Nursery progress - The first pictures !

Today I enter the 3rd trimester. Yep, 6 months pregnant and looking forward to the next step ... the actual mum & dad thing ! Still 3 months to go. But it's spring, and those 3 months should be sunny and joyful (and hopefuly with less acid stomach issues and other pregnancy painful disorders ...).

Anyway, we've been working like crazy on getting our home ready for the baby. We live in a 2 bedroom condo, so the baby will get his/her own room. It used to be our home office/guest bedroom, so we've had to reorganize a lot of things in the other rooms of the appartment to get it empty. 

Here's a peak of what it looked like until recently :

Check out here to see what happened to the bookcase.

And here it is now, the room looks so much bigger : 

Bookcase : Expedit - Ikea
Crib : Gulliver - Ikea
Wall shelves : similar ones can be found at Ikea

 It still misses some storage baskets on the lower part of the bookcase, either this one, or this one.

The porcelain teddy bear piggy bank was thrifted for 3€ and spray painted in white.

Here's how it looked when I got it :

And here it is after a few coats of paint:

Much better, don't you think ?

The cute Bambi toy belonged to my mum. I used to play with it when I was a little girl during summer holidays at my grandma's. The cookie vintage iron box was thrifted.

I'm thinking about having some music in the nursery, hence the Ipod.

More about the elephant softie here.

More about the DIY lampshade here.

I'm so in love with these shelves. It creates a great display for less than 15€, and I'll use them to display books when the baby gets older.

3 golden frames (cheap ones from our local DIY store), with some songs and lullaby lyrics I've printed on the same paper than our wedding stationery. And of course Sophie !

From left to right : the DIY family puzzle block, a little leather purse from my grandma's (also something I played a lot with), 2 books also from my grandma's, and 2 thrifted brass owls (3€ for the 2 of them).

 From left to right : a DIY fabric ball, 2 frames from Habitat, a thrifted brass horse, my first Kusudama flowers project.

The DIY cardboard deer head will not be above the crib (kind of creepy from the baby's point of view ...). I sew the bumper and the crib skirt, and I'll make another bedding set soon (I'd like to be able to change it once in a while). More about the thrifted rocking horse project here.

The fabric is Del Hi by Valori Wells. I think it works well for either a boy or a girl.

The back of the bumper is Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass.
I love the crib skirt fabric (a silky turquoise) : it adds a glamour/luxury accent to the whole crib, and it reflects the light.

I've also made a fabric garland to add some fun to the crib.

The changing table is a thrifted chest of drawers. The frame above is another DIY project.

Here's my next project. More sanding, painting ... sigh ...

Still to do :
# Add curtains 
# Paint a canvas
# Sew more baby blankets (first one here)
# Sew another crib bedding
# Add a comfortable armchair (I plan to breastfeed, so I'll spend a lot of time on it)
# Add more shelves, above the bookcase
# Add more family pictures
# And other fun projects ...

I'm a "stay-at-home-mom-to-be", so I have plenty of time to put together a nice room for our baby, but I need to take it slow, because my back hurts quite a bit.

But what do you think so far ? Do you like it ?