Prepping for Peanut...Part 1

Chris and I had always planned to have our kids share a room for the first few years at least.  We do have a third bedroom, but wanted to keep it as an office/guest room.  So, now begins the task of getting the nursery set up for both Ginny and her new sister, Lil' Miss Peanut. Since I feel the need to nest, it is only appropriate that we get started on this now.  Luckily, I have an accommodating and forgiving husband. :)

Here are some current pictures of the nursery (please excuse the blur):

"Full" room view

Straight on from the door to window

The far wall

We need to fit in a toddler bed to this room now. Ginny is currently 16 months old. We plan on having Peanut sleep in our room for the first 4-6 months. By the time the baby goes into the nursery full time, Ginny will be at least 22 months and ready for a toddler bed. Peanut will go into the crib (which will convert to a toddler bed in the future).

The room isn't particularly large, but I figure it can be done. One of the first things we did was remove the book shelf.  The plan is to replace the bookshelf with floating shelves and possibly a narrow, small bookcase. I'm getting very excited about moving things around.

Last night I was able convince my lovely husband to move some of the furniture around. Here was the result:

Straight on from the wall

As you can see here, there were no major changes along the wall; however, I plan to move the changing table/dresser against the wall right next to the window. The toy chest, that Ginny's Grandpa Scott made, will be moved to the wall where the changing table currently is.  I believe this will be a better fit over all.

The far wall

Here you can tell that the book case has been removed. We intend to move the table and chairs out of the room (unless we can find a new spot for them) and put the toddler bed there.









The room is just at the beginning stages of change.  I'm hoping to put up the floating shelves soon. As the title suggests, this is only part 1.  I imagine I will have several more updates on the room in the future.