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The Golden Nursery Progress

Isla’s room is making progress, but there is still a ton of work to be done! I feel like this is a never-ending project, but I only have 15 more weeks left. We’ve bought or ordered most of the furniture, but are still waiting on the glider and ottoman, curtains, two lamps (here and here), baby mobile, and a ton of prints/frames for our bare walls. I need to pick a wall color (or wall paper!), create a gallery wall, and fill these massive bookshelves with books and baby stuff. The baby registry is almost complete though, thanks to help from Annie Dean’s list and other new mom friends of mine. I have to remind myself not to keep buying things or there won’t be anything left for my upcoming showers!

I’m sharing a few pictures of the nursery (in progress!). The ENTIRE room was once covered with pictures of the items taped to the floors and walls – as more and more items come in, more and more paper comes down! I cannot wait until June 4.

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Two very bare bookshelves!

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The crib (before the mattress arrived)

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With the new mattress (poor lighting though!)

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I cannot wait until the curtains arrive! Pictures of the lamps, curtains and wall paper are taped everywhere.

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Where the gallery wall(s) and glider will be!

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Update: The Baby & Child Manor Court Chandelier Floor Lamp is here!

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Some of our items so far:

Target Threshold Bar Cart

IKEA Hemnes Book Shelves

IKEA Hemnes Dresser (with Anthropologie Mercury Glass Melon Knob)

Pottery Barn Henley Rug (Ivory)

Babyletto Mercer Crib

Land of Nod Simmon’s BeautySleep Mattress

Serena and Lily Mocha Trellis Crib Sheets, Bumper and Skirt

Anthropologie Constance Curtain Rod (not pictured)

Anthropologie Glass Melon Finials

Pottery Barn Cameron Tie Curtains (not pictured – arriving soon!)

BHLDN Key Hole Box

BHLDN Antique Gold Mirror

West Elm Gold Laquer Tray

West Elm Tree Jewelry Holder

Rifle Paper Co. Paris Print

Lulu and Georgia Audrey Lamp in White (not pictured – arriving soon!)

West Elm Graham Glider and Ottoman (not pictured – arriving in 8 weeks!)

Little Baby Isla

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We finally decided on both the first and middle name for our little baby girl! I was born in Scotland, and Sasha’s parents are both from Serbia, so we narrowed our searches down to baby names from both those cultures. We had about six names (three Scottish, three Serbian), then tested them out for awhile and decided upon ‘Isla’ – pronounced eye-la. It’s a Scottish name, so we chose Milijana (pronounced Milly-ana) for a middle name, which is Sasha’s only surviving grandma’s first name. Not an easy name – Isla Milijana Petrovic – but neither of our names were, and we liked it! I am a sucker for a good personalized print, so I ordered this one and this one from Minted (along with this sassy print). I could have ordered 1000 more prints. I love Minted so much.

Mirror from BHLDN and gold star from Anthropologie (no longer for sale!)

Favorite Photos of the Week

Photography blogs are my absolute favorite – I could literally stare at beautifully captured moments all day long. This week was awfully busy at work (sleep deprived!), but I managed to fit in 30 minutes of blog scouring late last night. The pictures below are my favorite photos for this week (although some were posted more than a week ago!). Which is your favorite?

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maternity via laura murray (seriously perfect – we need these!)

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wedding via ryan ray

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engagement via taylor lord

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travel via vicki grafton

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Gold Striped Walls

I love interior design, which you’ll know if you’ve been following along for awhile now. I am currently planning a nursery for our baby girl who will be born on June 4. We recently ordered our crib (Babyletto Mercer in all white) and bought the rug for the room (Pottery Barn Henley Rug in Ivory), so all that’s left is the rocking chair and ottoman. And, of course, the wall color. This is the biggest decision and I am so torn. I go back and forth between Rifle Paper Co. wall paper dreams, solid cream, gold wall paper, or gold and white painted stripes. I am very, very inspired by this last option, but I’m not sure this is the option we’ll go with. I’m sharing some of my favorite gold striped walls – what do you think? Appropriate for a baby room or too old? My main concern is having lots of frames hanging against the stripes and it seeming off balanced. Decisions, decisions!

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This is my absolute favorite.

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