Baby Ulrich's Room - Finally Done!

This weekend brought closure to an ongoing project which seemed to last for all nine months - the baby room! As much as this project was so fun to work on, I have to admit I'm thrilled it is done and ready to go.

When we purchased our house, this room was the nursery for the former owners. The color scheme was green and yellow with the outline for the polka dots already set on the wall. We loved the accent wall but wanted to change the colors to match the bedding we picked out and that is exactly what we did. Over several weekends in the winter, we painted the walls and added the tulip accents you can see from the pictures. We slowly added the decor on the walls which includes framed pictures of my own 'art' that I made growing up. You can also see the family tree that we created and framed...just waiting for Baby Ulrich's name to be added at the very bottom.

The furniture came in piece by piece and was all put together by Jodi. I was usually on the couch with my feet up reading the directions to him! All pieces came together quite nicely with hardly any frustrated words coming from his mouth :) With the room not being very big, we knew we wanted to use the walk in closet to it's capacity. Jodi added to the existing closet system that was in place to make more shelves and storage area. We collected baskets over the course of the pregnancy to fill with all of her many essentials.

All in all, we're very happy with the room and we absolutely cannot wait for her to get here. It was a great bonding experience working on this room together and making all these decisions for our child. We've got 10 days left till our due date and we're hoping to not go past 5/22 but we know she'll come when she's good and ready. It's hard to believe she's in charge already!