boo; so long and precious i could kill myself) ... i am finding myself in utter panic about the nursery. usually when i say things like "utter panic" i'm being sarcastic. right now, however, i'm being serious. i have zero concerns about labor and delivery and a thousand concerns about the surroundings for my beloved baby. 

here are the challenges:

1. i'm seriously lacking for inspiration. i thought maternity clothes were bad. then i saw supposed "chic" nurseries. and my eyes bled. matchy-match, themed-out, vom in my face.
  
2. "help me. i'm poor." aka, we're on a budget. and while i will make a few splurges in the name of imparting good taste on future generations, unfortunately the jameson crib will remain on the RH showfloor. where i will occasionally visit it. and weep openly for what might have been.

3. we are not finding out the gender of the babe until it arrives. which i love on every level -- except it makes decor choices more difficult. i think i would rather err on the side of boy-ish than girl-ish, because that's always sort of my preference anyway. and i know if i have a girl, she'll pull off the tomboy-style thing, no sweat. 

so. to recap. we need to create a gender-neutral nursery on a budget that doesn't make my eyes bleed. oh, and throw in that we are renting and can't paint. so existing cream walls it is. le sigh.

these are some ideas i could work with:

fiddle leaf // pinch pleat grown-up drapery // soothing palette // organic woods

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natural simplicity // ticking stripes // linen // vintage-y dresser

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brilliant texture mixage // light fixture whaaa // gold, grey and cream always wins

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obsessed

flower girls. via maggie conley. baby. you are amazing.

crushing on The Glow

So maybe I’m a little late to the party, but I just found out about The Glow. And I am so smitten. It’s a site that profiles beautiful mamas and their bebes. The mamas offer some insight on their new lives as parents and their personal styles and sometimes nursery décor. The bebes just sit there and look like they smell like God and Downy Mountain Spring. Feast your eyes: