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Last night we finished decorating the baby’s room. Yeah, yeah, I know he’ll be five months old on Saturday, but what can I say? He’s kept us busy.

When we first decided to give him a room of his own, we weren’t even planning to decorate it. I mean, sure, I figured eventually we’d paint over the pink walls someday, but I certainly wasn’t in any rush. Why would a baby care what colour his walls are?

Then, a week before my due date, the nesting instinct kicked into overdrive and I went to the store to buy a gallon of paint, some curtains and a throw pillow. I’m not sure my husband totally believed me when I told him that we would be redoing the room that day, but when he saw me and my 39-week belly pulling furniture away from the wall, he knew he had no choice but to help out. So that day he edged and I rollered and Harbour tasted and we freaked out because eating paint can NOT be good for you — and then before we knew it, the room was a gorgeous shade of aqua. A fresh new colour for our little bundle of boy.

Didn’t it turn out great? I love the colours. And half of the stuff we used to decorate with was already stashed in our basement so the makeover was pretty cheap.

Like these adorably retro alphabet cards – I bought them years ago when we first decided to try homeschooling River. I downloaded the files for free from Handmade Home and then had them printed on cardstock at Staples – the whole set cost me maybe $10-$15 in total? The cards match the room so perfectly that you’d think that the whole colour scheme off of them.

This print came from Etsy too. I bought it on a whim because it’s fun and it matches the room perfectly and I like the idea of using a fair or carnival as a decorating theme someday.

The fabric bunting cost me next to nothing. I raided the discount section of Fabricland for orange printed fabric, and then I cut it into strips and tied the pieces to some twine along with the alphabet cards. Quick and colourful and easy.

These lanterns were packed away in the basement. They’re a hit — the baby loves staring at them. Or maybe he’s afraid that they’re going to fall down on his head and crush him — it’s hard to say. I originally made little paper baskets to hang under them so they’d look like whimsical hot air balloons – that’s why there are little flags around the middle. But the baskets looked awful. A total Pinterest fail. Oh well, you can’t win all the time.

And, well… these are just some wraps. Sorry, I know they don’t have anything to do with the room decor, but what can I say? I’m easily distracted by pretty wraps.

And by babies too.

Munch, munch, munch.

Back to the nursery. We just moved this chaise up from the basement last week. I’m far to lazy for rocking chairs — I like to put my feet up when I nurse. This is the Kivik chaise from Ikea and it’s ridiculously comfortable. I love having it in the nursery — it was going to waste in the basement. Now I can put up my feet, quietly watch Downton Abbey on the iPad and knit while the baby sleeps. That is, if the girls haven’t already grabbed a book and claimed it for themselves. I don’t blame them though. It’s a delightful room to be in.

Curious about the teaforthree.ca copyright? That’s the name of my old blog. Not stolen, just never rebranded! 🙂