Harper's Nursery

I totally stressed out about this girl's nursery for the first half of my pregnancy. You know what - that's a lie. Because I stressed about this girl's nursery my entire pregnancy. This little space wasn't going to be good enough for me, until it was completed. I like to blame my maternal instincts and my NEED to nest. Definitely not due to the fact that I'm indecisive, obsessive, and one-track minded when it comes to things I want done, right? Right. Anyway, the poor child wouldn't even be sleeping in there when she got home from the hospital, but I could. not. stand. the. thought. of it not being done before her debut. I can probably give the world's worst decision maker a run for their money I hate to admit. I've always been terrible at making decisions, but being pregnant on top of that, probably escalated the whole ordeal tenfold. The crib for example: What if the crib falls apart? What if the crib is too shiny? What if the crib looks ugly? What if the slats are too far apart and her head gets stuck in there? I don't want to spend my car payment on a crib, but I really like this one over here. Wait, no - I like this one better. No, not that one.
I mean...this went on for days weeks. By some miracle, I made some decisions - the crib, chair, mattress - and I had the ball rolling at least. I knew I wanted to paint her room a light shade of purple, so we did. Mistake. Not a mistake that I hated the color. Mistake that we painted the room before picking a crib sheet. Because that was a whole other ordeal.  Suggestion: Pick a crib sheet and then pick a paint color. You can always pick a paint swatch to match your crib sheet, it's harder to do it the other way around. The way that I did it. The way I did it and couldn't decide on a crib sheet to save my life.  After stumbling around on the internet for some weeks, I finally decided on one. One that took literally three months to arrive on my doorstep. You don't do that to pregnant ladies. You just don't. Oh, and the changing pad cover? HA. But I did it. I finally pulled my big pregnant lady panties up, and did it. And once I did it, it was like my whole vision that swirled around in my head for months, was finally completed. And it felt good.  So not to drag this out any longer, without further ado... I give you Harper's nursery:

And who would have thought... Harper doesn't care about her nursery at all.  

  --------------------------------------------------------- Crib: Target Mattress: Target Dresser: Ikea Glider: Target Pouf: Walmart White Flower Lamp: Hobby Lobby Small Purple Lamp: Hobby Lobby (in store) Wall Frames (gold + white): Hobby Lobby Gold 'H': Hobby Lobby (in store) Gold 'hello': Hobby Lobby (in store) Prints: Hobby Lobby (in store) Purple and Pink Hearts Print: Etsy Sweet and Sassy Print: Etsy Dresser Knobs: Hobby Lobby (similar here and here) Changing Pad Cover: Buy Buy Baby Pig Rocker: Land of Nod Side Table: At Home White + Gold Picute Frame: TJ Maxx Fur Pillow: At Home Purple Heart Pillow: Ikea Magenta Flower Pillow: Target (no longer available - similar here) Wicker Baskets: Target Book Ledges: DIY - thanks baby Daddy!  Felt Ball Garland: Etsy Curtains: Walmart Ballerina Animals: Buy Buy Baby (here) Ceiling Light: Ikea Crib Sheet: Madly Wish Monogram: Etsy Scalloped Crib Skirt: Buy Buy Baby

Our Home { Living Room Progress }

I've wanted to share our living room progress for awhile now! But then July came around and that meant more attention towards beginning of the school year prepping. But finally, I found a little bit of time to squeeze this little post out and share what's been going on in our home.

We bought our house back in January | posts here & here | but I honestly didn't put much thought or effort into decorating for the first six months. With our gender reveal party back at the beginning of July, I wanted to kinda make it seem like we actually live here and make our house feel a little more cozy. 
Really the only "decorating" of the living room we did before summer was buy new couches and tables back in February. We purchased them from Ashley Furniture and they completely changed the feel of the room. The room is pretty big with tall ceilings, so the bulky furniture fits in there nicely, and fills the space really well.
My mom totally rocked it out one weekend and painted our living room for us over the summer, and I couldn't be happier with the color we chose. Anything was better than that icky builder's paint, and the newly grey walls make the room so warm and welcoming.
I definitely splurged a little on our couch pillows. Target has a great way of making your original idea of simple/easy decorating into a much more elaborate scheme - hence the 500 pillows that are now completely necessary.
We didn't make many changes, but the ones we did make totally changed the feel of the room. It's definitely one of my favorite rooms in the house now. We still have a few things to do to get the room completely "finished" but for now, I'll continue loving the progress we've made!

House Find Favorites || Living Room

Like I mentioned in my life catch-up post yesterday, I totally haven't started decorating our home much at all. I'm a little shocked by this honestly, because I figured I'd go a little crazy once we moved in. It's been quite the opposite. Now that I have the ability, I'm having a hard time making the decisions and finding the time. My wallet has been pretty safe up until now... 
But this Pinterest crazy gal is getting the decorating bug, and I've fallen in love with some swoon-worthy living room shots. I really want to start working on our living room and kitchen relatively soon. It's definitely the main focal point of our house, and it's where we spend the most time just the two of us and with guests. 
When we moved in, Cody and I both knew we wanted new living room furniture, so we bit the bullet and bought new sofas and tables. They're so cozy and comforting, so I want my living room to reflect the same feel. 
Here are a few shots that I'm loving:

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via What do y'all think? Any decorating tips are very much welcome!