Nursery (part 1)

A while ago (in July 2009), I won this from The Light Garden! I love it. I was so excited to get a package in the mail from Istanbul, with the sweetest note from the artist. I told her that if I ever had a little girl, this would definetly find a place in her room.

And so, 8 months later, with a little girl on the way, I'm excited to finally hang my prize. Well, to think seriously about hanging my prize, because the nursery-to-be is a BIG, HOT, MESS! I would totally show you a picture of our third bedroom, but I'm actually afraid to walk in for fear of being buried by my junk treasures!

But I have a definite motivation to organize and beautify, and I can't wait. My general thought...wait for it...vintage birdies! I'm thinking handmade nests, turquoise (which is my new obsession), celadon green, bright pink, a sweet vintage birdcage, and a cozy quilt...I need to try to keep in mind that I'm decorating a s-m-a-l-l room, on a s-m-a-l-l budget, but the possibilities have me reeling!

Don't even start Googling "nursery themes, ideas, inspiration, projects, etc."...because you might become obsessed and want to make every room a nursery (or maybe that's just me)! So, to get my thought process started, here's a random mish-mosh of the look I'm dreaming of, basically I'm thinking out loud here (or something like that)...

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(via here) Totally obsessed with this nursery!

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So there's just a few of my preliminary thoughts and ideas, all I can say right now is I-want-to-PAINT!