Tessa's room

I've been saying I would put up pics of her room, so finally I'm doing it!

You've seen the curtains before, but they're still amazing so they deserve another picture.

I'm sure curious minds want to know, the crib beat her here. It certainly helped that she was late, but it's actually been here for a couple weeks, thanks to my in-laws for making the three hour (one way) delivery! We still love it =) Over the crib we'll hang letters in her monogram, but couldn't do it until she came and we figured out her name. So that's a project for another day.

Mom and I made Luca's mobile, so for Tessa she took it apart and made some felt diamonds to tie into the diamonds from the dresser. Luca especially loves it now and asks every time we're in to turn the dial and make it play music. Hope his little sister likes it that well too!

Hanging over the crib are the little pom poms I made. Some of them took 20 minutes, some took more like 20 hours, but I pretty much love them all.

Next to that is the little cuddle station. The rocker that was in Luca's room came down the hall, the night light is one of those Himalayan Salt thingies that naturally purifies the air, and the giant shell on the bottom is one that Alex and Josh found while they were snorkeling in the Caymans. It's gorgeous!

These shelves hang next to the window. They were brown in Luca's room, but a couple coats of paint and now they're perfect in here. On the top the little artist stuffed animal came from Dad's last trip. The glass bowl is an heirloom, the teacup and saucer was from a friend's wedding shower and belonged to her grandmother, and the star cookie cutter in front of the pic of Josh and I is from our wedding. On the bottom shelf is the basket that the flower girl used in our wedding that now holds headbands, shell necklaces my folks got on their anniversary trip to Hawaii, and pom pom flowers that I made.

Finally the dresser that we painted. The frame over it has pictures of Josh and my trip to Kentucky when we got engaged, but we'll switch those to pics of baby Tessa eventually. The lamp got a fresh coat of paint and we will likely redo the lamp shade. Another project for another day. The top left drawer, by the way, is already nearly full of pretty shoes. =)

So there's her room! Picture frames need pictures in them, and I seriously still need to figure out how to organize her clothes, but it turned out really well. We'll bring up Luca's little overstuffed chair so he has a place to be while Tessa and I are in there, and he's already got a couple baskets of toys. Everyone will be content. =) I love that in addition to new stuff, there are so many meaningful hand-me-downs!