Part of cleaning out our “nursery” has included a massive sell-off of everything we’re not using. It’s been a while since I’ve spent some real time on eBay or Craigslist, but in the last few weeks I’ve been a selling/trading/bidding madwoman and we’ve been able to buy just about everything we needed for the office/nursery switchover from the money we’re making selling our old junk. (Yes, even the non-VOC paint for her walls, and the lumber for our very exciting upcoming crib hack.)
I’ve been taking a page from my brother-in-law Pep (like Pepper) – whom I consider to be the greatest saver on earth – and putting the money for everything we need in an envelope which is only to be touched for baby-related purchases (and/or purchases to facilitate the moving of my office, which I’m counting as a baby-related expense.) It’s seriously the best thing ever. Two trips to Ikea in two weeks, and our bank account doesn’t look any worse for the wear. Of course (being a Gemini) during the great sell-a-thon of ’09, I naturally had to put aside a little “fun money” for Mama (that’s me) and my purchases have finally started to arrive. Man I love getting new stuff. Even when it’s old stuff.
Okay, so only two of these things are new, but while my iPhone and I captured our recent arrivals, I couldn’t help but be struck by how many gold tone things are hanging out around my house. And I wanted to share some of my Expedit progress.
So clockwise from Left:
Birds Flying Across the Sun (or BFATS, as we like to call it.) BFATS came in to our lives back when we were living in West Hollywood. I woke up in the middle of the night with visions of some rad metal wall art to pull our tiny apartment together and started hunting. Scott wasn’t sure about her until I brought her home and we hung her on the wall. Now she’s our crown jewel, and when I found our current place, all I had to say to Scott was “there’s a wood-panelled wall for BFATS!” and he was sold. Seriously, we’re that easy.
The Cattails. Okay, this is new, and just arrived. I actually bought it by accident on eBay for ninety-nine cents. I was looking for something to put in our nursery that might echo the vibe of BFATS, and since there were no bidders, I placed a starting bid. A few days later I got an 8$ shipping bill. I’m not one to jeopardize my all-important feedback score during a selling frenzy, so here it is. Unfortunately, Scott was watching another MUCH cooler piece of metal wall art, but C’est la vie – that one sold for 60$, and this one is actually kind of growing on me. Aside from the rails of our LEKSVIK crib which we bought last week, this may end up being my very first baby’s room purchase. I’m thinking of painting it, but Scott’s trying to convince me that that would be tres 90’s, and I’ll be pissed that I ruined it. We’ll see. Either way, kind of exciting.
The Crane: This isn’t new, but it’s just found a new home atop our newly hacked Expedit. It was actually a found item that my Father-in-Law snagged for me after he caught me pining away for a carved wood version I’d seen at a furniture store. This one is cooler than the one I’d seen, and it was free! (I know, I know, it’s blurry – but it’s not easy to hold a cell phone camera over your head and get a good shot.)
Two’s Company Lamps: They’re here! If you’ve been following the blog, you may recognize them as my first purchase from ONE KING’S LANE – which is like Gilt Group for Home Furnishings. (Email me if you want an invite to join either.) We were about to buy two not-as-awesome lamps from Ikea to shed some light on my new office space when I joined OKL and saw these bad boys for 20$ a pop. We’re pretty psyched on them, although Scott’s taken a liking to the wide one and insists it’s cooler, while my clear favorite is the tall-y. Let the battle of the lamps begin.
Oh, and one last thing. My legs have now swelled to the size of tree-trunks, and exposing them in any way shape or form is officially out of the question, so I needed some new lounge pants.
(That’s the view you get if you’re nearly 7 mos pregnant and you look down. You can also tell that she’s hanging out on the left.)
Anyway: My new summer-y lounge pants. Juicy from eBay. (Believe it or not this is my first pair of Juicy sweats EVER, and they’re AMAZING. …Just in case you haven’t heard.) But since I ordered them a few sizes up to accomodate the Belly for the rest of the summer, they’re quite long. Are you supposed to hem sweatpants? Do you just cut them? Luckily Sara‘s gotten insanely good with a serger…maybe I should ask her for help. (And if you’re planning to cloth diaper, make sure you click that link. You won’t be sorry.)
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