Sneak peek

There are now twice as many sinks in the house as there were when we moved in (exactly a year ago!)

Things are looking up!

Yesterday we went to home depot to pick up some stuff for the bathroom sink, and since he couldn't find what he needed there to install the sink, M. moved on to his next project, overhead lighting.  After a few sexist comments from the salesperson about how pregnant ladies have the easy job of lying on the couch and snuggling the baby, we picked up all of the stuff we needed, came home, moved a freezer into the basement (take that, salesguy) and I turned 12 lbs of tomatoes into sauce while M. disappeared upstairs.  I eventually went to bed, and this morning, I woke up to overhead lighting in the office.

We opted for four inch LED halo fixtures.  This is the part where I should tell you all about what we installed, how we installed it, etc. but this is my blog and I didn't do any of the actual work. So, marry a person who can install overhead lighting and then go to bed. That is how you do this.  The only two parts I "helped" with (besides finding the correct little pieces in the tiny piece aisle at Home Depot) were picking out the 4 inch halo fixtures (which are listed for accent or task lighting, but the ceiling in this room is pretty low, and the room is pretty tiny) and offering my opinion on which tiles should get the lights inserted in them. 

The reason it was a question of tiles is because the housings needed to have three inches of clearance between them and the insulation, and as you get further back in the room, the insulation is closer and closer to the tiles.  Even though the housings were not LED specific, so that recommendation was probably excessive for LEDs.  But fire safety is important, so all of the housings went towards the front of the room where they had 3". The desk might still require a task light but we have a few of those to spare. 

If anyone needs specific instructions, leave a comment and I'll have M. get back to you. But it's so exciting to have the switch function in this room (it didn't even switch an outlet before) and I'm really psyched to get my sewing on because it will be so much easier! 

Nursery Furniture

I always thought nursery décor and furniture would be the fun part of having a baby.  Turns out, I find decorating anything, even a tiny, adorable room for a tiny human, exhausting.  There are tons of cribs out there but I didn't like any of them.  There are tons of gliders but none of them are comfortable.  There are tons of changing tables but none of them MAKE ANY SENSE.  So.  We have finally purchased a glider, which means we have the last piece for the nursery purchased.  The crib and glider should come in the next few weeks, and once the sink moves out of the nursery, we should be in pretty good shape. 

So here is what we ended up going with:

Pali Imperia Crib - I didn't like most of the cribs that had a higher back and a lower front, or a lot of extra fanciness going on. The extra fanciness takes up a lot of extra space when you are filling a 7x9 room.  We were deciding between the BabyLetto Mercer, which has storage drawers, and this crib.  We ultimately picked this one because it had way less flex in the rails, and we are hoping the material will hold up to teething a bit better than the Mercer, but I've already pinned some teething guards. 

Haverty's Patrice Glider - I checked out Babies R Us and Great Beginnings for gliders, but generally felt underwhelmed.  We bought our couch from Haverty's and I was really pleased with their selection of reasonably priced rocker/glider recliners. Plus their sales staff tends to be really nice and not pushy and their delivery lets you stalk the truck all the way to their house and they have a good return policy.  This was the narrowest glider we could find that still looks like a proper armchair and will hopefully work in our living room later. 

 

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Kallax Changing Table - we bought an Ikea Kallax 4x2, added three sets of Captiva Legs (we = husband), and will be putting a changing pad and other changing supplies on top. 

Dresser - We still have to sand and paint the dresser, or at least clean it up.  The coloring might actually work with the "mouse" colored glider, so I'm not 100% set on painting it anymore.  We'll probably have to wait until we get the glider anyway, so then we can make a decision. 

Hopefully I can get started on our mobile and some other projects soon, but right now most of my weekends have been taken up with errands and cooking all of the produce we are getting from our CSA and garden plot!