Grant's nursery didn't really scream "baby boy." Except the blue walls. See:
Farm animals and polka dots = gender neutral. It sounds crazy because "Hicks men don't have girls" but I was prepared just in case!! Even the small things like the changing pad cover and the laundry basket are brown!
So when we found out we were having a girl, I didn't have to run out and redecorate the entire nursery. Just put a coat of pink on top of that blue (or in our case - hire someone to paint it), re-hang the existing decorations and VIOLA!!
The only tweaking that we needed to do is:
*New valance. The current valance had too much blue for my liking. In it's place is THIS valance (wide window, so I ordered 2). I scored them while they were on SALE on Amazon - even better!!
*New name on the wall. Grant is taking his name and his hat rack down the all with him. Abby's name is now done and hanging from some pretty doorknobs! Grant liked helping us pick them out - the doorknob drawers at Lowe's = heaven for him!
*New mobile. Grant broke his mobile and then became really attached to the part that sings and makes the mobile spin.
Including painters, crafts, new dots for the wall (the originals didn't re-stick nicely), new valance and a new mobile, the total cost was about $200. If we had painted ourselves, it would have been MUCH cheaper but we had other rooms to finish off too.
So now, we wait!
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