Painting Part III: The Nursery

After speaking a complete moron*, who I'm pretty sure are located in a call center in India, about defering M.'s student loans, I need a happier note.

Presenting the Nursery

We really LOVE it. It's bright and cheery but still peaceful.

This room is 100% cobbled together. No Pottery Barn Kids furniture sets for us.

The dresser is mine from when I was a wee one.

The chair is off Craigslist, as well is the changing table. We found baskets for the changing table at Cost Plus and they are perfect.

The rug is...IKEA! We searched high and low for a decently priced rug and were almost starting to think they don't exist, then we thought outside the kids rug box and found this beauty.

The lamp and bookcase are our floor model finds!

I LOVE IT.

It was kind of scary putting this together. Neither of us knew how all these random things would work out.

The only thing missing is the crib, which I hope will be dropped off in the next couple weeks. And with M. home we'll have time to complete the chair pad and bed skirt.

More photos on Flickr!

I will torture the world with more pictures when we're finally done.

*note that I use the term moron fulling understanding that the gentleman on the phone is simply doing a job. It is not his fault that he has ZERO understanding of how the U.S. system works. It's not his fault that his english is heavily accented and made me want to scream. It's also not his fault that Sallie Mae is so focused on the bottom line that they are willing to offer substandard customer services and take away jobs that could go to single mothers in New Jersey.