Over the moon!

Once we found out we were having a boy, Chris immediately geeked out and thought we could do a Star Wars themed nursery.  Probably didn't help that I showed him this Pottery Barn bedding for big kids.

 

Pottery Barn Kids

Once I turned down that idea, we came up with a compromise.  Solar system!  (I did give in to one Star Wars item for the nursery - the storm trooper clock I already posted.)

So many people say "I'm not into themes" when it comes to nurseries, but I can't help it.  I'm fully committed. 

Here's our inspiration - the All Solar Systems Go bedding from Land of Nod:

Land of Nod

I never realized how hard a science themed nursery would be with a science teacher for a husband.  So far, he has vetoed anything with Pluto named as a planet.  He also nixed a neat and colorful felt planet mobile from etsy because the sun and planets were not to scale.

extra large planet solar system mobile from etsy.com

Today I found some really cute cloud shelves but he informed me that there are no clouds in space!  Oops.

RoomMates Cloud Shelf from Amazon.com

Glad he's here to teach Grant all about it since I'm obviously way behind on my space knowledge! 

He'll also be able to teach him the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek and if it's Han Solo or Hans Solo... or maybe Hans Olo?  Just kidding... I know that's not right.

New floors: Part 1

Part 1 of floor installation was a success!

Since we moved in 5 years ago, we've wanted hardwood floors.  Chris has been talking about new floors and carpet forever as his #1 on the list to change in the house.  We finally took the plunge and are making some improvements around the house. 

We decided against real hardwood and went with Pergo laminate flooring.  There are several reasons why, but the biggest one was wear and tear by our two dogs.  They're a little uncertain so far and couldn't find a comfortable spot to lay down, but I hope we made the right choice. 

We picked the Pergo Elegant Expressions in Handscraped Bocote.  Didn't want anything too dark (shows dog hair and dust more obviously) or shiny (ditto on the super clean floors).

The workers did an excellent job and it only took 3 of them two days to tear up carpet, some tile, install floors and replace the baseboards for ~ 670 sq. ft.  

Here are a couple pics before we put things back together.

living room

dining/sitting room (with new paint!)

Main Hallway

Front Hallway

(Sorry the lighting is funny.)

We're still figuring out rugs for the big spaces.  And eventually we'll have to get rid of the glass coffee table and end tables.

Next weekend is part 2: new carpet in the bedrooms! 

You know what's not fun?

Flooding your bathroom at midnight!  Why ALL sinks don't have those little emergency drains, I'll never know.  (I know my brother in law, G, feels me on that one!)   

Chris painted our "dining room" last night (in quotes because it's never been and probably never will be a dining room) before the floor installers came this morning.  I was washing out brushes in the guest bathroom and left the sink running.  (Who does that in the middle of a drought?!  Can I blame the baby?)

We only had to throw out soggy toilet paper rolls and kleenex boxes so the damage wasn't too bad.  Plus now I have a clean floor!

The newly painted room looks GREAT!  Chris did a wonderful job in just a few hours.  I helped with some of the little spaces but don't worry, we had the windows open, fans blowing and I wore one of those huge masks the whole time.

Next on the list... painting the nursery.  So glad we're not DIY on the floor installation.