this was a particularly productive week, as we are rapidly approaching the due date with just nine weeks to go now. we said a sad goodbye to the green sectional sofa. hope it finds a happy new home via decatur estate. we selected a paint color and painted the nursery!!! special thanks to gub’s mom and stepdad who came in for the weekend to help make it all happen. the color is called ‘retiring blue’ and it’s perfect. seems more of a robin’s egg to us. very calming… we love it!

we also tackled a second kitchen project with the help of gub’s handy stepdad… update on the new kitchen bar and shelf coming soon…

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 and week 5 nursery posts!

as mentioned before, the nursery transformation involved relocating ryan’s record collection to the living room. we also decided we’d like a sofa with arms that we could curl up and watch a movie on, so we ended up getting this bright yellow parlor sofa from cb2. we lucked out and were able to purchase a floor model at a great discount!

here are some images of our new cozy living room. visit the week 3 post in case you missed the before photos.

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1, week 2, week 3 and week 4 nursery posts!

we assembled the crib, bought a mattress, and found a fun curtain panel to go over the closet door. next on the list: 1. make the new roman shade out of this fun fabric we found at whipstitch, 2. find a new home for the sectional sofa, 3. select a paint color & paint…

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1, week 2 and week 3 nursery posts!

so, part of the nursery transformation project included relocating ryan’s rather extensive record collection from the old media room to the living room. the old media room shelves now house my fabric and we got a new ikea shelf for the records…

it’s musical chairs around here! we’ve included some “before” photos of the living room and will post updates on our progress.

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1 and week 2 nursery posts!

the bradford pear trees in our backyard are blooming!

we heart spring!

– ryan & gub

so far, we have moved the big worktable from the old office into its new home (hiding the flat file underneath), relocated gub’s fabric collection and moved the old card catalogue. we also set up ryan’s record collection in the living room.

getting the nursery emptied out was great! except we now have our prized 50s sectional sofa in there, which needs to be sold before we can paint. (anyone interested?) but we did buy some fabric to make a new shade for the window and we’re close to selecting a paint color.

– gub & ryan

check out our week 1 nursery post!

in order to make room for our expanding family, we are turning our old office / work room / studio into the new baby’s room. since both sets of grandparents live out of town, we opted to keep our only guest bedroom in tact so they can come visit. we are playing a bit of “musical rooms” and turning what we used to refer to as “the media room,” which houses our movies, ryan’s huge record collection, and our flat file into the new work room and studio. we are setting up ryan’s office in the guest bedroom.

here’s what everything looked like before this transformation began…

– gub & ryan

check out these beautiful quince flowers!

– ryan & gub

our new bedding from orla kiely finally arrived! both the packaging and fabric are amazing, we are so excited! it came in these beautiful little boxes that were the same design as our bedding with a note to re-use them. how thoughtful? the new duvet and pillow cases definitely brighten up our bedroom!

orla kiely is a great designer from ireland who makes all sorts of bags, clothing, bedding, towels, paper products and much more. she did a line for target last year and her products went quickly here in atlanta. we really like her designs and were excited to find her bedding available. gub also has an orla purse that she loves!

– ryan & gub

we woke up to a little bit of snow today!

– ryan