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Nursery progress

Bill's been plugging away on the nursery while I've been alternately sick and out of town. Last weekend, he added a ton of shelves to the closet so there's more storage in this small room. We're sure an older baby will see it as an exciting ladder, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. The top shelf you see in the picture that wraps across the corner has a matching second shelf above it.

Bill also finished painting the walls this week, a very pale lavender (slightly less pale than the pic, but barely so). It's a bit lighter than I was shooting for, but will do - very calm.

Bill's finishing up the trim on baseboards, door, and closet door today, then hopefully we can get all that trim and the shelves painted this weekend. Much closer to a room! Final step will be the trim on the windows, but we'll have to find replacement window weights first. (If anyone has suggestions about good sources for those, let us know!)


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