A room designed with love! It feels cozy and happy. You have done a wonderful job, even if it didn't end up where you thought it might, and you should be proud.

And, the best 'creation' for the space is yet to come! He will be the perfect addition to the room, your family and your heart.

How much fun to decorate for your new little boy! It's a wonderful nursery that will grow with your baby. I love the colors and patterned fabrics. The Coke plane is awesome!

Your room is adorable! I like that it is calm and cozy, and yet filled with bright colors and family-made things that already tell a family's story. And I love the little footstool; my eye went to it immediately.

Please don't worry about "lack of motivation" and "not getting everything done"! That happens to almost all of us - Nature is simply preparing us for this miraculous event by clearing our minds of less important details. : > )

Take care of yourself and stay in touch!

I don't think you have to worry about any negative comments. The room looks marvelous! Well done. Extra credit for sticking to a sensible budget.
All the best for a safe and happy arrival of your lucky little boy.

Dee

Marvelous, wonderful, BRAVO! You did an fantastic job. Now come finish my house!

Hello Shee, you did an excellent job, it's really a beautiful nursery, your attention to detail is amazing, it has a calm vibe to it; I wish you a great end of pregnancy and a fabulous experience, and I hope you keep us posted when you can......

Oh my gosh- it's darling! What a grand space for a sweet little boy to grow up in! Love all the plaid touches, too.
Best wishes to you and speedy delivery!~~

Shee - Your energy (even at the reduced pregnancy rate) is amazing, as are the results. This makes a wonderful welcome for Baby Hee!

Java

Shee it turned out great! I love it. The bookcase and dresser really look good. You can tell you've put alot of thought, hard work and love into the room.

I bet you can't wait till little baby Shee is in that crib!

Thanks for sharing.

tina

Oh my...so awesome! My daughter is 20 months old and I have yet to make her room 'hers'...this is an inspiration. I love it! Well done...so thought out...neat and tidy...different than all the rest I've seen.

Oh Shee, that is not what I pictured at all! You really have a good eye. I was worried the room would be dark but I didn't know you had such wonderful windows in there.

Do not EVER change the colors of that dresser! I want to find an old dresser and do the same.

Brava!

Nice job!
That coke can plane is very clever!

Wanted to note the following: Love the pillow - instructions would be lovely!

Will need to see the Fox art. No explanation needed on my end - it is a MUST SEE!

DS1 (8yrs) still has his floppy Moosey that is an active part of his day to day stuff. Enjoy!

Very nice, Shee! What an adorable room! My favorite thing is the dresser. You did such a beautiful job with it... completely transformed it. Never ceases to amaze me what you accomplish with paint. Your attention to detail really shows.

Lucky baby!

Add my voice to the chorus of people singing the praises of that wonderful room. Once again, you have done an excellent job with your decorating.

You did a great job! It's so warm and inviting. I love what you did with the dresser. The scripture that you have framed is one of my favorites. I have relied on it many times in raising my two boys. So excited for you!

You did a great job. I can tell that lots of love went into creating that charming room.

Shee,
That is an awesome nursery. I love the brightness of the whole room. Your son is going to feel very welcome there. I wish you well in your final weeks and a speedy delivery.

I luv, luv, luv it Shee! Perfect room for a little guy to "grow" in. Everything a little boy could ask for - a few animals, a little sports, all hand-made by Mom and Dad(well, mostly Mom, and a special piece of art from Pap!

And I love that little leather stool....don't you dare pretty it up.

He's a lucky little guy coming into a home filled with love.

Tuesday

It's great and I love the warm, welcoming feeling. But of course - he's a Phillies fan!

I love it when a room looks perfect without looking "decorated", and in my experience that is incredibly difficult to achieve. But you've pulled it off.

Really, really nice for the little guy....

This is as welcoming as any room could be to a new member of the family... good job, Shee, he's a lucky little boy!

Wow Shee, you did a great job and should be really proud of yourself. I love the plaids and the way the room has so many home made things in it, that makes it so special. It took a lot of thought and work and it looks beautiful. You were very clever as well because the design as a whole will easily morph into a big boys room too. Lovely.

what a special place to be with your baby. I like everything especially the plaid and the dresser color.

Shee -

We are all so excited for you! Thank you for taking the time to post the photos and all the details.

It seems to me that you had a lot of energy! You have created a warm and inviting nursery, I agree, it will grow with him. Great job!

Dawn

Looks great... we are in the process of doing our nursery too. A pink and brown theme!

That's not a 'tada" - it's a TADA! Love the plaid!

what a great space! It turned out lovely. Love that red dresser. Congrats!

It all looks so very nice. It will grow with your baby and has just the right amount of personalization. It is different, and I like that about it. And I agree with everyone else in that the dresser turned out fabulous! Congrats and good luck on the upcoming birth of your precious baby!

Shee you hit your mark on all counts from what I can see, even if a few of the small details needed adjustment as you went along. The overall look ( and budget!!!) are true to your vision and it's a room that will grow and transition easily as your son grows. What fun it's been to travel this journey on the sidelines! And now we wait for the BIG reveal.... ** I'd love to see more of the wooden box on the top shelf of the bookcase - it looks like one I had from my grandmother**

It'll soon be a very happy space. You did good! Love the dresser, the red framed art, and all the natural light.

Wonderful job!! Thanks for the detailed update. It has been fun following your posts of this nursery transformation.
Let us know when baby arrives : )

It looks great! Your baby's going to be very happy in there!

S'ree, it's adoraaaaaable!!! Such a little boy room, not all baby-baby . The plaid it so unique and you won't tire of it like you would a novelty print seen so often. All the little details make it so (((personal))).

You did well, Mama! ;o)

Shee... I think it is a wonderful room! So personal, and not all baby- baby as someone else said. It will grow with your precious little boy.
I think you did a terrific job. Love the dresser too, is there a thread where you described how you fixed it? Would love to do the same for a guest room.

What a wonderful job you have done. Love all of it, but especially the plane and the fact that he will grow up as a Phillies fan!

Now, we will be waiting for the picture of the room when it is occupied! :)

Absolutely fabulous!!! The dresser redo is fantastic!!!!
Nothing about it I would change aside from the safety stuff you addressed when needed and the feel of the room is amazing.

I apologize for the wide thread. I thought I resized everything but I must have missed a few.
Thank you everyone for your kind words. I really appreciate it. It was refreshing to read them all. IRL the room doesn't feel bare to me but I think it looks that way in photos. I know I can only inject so much personality in it for now and he'll take care of finishing and tweaking when he arrives. : )

I actually took those photos later in the day when the light isn't as strong. You should see it in the morning hours. Glorious, bright light!

Lynn - I'm due June 26th.

After I loaded the photos last night I realized I should've shown the actual top now that it's all fixed. So much better!!
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JennaVA - The top was a bugger. I originally asked on the Woodworking forum what they would do and the suggestion was sanding (starting with 80 grit and working to at least 220) and then using Minwax High Performance Wood Filler for whatever the paper wouldn�t take out. I'm happy to say sanding took care of all the gouges and we didn't need the filler. I helped with the top originally but my dad finished it in the end. He first sanded the top (used both a belt sander and one of those small hand sanders) and I used Minwax dark walnut stain. I didn't like how the stain absorbed. It was way too light and looked like crap. I then painted it on and the color was good but there was the weeks wait time for it to dry. I then added another painted coat of stain and we waited some more. We then couldn't get the top lint free smooth when applying the poly. Dad and I both like stuff done 'right' so we weren't happy with the outcome. Though I'll admit, I was getting so impatient for the thing to be done I would've settled if he wouldn't of been more persistent. I was ready to say forget it and go to plan B which was paint the entire thing red. He then took the top off, sanded it again, sprayed the stain on and the topcoats. The spray made such a HUGE difference in the finish. I really want a sprayer and it's on my Christmas list. A top quality paint brush just doesn't compare. Even though it took weeks from the time we bought the dresser to finish, I'd do it all over again. We later signed the back of the dresser with a sharpie. :)

Foxespad - Here's a photo of the fox. I had originally created for a specific small picture frame but once it was in, I didn't like how it looked. The picture was so cramped and I wish I would've made it larger. I was just messing around with the larger frame and plaid and never bothered to take it out. I'm still not sure I like it there but...
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For the pillow, I printed the silhouette online, cut it out and traced it onto fabric. I then used the heat n bond (red pack) sheets and ironed it on. Ha, it was late at night when I decided to make the pillow and I started to get tired half way through the process. I was trying to iron the deer to the plaid and it wasn't sticking. I finally realized I forgot to take the plastic off the back before ironing! Thankfully it still worked and I didn't have to cut out the deer again. After cutting the shape out three times I was starting to think the owl wouldn't have been so bad after all. :) With the deer fabric being so thick, I could've easily used fabric glue instead. It wouldn't have gone through the fabric.

Dlm - Here's another shot of the box. It was my grandma's when she was a little girl.
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Thanks for the how-to. The top is amazing! I am very impatient when it comes to stuff like that. I would like a sprayer too. My friend bought one from QVC that is supposed to have no overspray, etc. and can be used indoors for trim etc. I have not seen how well it works.

The nursery looks fantastic. The colors, bedding and that dresser- amazing ! Sit back, relax and enjoy it!

What a terrific room for a new baby, it shows how much thought you put in to it and all from a place of love. Your son is very fortunate to be born to a Mom who loves to make her surroundings look lovely. I can just see you sitting in the chair with him. The room has just the exact amounts of spunk and class blended to make a yummy place to nestle and house your baby. Well done!

I will need to commission 2 fox pic's from you as a gift to DH & MIL! It's wonderful and the mat is perfect!

Thanks you for the pillow instructions and I would have done the same thing too w/ the plastic LOL!

So wonderful, your attention to details and all the hard work! I love the airplane!!

I love everything about the room but my favorite thing
has got to be the dresser too. What a great color and
it just blends so nicely with everthing else. Lucky boy!

Congrats on completing your nursery and your soon to arrive baby!! : )

We are due on the 29th and have been working on ours too. It's a lot of work (I painted the dresser too and no one will be commissioning anything hand made/ painted by me any time soon!).

We're just outside Philly in Bucks County.

Good luck with everything and maybe I'll post our room when we hang the last couple of pictures. : )

Jenna - "I am very impatient when it comes to stuff like that."
Oh my, me too! It was really hard waiting so long for the dresser. I wanted to get everything finished up and in place.

Foxespad - Ha, thanks! Yeah, I really like foxes for some reason!

Hobokenkitchen - Congratulations! Hey, who knows...maybe we'll give birth the same day. :)

I hope you'll post some photos of your finished room.

Thanks and good luck to you too!

Wow, as someone else said, every last detail is done and it is all adorable.

My only question is, shouldn't that nightlight have an "O" on it? :)

it's all good! :)

What a fantastic little boy room! The dresser transformation is amazing!

Excellent! What I love about the room is that it doesn't look like a cookie-cutter version of a room. It looks like a room tastefully decorated with things meaningful to you.

As I read your explanation of the work put into the bureau top, I thought of how you will always remember that as your special project with your dad.