Nursery Reveal

Ever since we found out that we were having a boy, I have been trying to decide the direction I wanted to take with the nursery. Of course had we been having a girl, I knew exactly what I wanted, but maybe next time! I knew that I didn't want anything with a theme (jungle, under the sea, race car, etc) like most of the boy stuff I found online was. I also knew that I wanted something that was "babyish" but could grow with him as well. The first purchases we made were the crib and glider and then a very sweet friend of ours offered to make the baby bedding as a gift for us. The fabric really was the inspiration for the whole room. Let me give a side shout out here to the Cotton Patch in Brookhaven...if you need fabric, it's $5 a yard!!! Well, the minky is $7 but it's definitely worth a trip down south if you are in the market for fabric. Anywho, I couldn't be more pleased with the way things turned out. Now all we need is a baby!

So without further ado, let me present to you Mr.Sutton's room. I am also going to post the "before" pic of the room since we did some transforming there as well. Oh, and forgive the quality of the pics because they are from my phone. My memory card on my camera was acting screwy. A trip to Wal-Mart will be needed soon!This is what the room looked like when we moved in. I originally loved the idea of the window seats with the storage, but they just took up too much room. One of these window seats now resides in my laundry room! Not even sure about the cabinets in the corner.

This is the view of his room looking in from the door inUp close of the big bed. I didn't want to have to lose a guest bedroom and I knew there might be nights we would be sleeping in the same room, so luckily we were able to fit in a full bed in his room.This is side of the room opposite the big bed. Thanks to Mimi and Poppy for our beautiful crib! Would really like some kind of mobile or something hanging over the crib, but I haven't found anything I really like just yet. Close up of the bedding for the crib. And yes, I know the big debate about not having bumpers on your baby's crib, but until he is old enough to move around in there I'm not really worried about it!
This is one of my favorite parts of the room. These are bookshelves that Sterling and I built together. One of my favorite things to do is curl up with a good book and this love of reading was instilled to me at an early age. I am so thankful that my parents took the time to read with me and teach me to read at an early age. Sterling's parents also did the same and I think it really makes a world of difference in a child's life (even though Sterling doesn't read much more that golf or hunting magazines these days!) It is my hope that Sutton will share this love of reading. We have already been rocking in our chair reading! The other special part of this is that most all of the books on the shelves were mine and Sterling's as a child. I had such a good time going through all of these books and remembering reading them when I was little.
Here is the other side of the room. The print by the door is an adorable ABC print I got from etsy. Notice the cute diaper stacker that matches all the bedding. This was a surprise in addition to all the bedding. I'm working on a large distressed picture frame that handy hubby of mine built to go above the changing table. Apparently my form of nesting has turned into crafting instead of cleaning!

So there you go! Let me know what you think, unless of course you don't like it :)