Down Mulberry Lane

Sharing baby's room

I know it is fun to peek into other's homes.  So, I thought I would share a little bit when I have time.  This is my youngest's room.   Her room is next to ours, so it is close by to check on things and hear almost every audible sound.  I hear her roll over, Dh does not.  *grin*

This first picture is from her doorway.  It has a narrow entry.  Her closet is on the right, which you cannot see, but it is across from the wall on the left in front of the dresser.

In this picture, I am sitting on her bed looking at the crib and the dresser.  Under the crib I store blankets and my "step" which I don't use to exercise anymore, rather I use it to be able to get baby in and out of the crib easier.  She however doesn't use the crib anymore, so it is shoved underneath the crib.  Dh made the crib.  Just had a picture in his mind and went to work.  It turned out  quite nice. 

Above the crib and dresser is a shelf that should get cleaned off, but I don't often look up there since I am so short.  We put the extra stuffed animals up there.  The boxes hold odd baby items that are more sentimental than useful.  The dresser top looks messy, but is holding a picture, an elephant piggy bank, baby cookies (which are gone now) lotions, and shoes.  Things that have no other home.

Here is the bed where baby sleeps.  It is a full size mattress on the floor.  This way she cannot fall out of bed.  At around eleven months she pulled herself out of the crib and fell on the floor on her head.  I never could put her back in it, so I pulled out a mattress from storage and put it on the floor.  She was able to stand and walk pretty much when she was put on the floor bed.   The bed is in a part of the room that used to be in the closet, but we cut out part of the closet... The closet used to be in our room, but DH put up a wall (previously it held our older girls' rooms when we split the room and made it into two rooms.  By cutting out the closet space, we created a spot for another bedroom.  The ceiling comes down quite low, but it works for a child's bedroom.

This is the last picture.  Here you can see the closet door to the left of the main door.  The basket holds her toys and the baby crib... she has to rock her dolly to sleep nearly every night.  

I had a rocking chair in here before when I was nursing her.  I took it out, but it ended up going back into this room for lack of space elsewhere when we got our new living room furniture.  It is nice in this room.  I can rock her and read her books before bed.  The rocking chair is where the dresser is pictured above and the dresser is where the basket of toys is above.  The basket of toys is at the end of the bed between the crib and the mattress under the window.  It works for now since the crib isn't actively being used other than for changing diapers. 

The quilt on the bed, I made years ago.  In fact with so many washings the material is faded and you can see through it ... it is so very thin.  I'm afraid it won't last much longer.  I need to get making some more quilts as we need some more bedcovers.  I may try something that actually has a pattern next time.  LOL

Well, I will share other rooms as I get a chance to get more pictures. 

Warmly, ~Melissa

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11:04 PM, April 23, 2007 .. Posted by blessedmomof10

melissa,
Baby's room looks very cozy! I love sloped cielings! Our old home had sloped cielings and it was so wonderfully cozy! :)

Blessings~
gloria

Love it!

11:34 PM, April 23, 2007 .. Posted by UnlikelyHomesteader

Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. What a sweet room. And I love the quilt. It kind of looks like the quilt I'm making now, which I hope someday will be threadbare from use!

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7:15 AM, April 24, 2007 .. Posted by findingcontentment

I love the quilt, and dh did a great job on the crib! Thanks for the photos, I enjoy looking into other people's rooms. Helps me picture your family's lifestyle!

Thank you

12:10 PM, April 24, 2007 .. Posted by rashel

It is so funny that you posted these because just this weekend I was thinking that I wished we could post pics of our homes to share with each other. Kind of a way to get to know each other more. Also, I just really like seeing others' homes, is that nosy? Thanks for sharing and I love the crib.
Rashel

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5:34 PM, April 25, 2007 .. Posted by quiverfullacres

Looks great! I love that crib. Great job to your dh!

Thanks for sharing!

10:17 PM, April 25, 2007 .. Posted by rellamom

I really enjoyed the pictures! Thankyou for sharing!

I never thought to put a mattress on the *floor*... hmmm... that might be an option for us. 1 1/2 yr old is growing out of the crib FAST and I've no where to put him safely, otherwise...

Then again... I am concerned he wouldn't stay put. Do you have trouble (or did you at first) with keeping your little one ON the bed? :-)

Thanks for the idea... and the glimpse into littlest's cozy room!

Carrie

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7:10 PM, April 30, 2007 .. Posted by mcgyver959701

It's a adorable room. Very cozy!!

Thanks for sharing.
Lynn