Luke's Room

Here's Luke, doing a Happy Dance in his crib - He loves to look at all the new stuff on the walls!

Door to the hallway (we have a simple 3 Bedroom Ranch with bedrooms at one end)

The cubby unit & storage bins we bought at Lowes and use them to store all of Luke's toys (that are in his room).  We loved this so much we bought another organizer unit for the Living Room!

The LUKE letters I purchased here.  The Animal Wall Decals (alligator, zebra, tiger, etc) were a gift from Luke's Grandma (my MIL) purchased here.

View from the Hallway.  On the right is Luke's bookcase & the Closet.  Note the heater keeping Luke warm at night.  :-D  It has made all the difference!  Upon entering the room (unseen now), to the left will be the recliner, changing table & crib.  

Another view from the Hallway.  Here is our wonderful overstuffed recliner.  SOOOO much better (in my opinion) than the little glider rockers.  I tried out a glider rocker this weekend at my SIL/BIL's house and it was a tight fit and uncomfortable to sit there holding Luke.  I've never been so glad to take up so much space in Luke's room with such a huge chair!

The photo in the black frame is of DH, Luke & I just a few hours after he was born.  The Floating Shelves I used were the two we weren't using from our Living Room to put a few of his keepsakes on.  The clock I had from the Living Room redo that didn't make its way back on the walls out there.  The wrapped canvas animal prints I purchased here.  The white and blue sign with the bear & saying is from my friend who had the twins (the sign says my favorite verse (she didn't know it!) from 1 Samuel 1:27:  "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.")

Here is a photo taken as if I was standing at the closet ... the night stand was DH's from his bachelor days.  The lamp is my baby lamp from 30+ years ago.  The dresser we had purchased from Walmart once-upon-a-time for our own closet.  It is pretty tall for most people to use as a changing table, but for us 6'1" & 6'2" tall people, it is the perfect height!  The changing pad & cover we purchased from Walmart.  The black frames on the wall in the corner I used from a collage of photos purchased at Kohls (still need to print the pictures ...).  The ceiling hanging is an Angry Bird decoration from Luke's biological brother's 2nd Birthday party - his Birth Mom loves this color Angry Bird, so we put it up in Luke's room for him to enjoy.

The Wall Saying we purchased here.  It sure nails it, doesn't it?  :-D

The crib is my crib from 30+ years ago.  No, there is no lead paint.  Yes, the slats are regulation width.  I checked it all out beforehand.  I don't think the crib was ever hardly used, as my mom usually co-slept ... so it is in pretty darn good condition.  The bumpers (Luke sleeps better with them if you can believe it), bedding & wall hanging were a bedding set at Walmart (I think Garanimals?) which has probably changed by now.  I had trouble finding a bedding set that I liked for a boy.  If Luke would have been a girl, there were infinitely more choices to pick from - but I'm glad he is who he is!  The rug on the floor is a rag rug made by my dad using polyester material.  Dad sure put the Goodwill bell bottoms & polyester jumpsuits to good use!  

Well, there you have it!  The pictures aren't great (I am NOT a photographer in the slightest!) and the descriptions are a little hurried, but the room looks SO much better as a nursery than it ever did as our office.  When I remember that it was an office just one short year ago, I can't believe it!  I am so blessed!