Nursery Ideas

Since I'm getting so close to the 2nd trimester (tomorrow!), I've really started looking at nursery items and thinking about how we should decorate.  We are currently "debating" which room to make the nursery.  Our current office is bigger and I originally wanted that as the nursery.  But after we talked about it, the guest room now has to function as guest room and office.  Maybe Aaron is right that we need to flip the rooms.  Although that means that he then needs to paint two rooms...notice I said "he"? :)

We have a bookshelf from IKEA that we've had forever that has really cute orange shelves.  That became my inspiration for orange accents.  Originally, I was thinking about painting a wall orange as well, but now I'm leaning against that.  Here is the latest color scheme I'm liking.  (Btw, this website is awesome...http://design-seeds.com/).  I think I'd want to do the walls either the second or third color.  We'll keep the trim white.  And I found a few gliders that are in the slate color (fourth color down).

The gliders and ottomans are by far the MOST expensive items we'll need to get.  From what I've read from other bloggers, getting a comfy one is completely worth it.  I'm leaning towards the one in the top right and then getting the cheap IKEA rocker for our bedroom.  I'm guessing that we'll keep the baby upstairs with us for at least a little while and thought this chair might be helpful.  We'll see though.  I might decide it's unnecessary.

And next, I've been checking out cribs.  We've both decided we want something a little more modern and boxy looking.  Also, I found a low dresser on Craig's list that we are checking out tomorrow.  This would double as a dresser/changing table.  The room is small and we don't want to overcrowd it.  Plus, I haven't really seen a changing table that would fit the rest of the style of the room.  I'm leaning towards the top two cribs only because I don't know that I like adding another wood color to the room with the bottom of the crib on the bottom right.

I've also found some cute Etsy prints that I want to either purchase or have Aaron make in Photoshop (they're inexpensive so not too expensive to buy...we'll just see how ambitious Aaron gets).  I'd like to make a few pillows to tie all of the colors together.  I think we'll just do a fitted sheet rather than a whole bedding set.  They are so expensive and considering I wouldn't use the bumper, I just don't think it's worth it for me.  And I'd like to either find a rug or piece a small one together from Flor.  Now that I type it all out, it seems like a lot!  I think all of the accessories will come together fine...Aaron won't really have too much of an opinion there.  The furniture is another story :)  But he likes what I've been debating between so far, so hopefully we'll be able to agree (the joys of a husband who actually cares about design! ;) ).