| Ethan's Nursery |

Well this is long overdue~ planning for the nursery was a lot of fun not knowing the gender of our sweet baby. A lot of people thought we were nuts by keeping the gender a surprise. I thought it was a ton of fun- hearing all the old wives' tales and people's predictions. A couple of homeless men even predicted we were having a boy! 

Our design inspiration came from this lovely illustration from my friend, Arrolyn. She is SUPER talented and creates the most beautiful, whimsical pictures!

The colors in this piece drew our attention and we began to pull some colors for the nursery! We got the print canvas wrapped, and I love how it ties all the colors in the room together. Too bad Ethan hasn't slept in his own room yet- but when he does he will have a lot to look at!

Check out Arrolyn's illustrations on her website, or visit her super cute etsy shop! Who wouldn't love to receive one of her illustrations as a gift?!

| It's a Boy or a Girl! |

From the beginning of this pregnancy, I've really enjoyed not knowing the gender of our precious child. Some people think we're crazy, and others are completely dumbfounded how you decorate without knowing- pink or blue?! 

Here's how we did it- Our gender neutral nursery:

My husband and I love how this turned out! We were worried about picking colors that would go together, but we surprised ourselves and think this is gonna work!! Both of us are architectural designers- so of course, we couldn't settle with straight lines, or pastels- it's just NOT us. This used to be a guest bedroom, so after my husband cleared the furniture out, he grabbed a pencil and just started drawing on the wall. [I freaked at first, and wondered how he was going to clean up and erase all this?!] He encouraged me to grab a pencil and draw along. I admit, it was pretty liberating :) We drew, danced, and talked about plans for our lil one growing up in this room! [He still has come erasing to do]

I'll update more photos soon! Our bedding set will hopefully be here by this weekend. Baby's room is almost complete! Our child will either think mom & dad are insane (the crib is on the opposite wall), or be reallllly smart :)

| Nursery Planning |

We're 23 weeks already! I think the second trimester is just fabulous. I feel great, baby's kicking away, I'm supposed to have a large belly, eat all I want, and we get to design the nursery :)

My husband and I are both designers, we're waiting till birth to find out the sex of our lil one, and we love bright colors and modern lines. We want to make a lot of the decor ourselves and looooove working with wood! 

{I'll have to blog about the wooden place cards from our wedding} 

We'd like to go with an animal theme. Instead of having pictures of animals, we want to incorporate something about the animal, enlarge the pattern, and have it laser cut into wood panels! The end result would look something like this:

Gorgeous wood panels 

But with these patterns in mind:

And these are some random images I've collected over the months for nursery designs that caught my eye:

Can't wait to pick colors and watch my husband paint away! Furniture shopping is so fun for babies :) Stay tuned~ we'll get serious about the nursery after the Christmas madness.

What colors would you paint your nursery?