A peek at Gaven’s room

We got Gaven his new white crib since he broke the old one. I was a little skeptical to get a white crib, afraid that it will be too girly, but most of the furniture in his room is white. Also, I think white makes the room look brighter. John agreed with my choice and so I ordered it online from target.com. It arrived very quickly.

We don’t really have a theme for his bedroom. Mainly because it is too expensive to try to match everything. I got most of his stuff either on sale or used. There’s one thing I want in his room…. colorful! I want his room to be bright and colorful. After all, it’s a kids room.

So here’s a peek at his brand new spanking white crib:

I took the picture after we removed the mobile. It looked a lot nicer with the mobile he had. Unfortunately, it’s time to remove his mobile. He was starting to grab the toys and pull it. He loved this mobile when he was younger. It is one of the best baby purchases I got for him. I got it used from craigslist. He loves all things moving. He watches the mobile move and tracks it with his eyes. Now, instead of just watching intently for the mobile to moves, he hold his hands up and pull the toys.

Source here.

We got these little baskets for his expedit bookcase from landofnod.com. I love landofnod.com stuff! But they are too too pricey for me. I waited for months for their baskets to go on sale but it never did. I finally bit the bullet and got 8 of them. The bookcase we got used from craigslist. We store his toys and miscellaneous items in these baskets. It makes it very easy for us to put things away. He knows which baskets contains his toys, maybe by coincidence. He always seems to go for the far right green basket.

Here are some of the items on the bookcase:

 

 

A picture frame that contains an ultrasound of Gaven at around 19 weeks. A friend gave this meaningful gift to me at my baby shower.

 

 

Disney snowglobes- gifts from Janet. It just so happened that Dumbo is one of my favorite childhood cartoons. UP- I love this Disney animation. I actually cried watching it.

The sailboat/ whale picture (from Homegoods store) that used to be on top of his crib had to be moved to the other side of the wall. We replaced it with Eeyore picture, also from Janet.

You can see from the picture above, we finally put up the panels for his closet. The closet was without doors for months. My mom offered to sew the panels for me when she was here. I never got around to find the right fabric. Months after she left, I finally found some fabrics from Ikea that I like. Then because I have never sewn in my entire life before, I put the fabric away and never did anything with them. Finally… yes finally, I went and got some no sew hem strips where you can just iron on from JoAnns. We are still missing 1 panel. I was only able to get 2 fabrics that I like. Still looking for the 3rd panel that matches with these 2. You can’t tell that we’re missing 1 panel because the camera is strategically placed so you can’t see the incomplete closet doors.

I got white wooden block letters in his name and painted them. The objective is to paint them like a giraffe print. Of course, it looks nothing like a giraffe print. I don’t really like them anymore and may take them down but until I find something else to put there, it will stay where it is.Better leaving it there than having  a blank wall.

Oh, the big huge chair! It looks so out of place, but it is probably one of the most useful pieces of furniture in there. We were too cheap to get a glider/ rocker. So we used our old piece of furniture that we have in the house. This is where we feed him and also where we sit when we hang out in his room. Until we get a new chair, this will stay. It is actually a very comfortable chair. Notice the white machine on the floor next to his crib? That’s his noise machine. We turn it on when he sleeps. It produces white noise that blocks out outside noise (a little), it also works as his sleep cue. When it’s turned on, he knows it’s his nap/ bed time.

And finally the other side of the room… (messy & unorganized)

We are still working on updating his room to suit his needs. Nothing in his room matches because we picked up pieces as we saw them on sale and also many of the things were given to us. Hopefully, one day we will have a room that has matching items. I am already thinking of repainting his room maybe when he is a little older! Oh… one more item… one of my favorite. His personalized birthday keepsake which I got from here. I wish I got it printed a little larger though… anyway, I am planning on hanging more stuff on this wall so it doesn’t look so funny with just one picture. A bookshelf maybe.

There you have it! Gaven’s current room… which is evolving as we find something new to put in there. It has already changed so much since we first started working on his room.