I thought I'd take a few moments to detail how I spent my Winter Break. I'll leave out the details of the holiday events (Christmas and New Year's Eve), but I will tell you that those days were spent with family and nontraditional. For Christmas dinner we had a combination of Mexican and Swedish dishes, no turkey, and for New Year's Eve we had a variety of soups, and a very good coffee cake that I made that contained Ricotta cheese. Most of my time was spent on my soon-to-be son's room getting it ready for his arrival. At times, I did take an intermission to play Battlefield 2142 (
http://battlefield.ea.com/batllefield/bf/)--my current favorite 1st person shooter--and Unreal Tournament, which I play online using
Hamachi (
http://www.hamachi.cc/) with my friend, Bob, who lives in the Bay area.
For our son's room, my wife, Sheri, and I decided to go with soft pastels as we do not traditionally like overly masculine colors or themes. Thus, I painted the walls a light green/celery color capped with a chair rail panted in
Humpalump Purple.
We also had the closet redone by California Closets (
http://californiaclosets.com/). While it wasn't cheap, the quality of the product and installation was top notch. Further, three rows of hanging space and shelves on the side will allow for the maximization of space. We opted for white to save money rather than going with the exotic wood options. It's a closet
after all.
I have to thank my mom for the crib. It's a
Bassett Baby Unique Treasures crib that converts to a full size bed. For those of you who are interested, I am responsible for creating the name plaque with the lion and elephant.
The valences and nursery theme are from
Kidsline (Arcadia). The colors are mostly comprised of soft pastels and include a number of animals including an elephant, lion, zebra, and hippo.
Feel free to post your thoughts on our picks and my talent as a decorator/painter.
For our son's room, my wife, Sheri, and I decided to go with soft pastels as we do not traditionally like overly masculine colors or themes. Thus, I painted the walls a light green/celery color capped with a chair rail panted in Humpalump Purple.
9 comments:
I have the same crib for my daughter...do you absolutely have to have the conversion rails to convert it to a full size bed? Can I just use a standard metal frame?
I ended up buying the rails from the manufacturer as it didn't appear that standard bed rails would work. If I remember corrected, the rails are bolted in rather than hooked in like a standard bed rail.
I love the room! I also have the Unique Treasures collection but I didn't purchase the conversation kit for the bed... do you know where I can get it now as I need it!?
Any help would be great... I've searched high and low and cannot find them!
We purchased the conversion kit through Babies R Us as a special order item. It ran about $140 or so. You could also call/email Bassett, but I believe this item is now exclusive to Babies R Us.
I purchased the conversion kit for this bed today at BRU for $140.00
Do you have the matching dresser or other furniture for that crib? I am looking to buy it b/c I have the crib! 330-858-2009 AImee
I bought the crib and dresser for this collection and now want the armoire (we are expecting another baby in December and need the extra space for clothes, etc). Does anyone know where I can find one or does anyone have a picture of how it looks so I can try to match it? Thanks!
Does anyone know if this crib also converts to a toddler bed, or if it just converts to a fullsize? I could have sworn it was one of those 4-in-1 beds (crib, toddler bed, daybed, fullsize), but I can't find any information. Thanks!
It only converts into a full size bed. And in retrospect, I wouldn't have bought a box spring for the bed as it is very high off the ground if you use both a box spring and mattress.
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