Nursery Progress

Good Morning!

Over the weekend we decided to put together the crib and "make" the glider.

We figure, any day now we could get the call from the bank (on the shortsale house we are buying) and could be moving so we want to have it all set up in case we are still in our apartment when the baby is born and if we move before we don't have to build it all too! So, we moved out the "office" and built the "nursery"! After much grumbling and grunting from Papa Engle everything was built and we love it! He grumbles but he is so handy and loves projects.. just wants me to know that it's hard work I think ;-) 

I SO appreciate him and all he does, couldn't do any of this without him (literally, haha).

Here's a couple pics of his masterpieces :)

We love the sleek/modern design of the crib and that it has a drawer for extra storage. I looked high and low for a crib with a drawer that I liked, on most cribs that is just wasted space! Seems crazy to me and I LOVE my storage/organizing. However, most of the cribs with drawers have this awkward space in- between the mattress and the drawer so that you can see into the drawer, it is so wierd. So, I ordered some fabric that will coordinate with the rest of the nursery later, whipped out my hot glue gun and made a quick/no sew crib skirt then velcro'd it to the spring mattress holder (or whatever that thing is called). Turned out great and hides that awkward space, not to mention, gives it a pop of fun color :)

Next, the glider. Long story short, Gliders are rediculously expensive!! I could not for the life of me find one that I liked without paying $600+. With everything else there is to buy for the baby and the new house soon I couldn't get myself to spend that on a chair. Soooo, the search continued and I came across a couple of blogs where the couples had bought regular chairs and made them into gliders (becuase of their same frustration) by purchasing the glider hardware and putting on the chair. GENIUS!!! But then, finding the chair I wanted at a great price was another issue.. until I came across a couple who had modified this Ektorp Jennylund Ikea Chair! (click to see how they did it)

DOUBLE GENIUS. Thats all I wanted.. a simple, white, slipcovered, upholstered chair that rocked and swiveled. So, I bought the chair & the glider parts online.. took a nap and Shaun built it! We love it.. and all for under $300. YES! Done.

Turned out cute didn't it? Would you have ever guessed Ikea? That place has EVERYTHING.

We like to sit in it and pretend we are rocking Trenton :) The rocking motion nearly puts us to sleep, no wonder babies like it.

With the Crib and Glider in the spare room now it all feels so much more real. We just can't wait until there's a cute lil baby boy in there to make it real!

Welp, onto another week.. oh how I really dislike  love Mondays :)

But, that just means another week closer to our baby boy!

Have a good one. TTYL xo 

hugs, Tay.