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The nursery is finally finished! Here is a little gallery of images, I couldn’t get the captions working so here is a list of where everything [...]

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As much as I love the John Golden prints, I decided to go with the Creative Thursday ones.
Partly because I already have one, this adorable owl print that until now hasn’t had a proper home:

I had feared that the actual image size is too small, and it is a bit tiny, but tiny can be [...]

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I think I made a decision about the wall behind the changing table!
I posted before about etsy artist John Golden and his “By order of the management” posters, but he has an adorable “woodland critters” series of prints that I think will look great in Jasper’s nursery:
Here’s a mockup, I think the colors work well.

The [...]

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By order of the Management!

Etsy artist John W. Golden created these By order of the management posters because he got tired of saying the same things over and over again to his kids.. pretty smart right?
Some like the “Eat your Vegetables” or “Wash Behind Your Ears” are clearly more appropriate for a Kitchen or bathroom, [...]

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Jeff’s softball game was canceled last night, so I cajoled him into setting up the crib!

Baby Mod Park Lane Crib
It’s actually surprisingly good quality and sturdy. There was a little mishap with confusing sets of screws.. if you accidentally switch the screws that were meant for the metal pieces that hold and adjust the mattress [...]

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I ordered our crib last week from Walmart using the site to store option.. the estimated arrival was set for this tuesday, but I got an email that its there today already!
That means that we can go pick it up and put it together Sunday, so hopefully I’ll have pictures of that for Monday.
In the [...]

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Jeff put together the remaining drawers last night so I finally got a picture of the Ikea 8 drawer Hemnes all set up and ready to be used as a changing table! I’m so glad we got the larger dresser, it’s really sturdy and will hold so much more stuff!

We also bought the hemnes bedside [...]

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I am totally in love with these vintage wallpaper wall decals by Dutch mom Inke Heiland.. Instant nursery decor!
I think the elephant is my favorite, but unless he makes an early appearance Jasper will be a Leo, so the Lion seems most fitting:

Giraffe, Alligator and Lion available at Sprout Home. Elephant and others available at [...]

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As a house blogger, I am of course a loyal reader of Apartment Therapy. As an expectant mom, I am an OBSESSED reader of Ohdeedoh, their kids and nursery spin off site.
One of my favorite features is the “nursery tours” in which they feature a different reader’s nursery and the reader details where they got [...]

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So I posted a link to this in a comment on my previous Part I post, but this bedding is so adorable it deserves its own post!
Etsy seller Swell by Stephanie custom makes crib bedding out of gorgeous designer fabrics and for about the same price as the mass produced stuff ($220).
My search for girl [...]

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