A Gender Neutral Nursery with a Pop of Pink

Yes, I realize that my little one is now 8 months old...but for the record, we did finish up the last detail of her nursery the day before she turned 7 months, so I can technically say her nursery was done by 6 months! ;)

Two things made planning this nursery hard: Hyperemesis and Pinterest.  I didn't realize just how exhausted I was throughout the pregnancy until I was able to so easy complete the tasks after Bryleigh was here.  Obviously my hands were pretty full, so I had to move piece by piece, but I was able to make decisions and complete things that seemed impossible only months before.

And as far as Pinterest goes...it's great, but so very overwhelming.  And my eye continually caught the expensive end of things.  My #1 goal for the nursery: Affordable.  I also knew that I wanted to do gender neutral and then add accent colors depending on the gender of the baby.  Another must have on the list was giraffes.  And I'm happy to say, we achieved all three!!

Welcome to Bryleigh's sweet room.  This sign was the sign we used to announce our little Baby H was a Baby Girl.  This sign hung on her hospital door after she was born, and now this sign hangs on her door.  She scratches/touches it every time we walk by. :)

One of my very favorite things in Bryleigh's room is a giraffe painting/growth chart that my cousin Erica painted just for Miss B!  I'm so excited to add little ticks along the way as our sweet Bryleigh Girl grows up.  (And I will note, that shelf is the one I mentioned here.)

Brad and I had some "crafting" fun together while we waited on our sweet girl to make her debut.  We painted the letters for Bryleigh's name and then painted some frames to showcase some of our favorite photos of our sweet girl.

One of my favorite pieces in Bryleigh's room is the mirror that hangs over her changing table.  I love how it turned out after I painted it to match the pink accent colors with a small chevron accent, but what I love most about the mirror is the fact that it used to hang in my grandparents' house.

There's one place I've spent more time in that just about any other place in our entire house...and that's the glider in Bryleigh's room.  I've LOVED every second that I've been able to sit in that chair and hold our sweet girl...even the non-latching, screaming-crying, non-sleeping moments.  I was also able to spend some therapeutic moments during nap-time making the prints that hang above that area.

This is another "special" area in the nursery.  The shelf that hangs about Bryleigh's dresser was made by my PaPaw (dad's dad's dad) from wood belonging to my Paw Paw's old barn (dad's dad) and refinished and painted/hung by my dad.  There are lots of sentimental pieces on the shelf and top of the dresser that are from people that love our sweet Bryleigh Girl.

And we definitely can't forget one of the most important parts of a girl's room...THE CLOSET!