I'm becoming one Brooding Betty lately. 30 weeks means the final countdown is on. Saturdays are booking faster than I can assign projects from the to do list. I know there's always a chance I'll end up on full blown bed rest any time, so it's time to get crackin' on baby projects. 
This Saturday, I converted Reese and Quincy's old dresser (that I bought for like $5 at a garage sale several years ago and painted white) into a changing table for the baby's nursery.
I used a homemade chalk paint recipe that my friend Virgina taught me and added plaster of paris to the paint. Not that I plan on drawing on the furniture, but because I didn't have the time, energy, or desire to bother with sanding or pre treating it.
1TBS plaster of Paris (dilute with a little water to pancake batter consistency) for every cup of paint. Stir. I also used a valspar paint with primer because I love the product consistency and quality.
It set up nicely and was very thick, self leveled beautifully and dried nice and hard almost like a water based enamel.
I think the hardware would look fabulous painted gold to add a little girly glam to the room, but we'll see if I get to it. I have a lot of other things I would like to do first:
-The walls and ceiling in the baby's room still need to be painted (they're still lavender from the previous homeowners).
-I have a tricky pattern picked out for the quilt I'm attempting to make (uh, wish me luck), and all the other bedding (bumper, sheets, changing pad cover, curtains, etc) to sew
-I scored a fantastic ugly vintage owl lamp this weekend from an online yard sale. It's absolutely hideous, creepy, and unpleasant but it has potential to be a totally fabulous and unique piece when I'm done reviving it.
-the daybed in the baby's room will stay, and I'd like to use the leftover quilting fabric to cover a bunch of pillows for it.
-I still need to buy a crib (we are sooo not moving Soren out of his crib any time soon. He likes it there, can't/doesn't climb out, and we like that he likes it there and can't/doesn't climb out.) I found this simple/inexpensive one on Walmart.com and I think it will be great.
I love this one too, but it's more expensive and I can't decide if it's worth the cost difference for style preference.
Luckily, my level headed husband can decide and casts 90% of his votes for "whatever is cheaper" and I love him for it.
-I'm still on the hunt for a rocking chair (the one we used for the other 4 kids finally fell apart when Soren was about 6 months old) for the same reason the crib hunt has taken forever...I'm cheap and indecisive.
-instal a changing pad and on the dresser to convert it into a changing table.
-get an infant car seat and a double stroller (our old double stroller served us well for 7 years before giving out. Not a bad investment.)
-and finally, the extra fun part: fill all the drawers of this adorable dresser with baby girl clothes :) I've never known I was having a girl, since both Reese and Quincy's genders were a surprise on delivery day, so I'm really looking forward to doing a little bit of shopping to pick out some things for her.
Anyway, that's quite a project list, but least one thing on the list is done, and it only took an hour and $12 for paint.
I didn't do much nesting before Soren was born, because a) I was stuck on bed rest for what felt like for-ev-er and b) we were maxed out on space, so there wasn't really a space that needed to be prepared for him. He slept in a pack not play in our room and in the middle of the living room for like 7 months while we got the house ready to sell and then moved. I forgot how much fun it is to prepare my home to welcome a baby. It's filthy and neglected right now, so messy corners better watch out. No drawer will go unpurged in the next 10 weeks. I'm a girl on a decluttering mission and a germ a phobe anti-hoarding gene. Closets everywhere, beware!
Nesting begins!
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