Foundation for a Nursery

This past weekend, we finished unpacking the apartment. Well, really we had finished that a while ago, but we had a second bedroom full of all the crap that we couldn't find a place for (or just hadn't tried to put away yet) but couldn't face throwing away. After strategically stuffing the closet in the second bedroom and our bedroom as well as throwing out some stuff, we finally had cleared out the room.
PJO and I were eager to change this room from "useless second bedroom" to nursery. In part, this was because we are excited to set it up and prepare for our baby. (Perhaps in bigger) part, it was because we weren't sure how long we would be able to keep this room clear of clutter.
At Home Depot, we selected a gallon of Fresh Aire paint in the color closest to the nursery theme we settled on, "Endless Rain." From the moment we started taping the walls and putting down the canvas floor covering until we had finished painting, only a few hours had elapsed. It was fun (except for wearing those masks) and I think it turned out pretty well.









It's funny ... I can totally picture the room as a nursery now that it's painted, but I still can't really believe that the nursery will be in OUR apartment, sandwiched right in between OUR bedroom and living room. Surprisingly, I don't feel that much urgency to buy the furniture that will go in the nursery to complete it yet*, but it is really nice to start letting myself get used to the idea that in a matter of months, we're going to have a family in our little apartment!

*This may not be surprising to anyone else; after all, I still have almost 4 months to go until my due date. I'm not saying I'm rational or normal, I'm just saying I'm a type-A planner type who usually likes to do everything as far in advance as possible. I justified painting so early by convincing myself that (a) it's better to do anything involving physical work earlier rather than later, (b) I will have more time for this fun stuff in the beginning of the semester, and (c) it's better to make sure all the fumes from painting have plenty of time to dissipate before a baby is sleeping in that room. There isn't really a similar justification for doing anything further, except possibly to train my cats to stay out of the crib ;)