a dresser makeover...

just a bit ago i put the final touches on Penny's new dresser, and i must say that i'm pretty pleased with how it came out!

here's a peek at the rough state it started off in...

and here's its pretty new self...

gotta love a makeover!

i found the dresser at my favorite salvage spot, and with just a fresh coat of paint and some new hardware, it's ready for a whole new life! we've still got quite a way to go with the nursery decorating, but this feels like a big thing taken off that check list!

early nesting...

welp apparently the nesting phase of this pregnancy has kicked in. i've been cleaning and rearranging our home like it's my job... and getting evan on board for this obsession as well! just in the past week, evan built us a bookcase, we painted it, i scored us a new kitchen table, painted our kitchen window trim as well as our bathroom cabinets, and we hung up some new curtains. somewhere in between all of that i managed to find time to also rearrange our living room, magic eraser all the walls in our home, clean the baseboards, and bleach our back door. it was kinda crazy around here! i'm loving this energy though, and i'm hoping it sticks around through most of the 3rd trimester as well. we've still got lots to do in preparation for the babe... as if we could ever be fully ready!

a few peeks at the nursery...

this past week has been spent making over our guest room into a new little nursery for penny! we haven't really gotten very far yet, but it already feels like such a huge change. here's a peek at our progress thus far...

the walls were a deep mauve sort of color to begin with. this isn't the best picture, but silly me forgot to take a bunch of "before" shots...

we decided to repaint the room a lovely shade of antique white... which meant it took 3 coats to cover up the old color. pain in the neck, but so very worth it!

the mr. gettin' down to business! he and i have our painting method down pat. i do all the trim and edge work, and he rolls it all out. we're quite a team!

mirabelle was a bit nervous about all the action...

i scored this vintage lace curtain for $4 at a thrift store. it's absolutely perfect!

and a close up of those sweet sweet ruffles!

and this amazing rocker was a gift to us from my friends parents. i've known them since i was about 13... crazy!

so that's it so far. this is my favorite thing to work on and think about lately. one might say i'm obsessed, but i LOVE doing room makeovers, and to be doing one for the little lady in my belly makes it more special then i can even tell you.

i'll be sure to share more baby room goodness as it develops!

the shed... still a work in progress.

a few pics from the weekend build...

as i mentioned last week, we're putting up a cute little shed outside so that i can move a lot of my work supplies out of the house and make more room for the little bean on the way. it'll be part storage, part work space, part fort hideaway and i can't wait to start moving stuff in! it's still not quite done yet, obviously, but it's in it's home stretch stages!

i didn't get to paint the little nuggets room last weekend like i had originally hoped to because i soon came to the conclusion that there were even more pressing things that needed to happen first. things such as clearing out, and cleaning up, my current studio space so that we can start making that into the new guest room. our current guest room is what will soon be the babies room. so first thing first, move the guest room stuff out before painting. i know eventually i'll get to start working on the beans room, i'm just so darn impatient!