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This comment is coming from an interior designer of nurseries,you have done a wonderful job decorating your nursery. Love the mix of old and new, it gives the room a sense of happening over time. Your grandfathers' cabinet is perfect. Best of luck to you.

I love it!

i absolutely adore the furniture! i am in the market for nursery furnishings too - now i am caught in a dilemma as only walmart sells this line, and i have a longstanding "no walmart" policy.

We have the same furniture! It holds up wonderfully. (our little boy was born in late sept '08). I love the colors and accessories. It's very warm and inviting.

Jamie & Liam: You guys did a great job. We bought a little cheaper furniture, but splurged on the monte luca.

We're due right about the same time (we're early october) and we aren't near done with the nursery. Good job on being so prepared.

Supergaijin,
I too have an ambivalence about Walmart and really limit my purchases there as a result. If you want the furniture, I recommend making the purchase but also e-mailing corporate with your concerns and making it clear that you don't shop Walmart regularly because of their corporate practices. I don't think it's enough to boycott in silence. I think that it's important to make the company understand that if they want to appeal to a wider (and frankly, more monied) consumer base, they need to work on corporate responsibility as well as better design.
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Modern nursery for boy or girl for under $1K: http://onegrandhome.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/modern-nursery-for-under-1k/

Oh and as for Daley's room. I love how the palette was pushed beyond blue and green. Not sure why there is such an impulse to get uncreatively monochromatic in babies' rooms but it is refreshing to see that changing. I also LOVE the inclusion of an antique. Children should live with history, I think, and well made things that evoke a different time and place. Very stimulating to the imagination and eye.

I LOVE the sasquatch poster and I love music too - so perfect. I'm going to purchase it for my son's room

I love the room. Where did you get thew little white dog in the pics?

Very well put together. As for the poster you will need to hang it over another wall. When the baby is standing in the crib he/she may pull it off the wall

Hello.

Can anyone please tell me what that white trash can looking like thing is? It is in the photo next to the closet door and has 3 sections. Most importantly where can I find it?

Thanks in advance!

Beautiful room!! Where are the curtains from? I love the color. I also have the Park Lane furniture from WM (changer and tall dresser) and love them!

Also, for anyone looking for a really affordable alternative to little wall bookshelves like these, I bought a bunch of wood Bekvam spice racks from Ikea for $3.99 (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40070185), painted them, and voila--super cute/ cheap wall-mounted book racks. I have several of them by both of my boys' beds.

I need some blooming owls already!

Thanks, everyone, for the comments and suggestions. Baby Daley was born nearly 4 weeks early so we're very glad to have had the room ready for him!

To answer some questions:

The curtains are from Pottery Barn. The little white dog was from Muji a few years ago, don't know if they still sell it. And the storage unit is Kartell Componibili - here's a link: http://hivemodern.com/products/?view=sub_product&sid=397&cid=183&cid2=186

Jaime

very nicely done, the room looks great. i really like the colors and the mix of old and new.

regarding the crib - another similar option is the Westport crib by Amy Coe. we bought it online sight unseen and i love it. it also came with the toddler conversion kit which is nice to have on hand if we ever want to use it.

Glad to hear you like the Westport, Kategal. That's what we plan to use.

Congratulations, Jaime!

I love this room!!! I actually want to get this walmart furniture and it looks great in your nursery!
I was wondering what grey color this was? I am also doing grey as baby and parets will be sharing rooms at first.
Thanks in advance and congratulations on the new addition to the family!

Where did you get that owl on the second shelf?? Did you make it? I love it! Thanks.

I love-love your nursery! The sasquatch poster is really awesome. Can you tell me color paint you did on your walls?
Thanks!!

Sorry for the delay on the paint color - the can is in the cellar so I'm going on memory. It's definitely Benjamin Moore and perhaps Gray Timber Wolf but I can't be sure. Wish I could be more specific. One thing I did learn is that grays look even darker if your lighting isn't great; we almost wish we did the main room in this color and the nursery/bedrooms in the lighter shade... As for the owl, I bought it at a Renegade Craft Fair a few years back. The girls who made it have since documented the DIY craft movement in a movie and book called Handmade Nation. Here's a link to an interview by Grace at Design Sponge http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/02/handmade-nation-special-edition-interview.html . Don't know if they make the owls anymore, unfortunately...

Take care.

Correction to the above post. Found the color - the gray is called Silver Fox (it's in the brown family) and the lighter shade we used in the rest of the house is called Abalone. Hope this helps.

Oooh yay!! Sasquatch was such a great weekend! :-)