Jesse Coulter

I'd love to share with you the details of my decorating process of Walt and Whitney's twin nursery over the next few weeks. First up...the wonderful posters above each crib (I do realize I'll have to move them once the babies can pull themselves up). I have been following blogger, Bethany Menzel, for a couple of years now and fell in love with these posters she designed. I pinned them before I was pregnant not knowing if I would ever use them. When I found out I was having twins I immediately remembered the posters and knew they would be PERFECT! Plus, the price tag was nice. In Bethany's post she gave great advice to have them printed as black and white engineering prints, which came out to less than $4 per poster (24x36). If I would have printed them as normal posters, it would have cost over $40 per poster. I bought the faux wood frames from At Home for $25 each.

These posters are so much more than decor to me. Bethany recently lost her baby, Goldie, and I followed along her family's heartbreaking journey. I cried reading her story and seeing photos of Goldie. Bethany and her family have been faithful, strong, and brave.  When I look at these posters I say a prayer for her family and her sweet baby Goldie. The posters also remind me to be extremely grateful for every day I get to spend with my family.

Photos by Kayla Snell

• Hung curtain rod and curtains. I have navy pom pom trim that I'll be adding to the edges of the curtains, but it won't get done by the final reveal : (
• Bought a gold pouf from one of my favorite stores, Love Ding. This little detail really brought the room together!
• Styled a gray storage cart with Ubbi wipes dispenser, swaddles, diapers and other goodies we'll need to easily access
• Added the cutest felt ball garland from Gracie & Marie to my simple IKEA book shelves
• Added finishing details to the room; swaddles, blanket and stuffed animals (all things I've been gifted or previously owned)

Moroccan Pouf via Love Ding

Felt Ball Garland via GracieAndMarie

Welcome to week 3 of the One Room Challenge! I'm halfway to completing Walt & Whitney's twin nursery. Actually more than halfway, because during week 5 I will be out of town for work and week 6 I'll be having photos of the nursery taken. That means I have less than 2 weeks to finish this. Eek! I honestly didn't do much this week other than make some larger item orders online that I realized need to be shipped ASAP to get here in time. I did a lot of window shopping and took a ton of photos of things to remember, but I won't pull the trigger on the small details till the last week.

Here is a break down of what I did accomplish this past week;

• Rug - I layed out my 5x7 Homegoods rug and I wanted to make sure the ends didn't curl up so I ordered rug corners online and applied them to the corners. They seem to be working good so far, but we haven't had much foot traffic in the nursery yet).

• Ordered glider - We had a small rocking chair style glider in Turner's room, but Alex wasn't comfy in it. I knew with twins we HAD to have a chair that he liked. We tried out the chairs at Babies R Us for size, and then I made my final order on Wayfair's website. I've never tried the chair, but I'm really hoping both Alex and I love it. It was our biggest splurge of the room at $300. A lot of my finishing touches and decorating are depending on the glider and its color so I can't wait till it arrives this Friday. 

• Bought floor lamp and set up - cashed in a Target gift card and found the perfect lamp. I can never have too many lamps in my home. I loathe overhead lighting

•  Intended to hang a large mirror above the dresser, but couldn't get the dang price sticker and it's residue off so I'll be scrubbing this week. Any tips?

• Bought curtains, and I'm on the hunt for the perfect curtain rod. It's crazy how much importance I put on the small details of the room. Hunting for a curtain rod takes days checking multiple stores. Anyone else do this? My go to stores to look for decor are; Target, Homegoods, World Market, TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning and IKEA.

Trunk & globe are both thrifted and were in this room prior. They work perfectly between the cribs!

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• Week 1
• Week 2

• Cleaned out room (including all furniture and beds) - this immediately made the room feel ready to decorate!
• Bought IKEA cribs and Hemnes dresser, put together, and set up in room
• Put rug in the room I had previously bought from Homegoods(5x7)
• Decided that the closet doors in the room were way too old and squeaky. I mentioned to Alex about replacing them, and he suprisingly was on board and wanted to replace ALL the bi-fold closet doors in our house. So...we went to Lowe's and bought 8 bi-fold doors. 
• Painted all the doors (2 coats of Sherwin-Williams Snowbound pro-classic latex paint...leftover from painting our bathroom). We'll be installing them next week. 
• Did a lot of window shopping at Target, Homegoods, Ross and AtHome. If you're like me, you take a TON of photos on your phone for inspiration. I took enough that I was able to make a small inspiration board (see the last photo).  
• Found an amazing lamp from Homegoods for $22 (including the shade)
• Cashed in an Amazon gift card and bought a Keekaroo Peanut Diaper Changer
• Started laying out frames and art along the wall (most that you see below were gifts from my talented friend Katie)

• Preview/Inspiration

• Week 1

I am having a hard time deciding on what fabrics to use in the Twin's nursery. I love color but I usually choose neutrals when it comes to decorating because they are safe and easy to coordinate with. I found an amazing fabric store, Fresh Modern Fabric, on Etsy and here are a few of my favorites! What are your thoughts? Which fabric is your favorite (think coordinating for a boy and girl)?!