The Nursery Project

The Nursery is Almost Ready!

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Two weeks until we move to the new apartment. We've been working really hard on the new house. It's not quite ready yet. The kitchen will be fitted this week, but at least we've got all the walls plastered and painted. The floorboards are in, but I still need to install the skirting boards myself (yup, I do the handyworks, Chris does the paperworks).

Peanut's nursery has one bright yellow wall, as was planned. I'm still somewhat unhappy with the brown window pane, but once I've got the curtains on, it won't be that visible anymore. And speaking of curtains, I found out that the 'vintage' IKEA fabric I had would actually be enough to cover the whole window, I just need to find someone who'd sew it.

It's rather dark now, because I haven't put the lights in, and the afternoon sun comes through the front part of  the apartment (the living room). But it's lovely in there in the morning.

I'm off to the construction site again now, hopefully all skirting boards will be on by the end of the day.

Related article: The Nursery is Taking Shape

Highschool Locker from Kids Factory

I love this highschool locker from Kids Factory. It's simple and stylish, and looks great either in a nursery or a teen's bedroom. Available in six different colours, you can even mix and match several colours together.

Highschool locker is € 365.00 a piece.

Also available as a three-door closet (no price indication on the site).

Ikea MANDAL: Bedside Table, or Retro School Desk?

Ikea MANDAL supposed to be bedside tables for grown up. What caught my eyes are the way it resembles classic school desk. I love the two toned finish and the metal legs. The drawer adds feel of authenticity. It's also great because it looks like it's a good size for a toddler. It's 45 x 49 cm in surface area, and 52 cm in heigth. It would look great with MÅLA blackboard.  What's missing is the perfect school bench or chair, of course.

Ikea MANDAL bedside table is € 49.95 a piece.

Related article: The Pilgrimage.

I Think I Found A Big Girl's Bed for Peanut

I'm still undecided whether to buy Peanut a junior bed or straight to a twin bed for her first 'big girl's bed'. A junior bed always looks so cute and they save space in a small room for more play area, but you do need to get rid of it in place of a proper twin bed probably before they're 7 (and then to a queen bed when they're a teen?).

I got a copy of a local kid's interior magazine the other day, called Ariadne At Home Kinderen. Why they have such a long title escapes me, except for the fact that it's a special children's edition of the magazine that usually goes as Ariadne At Home (who's Ariadne anyway?).

I love these local interior magazines because they always have great ideas that are not too over the top budget-wise, and they even tell you where to get them. They even sell some of the things they featured themselves, including this gorgeous four-poster bed. I'm not a four-poster-bed type of woman, but this one is so lovely in its simplicity and versatility for a little girl's room. It comes in wood grain finish, and you'd have to paint it yourself if you want colours. We have this dark vibrant yellow coloured wall in Peanut's room, and I bet a white washed version of this bed would look great against that wall. It even solves the junior/twin bed dilemma by being available in both sizes.

The only problem is, Peanut is not quite ready to move to a junior/twin bed. She's going to be 18 month by the end of this month, but she still loves her small spaces. By the time she's 2, I'm not sure this bed will still be on offer. What to do?

Hemelbed (70x150) is € 179,00
Hemelbed (90x200) is € 209,00