Transformation

So Luke's room is finally, mostly, finished.  What once was a wood-panelled pseudo-office is now a full fledged nursery.  I have to add a few accessories here and there and the closet is unfinished.  While the closet will have to wait until we have more cash flow coming in, finishing the decorating requires Luke to allow me to be away from him for more than 15 minute intervals.

A brief synopsis of the work: Jonathan ripped half of the panelling off of the walls in order to create a wainscotting look. As you can tell from the picture, the walls underneath required serious plastering (and sanding) to create a flat surface. We also added new trim with floor molding and a chair rail.  I helped with the painting (a little)!

Before:



  

After:

I still have to get a curtain rod and hang the adorable valance.

Close-up:

These are mirrored wall appliques.

After (I can't find the before for this wall):

See those monkey faces on the floor-those are going up on the left wall there.  Each face depicts a different emotion.  They are a huge pain in the ass to put up; the monkey above the crib is the same material and a third of the size-it took two hours.  The cute framed giraffe poster is going up on the other wall.

Before:

After:

Here's the notorious, yet adorable, two-hour monkey.  I have two picture frames that will go up on that right wall space, a handprint on top and a footprint on the bottom.  Those doors on the left open into our bedroom.

Up Close:

And, despite all of the time and effort we put into Luke's nursery, he has yet to sleep a single night in there.  He prefers to snuggle with Mommy.