I know I have you mentioned several times about my friends the Getmans having a baby.. I am very excited about this baby; aside from my sister, these are my first close friends having a baby and I am already quite in love with Tess. She is due any day now!!!!!
I posted before about my contributions to the nursery area (aka the Tess Nest) – and just recently the mommy-to-be (aka Stephanie) called me over to help her with the last minute nursery area preparations. Daddy-to-be (aka David) is busting his ass trying to get a multitude of work projects done before the big birth, and my carpentry and installation skills got called into use!
They wanted a whimsical but not baby-ish baby area (the far end of their big master bedroom) that was not too gender specific, really functional and livable for everyone. So, besides giving a few gifts and being handy with a drill- I reiterate that this is all Stephanie and David’s doing- they have great taste!
First off- Stephanie is a knock out furniture refinisher. She wanted a combo vintage dresser/ changing table and (with a little inspiration from D*S) made this beauty come to life:
It has a beautiful antiqued gray painted finish was accented by this awesome paper top. Artwork above it is by a local houston artist.
and fun lined drawers!
check out the cute vintage blocks that spell "Tess"! A lot of the stuffed animals were Stephanie's or David's when they were kiddos. The books are held in baskets from walmart that I secured to the wall with anchored "L" screws.
Mr. Owl found a home under some neat name plaques that Steph's nieces made. And lookie! Something got festooned with my impromptu flower!
The flags that I made luckily span the entire length of the wall of Tess' Nest!
Don't you love the graphic bird organic bedding? And Stephanie's mom made the moses basket liner!
One of Stephanie's childhood Gunds in front on a bird pillow from Urban Outfitters.
I can’t wait to meet lil’ Tessie!
P.S. I know I need to work on this blurry picture business.. please bear with me while I try to figure out my camera! I am seriously anti-flash and have not figured out how to take the perfect indoor natural light photo… Lame.
8 Responses to “Baby bird Tess gets a nest!”
So refreshing to see something other than a “theme” room.
Beautiful!
thanks susan for all your help making the nest come to life!! now we just need a little birdie to put in it…
“Tess nest.” Heeeee!
Oh, and can you attach a tripod to your camera? Long exposures for indoor pics without flash require that the camera be absolutely still.
Genius! A TRIPOD! Like my cat with three legs, but hopefully steadier. I know we have one of those around here somewhere. (well, we DO have a cat with three legs, but I mean the legitimate device..not the screwball feline.) I’ll start practicing!
aww what a sweet room! i would gladly go live in it. the colors are so nice and soothing, and i love the bird-print fabric. ~joelle
Susan you are so talented!
Dang that’s a good bambino room. I LOVE the wall color, it helps to keep the room sophisticated but everything else makes it so youthful. the perfect balance!!!
I love the changeing table, I like the retro look going on:)
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