After two days and two incredibly dedicated grandparents-to-be, the situation suddenly started to look like a real nursery. Grandpa and Grandma Aplin arrived Friday evening with a suitcase full of painting supplies. By Saturday morning, the walls were taped, the paint was bought, the furniture was covered and everybody got to work while Beth watched and waddled around between bathroom breaks. Grandpa Aplin suggested a bright white to make the room look bigger and sunnier. (Hard to do when you're dealing with a brick wall and a view of a cement courtyard.) I suggest that when a professional artist gives his advice, you take it.
By Saturday afternoon the paint was dry and the room looked more spacious than ever before. A-mazing! Ben packed up his recording gear and moved it into our bedroom (great). We celebrated that night with a classical music concert at Bargemusic, Brooklyn's only floating concert hall, www.bargemusic.org.
Sunday Grandma Jill and Beth hit the mean streets of Manhattan for rugs, window treatments and accessories, the good stuff. Color was the operative word. We got our best finds at ABC Carpet and Home, where Grandma Jill's steady eye spotted the perfect rug and the coolest animal pillows ever! We celebrated with pain aux chocolats in Union Square, hit Babies R Us and Crate and Barrel and headed home on the subway with full shopping bags and happy hearts. Look how cute our nursery is now! When Jill Aplin gives you decorating advice, I suggest you gratefully take it.
Next weekend we'll probably go hunting for a rocking chair and some shelves. Practically every single thing you see in these pictures is a gift from a grandparent, relative or friend of Baby Aplin. About seven more weeks until our baby arrives, and already he or she is the luckiest little kid in the world.
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