Leah's Room

I love Leah's room. Hopefully she'll start liking it more, too, and will want to sleep in it at night. Greg seems to think that we went way out on her room over the boys - my dad and I reminded him that the boys' room was worked on just as much-but in different ways (like the bead board wall that Grandad installed). When I found out I was having a girl, I knew I didn't want all pink. Greg requested that he not have to paint anything that color. I'm not a fan of pink and I think there is way too much of it out there (and sometimes the only option). I had originally planned on an aqua and red room, but when my mom and I started looking at fabrics, I was drawn to purple. Being a TCU alum always draws me to purple. Plus there are so many different shades of purple, and they all go together. I think her room is perfect and will grow with her as she gets older.

My mom and I selected the fabrics for the bedding. My Aunt Jane made the quilt hanging on the back of the crib. Jane gave me the quilt the same night we told her that Leah's middle name would be Jane, in honor of her.Above her crib is a bird mobile - it was originally going to hang over her bed, but I sawed the branch off an aspen tree in our backyard and found it was much easier to mount to the wall. I found the pattern for the birds, and Nana sewed them together. Next to that is a portion of a sheet that my great grandmother embroidered, likely sometime in the early 1920s. Her name was Rosie-thus the R, but it goes with our last name, as well. The tatting around that was done either by her, my grandmother, or my grandmother's step-mother. Nanny's mother died when she was 5, so this was always special to her as one of the few things that she had to remember her mother by. Nanny passed away one year ago yesterday, so it means so much to me to have something in the room to remind me of her. Nanny would have been so thrilled with another great granddaughter. She always said that she didn't know anything about boys.

My dad made the tree bookcase. I found an example of it on a website several months ago. I was shocked at the price of $900 and sent a picture to my mom-jokingly asking if Dad could make it. He started it that weekend. It took many months and countless hours - and in the end he said he can understand the price - but now Leah has her very own custom made bookcase. As my mom has said, it will be a family heirloom. Dad has said it isn't very practical - but we've all told him that isn't the point.

Overall, everything came together great. I think it is the perfect purple nursery for a sweet little girl.