Cornice Boards

I am trying to get window treatments up in all the rooms in our house. I have yet to do anything with Carter's big boy room, the play room, and our guest bedroom. I decided to go with cornice boards for the playroom for 3 main reasons...

1) Screwed to the wall
2) High and out of reach
3) Covered with fabric that adds color/pattern to the room

Here's how we made them...

Kevin built the frames from scraps he had/found laying around:

I wrapped it in quilting batting and used a staple gun to attatch it: 

Then I wrapped and stapled my fabric. I used Anna Griffin's "Haven - Ochre" fabric which I also got at the Sew Beautiful Marketplace with my Living Social deal that I talked about in an earlier post. 

The finished product:

Before:

After:

Our Finished Playroom:

The "pyramid thingy" on top of the storage unit was made by my sister, Anna Katharine, and designed by my mom! It's all of his first year monthly pictures + some cute extras transfered and mod-podged onto wooden blocks. Thanks guys, it really adds a lot to the room :-) 

A Great Big Update in Photos

Hello from 37 Weeks Pregnant World! I'm feeling great, but definitely ready to be holding my precious baby boy! Here's an update on my life in pictures! Enjoy!!!

37 Weeks Pregnant

Dining Room Updates:

Note: My mom had this arrangement made for my birthday - Thanks, Mom!!!

Guest Room Updates:

Nursery Updates:

We are in the process of finishing up nursery decorations, so more pictures are coming soon!!! Kevin is finishing up a BEAUTIFUL bookcase, and I can't wait to show it to you!

That's all for now :-)

Nursery Updates

I promise that if you hang around, I've got some pretty good posts (and pictures) up my sleeves. We have really been putting the finishing touches on several different rooms around our house. I plan to finish up the last few things, and then I'll be back with some great before/after pictures!!! I'm also going to get the hubby to take a picture of me and my ever growing tummy. I've been bad about taking pictures lately. Kevin has been very busy with work, sports, and house projects, so I forget to have him take my picture before I get into my grungy clothes...and then it's too late :-)

 

Updates on the Nursery:

 

Update #1: Last night I spent several hours cleaning and labeling my rubbermaid baskets that I had saved from teaching (I knew those would come in handy one day:-) I used them to organize the closet in the nursery! It turned out really cute and organized in an OCD - but very practical - way. Now everyone (postpartum-me, Kevin, grandparents, babysitters, etc...) will easily know exactly where everything is (or at least where it is supposed to go). I've also got bins in the top of his closet of clothes that are too big for him (labeled by their size - of course:-) I'll take & post a picture of the results soon - I promise.

 

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Update #2: We have finally decided on and ordered a travel system (carseat, base, and stroller), and it's supposed to be arriving on Friday!!!! So, as of Friday, we'll be able to at least get Carter home, should he decide to arrive early (my siblings and I were all a couple days early and Kevin was 3 weeks early...I'm keeping that in mind :-)

 

I've been going back and forth on which travel system to get (if any), and soliciting feedback from various moms for months now. I decided to allow myself to splurge in this area because I was told by so many moms that, "This is the single most important piece of baby equipment you'll buy...get a good one...it'll make life easier!" We decided on the Peg Perego Pliko P3 travel system (in Java), and I found it online for over $100 less than the store here in town was selling it for (with free shipping & no sales tax)! I'm a nerd when it comes to researching gadgets, and the features that "sold" me on this stroller were:

• It only weighs 16 lbs!!!! That's practically nothing compared to some of the travel systems out there!!!
• It has a compact umbrella fold (VERY important to us because we travel to Auburn so often - with a lab & huge dog crate in tow!)

I've heard so many moms say that they don't use their travel system because it takes up so much room in their car and is so big and bulky!

• It has both the convenience of an umbrella stroller and has storage options. 

I want this to be a stroller I'll still want to use when I'm no longer snapping in the infant seat! I can't tell you how many moms have told me "Don't get a travel system - just get an umbrella stroller...that's all you'll use once they are able to hold their head up."

• It has a rear footboard.

**Thinking ahead for an older sibling who's tired of walking.** I hope to, one day, have more than one child - the reviewers who had more than one child really loved this feature! I'm pretty sure Carter will have fun buming a ride off a little brother or sister one day :-)

 

I'm pretty excited about playing with it this weekend :-) I may even take a baby doll for a ride!

 

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Update #3: I've purchased Carter's letters....you know.... C A R T E R ....to hang on the wall :-) I found them for pretty cheap at Michael's. They need to be painted, and I'm thinking that I'm going to paint them navy with white "stitching" around the edges. I dont' think I'm going to hang them with ribbon, but I have not made the final call on that yet. I've decided that I'm a little too OCD to hang things with ribbon...although I LOVE the idea (and I have things hanging from ribbon in my guest room) ....it is IMPOSSIBLE to get them to hang perfectly!!!

 

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Update #4:  My furniture is supposed to be on a truck headed this way in the next week or so. We shall see...

 

That's all for now folks!!!

Kevin and I are off to Breastfeeding Class tonight - oh dear :-)

I promise...more pictures...fewer words next time :-)

 

 

 

It's On The Way

I'm having a hard time focusing at work today! You see, our dining room furniture is being delivered, and I CANNOT wait to see it! I've been dreaming of a pretty dining room for the past 4 years, and today it's actually coming together!!! The hubby has been working tirelessly to

paint and trim-out our dining room over the past few weeks (pictures to come)....he almost beat the deadline of the furniture's arrival. However, some sweet friends of ours invited us over to eat supper with them last night (while he was planning to finish it all up), and I never turn down a dinner invitation:-) So there is just a few finishing touches left to be done after today, and it will truly be complete.

Now all I need is a dinner party on my calendar and some fresh flowers for my centerpiece!!!

UPDATE: The furniture is in place, and it looks AMAZING!!!! Now all I need is curtains, art, a new fixture, and a rug.....it never ends (Those things will come in time...for now, we can seat 10 people comfortably, and I'm so excited!!! :-)