We didn't know if baby was a boy or a girl - which was super exciting. Maybe I will write about what made us decide to keep the gender a surprise one day. but that is not the point of today's post. Today, I am sharing one of the ways The Mister and I decided to organize baby's things. Keeping a nursery gender neutral, minimalist-ish, match the rest of my house, but still fit for a baby was a puzzle. Match the rest of your house? you ask... Yes - that is one of the major ways I decorate. I want to be able to shuffle decor and furniture (for the most part) from room to room and have it make sense.
But the nursery. My baby's first bedroom. I had fun designing it. The place that my little one would play and dream dreams, where we read and giggle and cuddle together. It felt like a holy task - something I was entrusted to take part in.
So I wanted a fun shelving system to hang about the dresser. Something white and a bit whimsical. Before baby was born, Chris cratfted these beautiful hexagon shelves. The math worked out to 33 degree cuts for the shapes. Then we worked together to come up with a grouping that made the shelves just the right amount of spread out on the wall.
We painted them white because it is me and I like white paint. The white matches the moldings in the room, and what we decided to paint the baby's dresser we bought off of Craigslist. That dresser was taken completely apart and rebuilt with better hardware and put together more securely. It is solid. Add a changing pad, a basket for diapers, a few practical things and a few fun things. Ready for baby!
