Serene Joy's nursery is undoubtedly my favorite nook in our new little home. While I was pregnant with her up until our move a month ago, she did not have a room since the spare bedroom in our former apartment was for
Craftheopolis. Once we commenced packing, we purged much of that craft/study room's contents. Now, the second bedroom at our current place belongs to Serene. I did not really have a solid vision of what I wanted her nursery to look like. Because I already had a slew of knick knacks I procured or made long ago for decorating purposes, I vowed not to buy anything of that nature, but to just use what I already had. I wasn't sure how the color palette would turn out, except that it would be colorful. I particularly love how bright the sun shines through the white curtains to illuminate everything in her room. Mostly everything is vintage, handmade, or passed down from lovely
chums. The only pieces that were newly acquired are her
crib,
crib mattress, and
rocking chair, all of which were gifts from dear friends at our baby showers. I confess, she does not sleep during the night in her crib yet, since I still feel she is too little to be by her lonesome at those hours (this might also be an excuse for my inability to transfer her from her bassinet by our bedside). For now, she plays and (sometimes) naps in here. Her changing pad and diapering supplies are missing from the pictures, which we currently have stationed in our room. Since she is turning three months old in less than a week, we plan to slowly incorporate the changing area and the crib. The only other piece of furniture that was bought for her nursery is the worn primary-colored dresser, which I nabbed during my third trimester for a steal of a deal at a local secondhand shop because it was missing the top drawer. I compensated for the missing drawer with a couple of vintage enamel basins we had lying around to store socks, hats, toys, and other accessories. Most of the books on her red shelf are my childhood favorites, including my own copies of the historical
American Girl series and
Little House on the Prairie set from when I was a little girl. The reading corner is also decorated with vintage record covers of some of my most-loved musicals, along with mid-century copies of
Mary Poppins and
Eloise, a couple of the books Alex used to
propose that momentous day. Children's books are absolutely some of my favorite items. I spent so much of my childhood reading (I used sit on the bathroom floor poring over books, until my mom found out, to her exasperation, that I wasn't actually getting ready for school). Here's to hoping Serene also loves to read, and that she finds her room as sweet and jolly as I do.
