The first is to share Threads of Compassion New Britain which is a local chapter of a charity that I have been working on opening for the last couple months. Our website and facebook page just went public last week. The staff at SACS were all very supportive of the idea when I proposed it, and since everything went public I have gotten even more positive feedback which is encouraging. We already have a couple scarves (thanks mom!) and I am so excited to see how this goes. I am hoping that by January we will have enough people interested to do a monthly knitting/scarf packing night.
The second is to share some photos of our nursery! We've gotten a lot of the work done but we still have some finishing touches left - we have a dresser we want to paint, the hutch needs different knobs, we have some things to hang on the walls, some furniture still needs to be moved around - but it feels really good that we've gotten so much done already, and the room has a really good vibe so far. Almost as good is the dining room and upstairs hallway are finally without lots of random furniture!
The crib we bought new, but on sale with reduced shipping and a free mattress. So far we are really happy with it and there isn't too much else to say about it...
The changing table/hutch we bought used on Craigslist and I absolutely love it. A lot of people just put changing pads on top of dressers but we will be using a tall dresser so that wasn't the best option, and buying a new table seems silly when you'll only use it for two years. What I love about the hutch is I think it'll still be a great piece of furniture even when we're no longer changing diapers. I also like that the shelves on top will be easier to reach mid-changing than the shelves below the changing station on most changing tables, and there is a spot we can put a diaper pail so its not just out in the open. Really, everything about this piece of furniture is perfect (or will be, once we buy new knobs). Next to the hutch is a quilt rack we also bought used ($10!) with the first quilt my grandmother every made. I think we may end up moving the hutch fully in the corner and putting the quilt rack on the other side.
The dresser, once painted, will go where these two rockers are and the rockers will go on the wall with the windows, but there is still one last piece of craft room furniture there right now. Paul-John's meme (whose middle name will be baby's middle name) made the mini rocker and it says "Paul" across the top. The glider we bought with the hutch, we got both pieces for $125. I kind of want to get a new slipcover for the glider, but I have no idea what brand it is. Slipcovers are also much more expensive than I anticipated, so we'll probably keep the blue for now, I don't mind it. The footstool does sag in the middle - it turns out it is cracked and so Paul-John just needs to get some wood glue and hopefully it will be as good as new. The bookcase we had already but we painted, doesn't it look great?
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