Nursery Plans

I'm not sure if I should be laughing at myself or shaking my head at my very European city-boy husband.

Knowing there was no way I would ever decorate a nursery and then a "little boy's" room and then a "big boy's" room I planned from the get go to find a theme this little boy could grow with.

I think this picture started it all. I saw it wandering around pinterest and just knew it fit the ticket. Only the walls would be pale aqua. Kind of like this.

So Maps, Globes, Transportation it is.

I'm really trying to find a black globe like the one we had growing up ... because there will definitely be a globe collection. We have Axel's moon "globe" he had as a kid. Will try to find and take a pic ... it's quite cool.

The room below is almost perfect. Almost ... instead of red, there will be more orange. And a fair amount of green. Plus I  have a fantastic stripe to use for curtains. This quilt might end up in his bigger boy room. I hope he likes orange.

But before I got too carried away I ran the idea past the dad. He liked the "theme." In fact I think he might have even loved it. To involve  him I gave him a list of types of transportation and asked him to rank them from highest to lowest priority.

This is what I got back ...

1) Trains
2) Buses

3) Bicycles

4) Automobiles

5) Planes

6) Trucks

7) Emergency Vehicles

8) Tractors

See why I'm laughing at myself?

Trains came first ... and here I was thinking planes and automobiles.


I'd really love one of these planes ... but did you see how far down the list planes are?? Ugh ... I doubt it will happen.

But a red wagon would be perfect! Darn, I forgot to put "playtime" transportation on the list .. as in scooters, wagons, trikes, etc. Do all those fall under "bicycles" ... maybe? ... hmmm

So trains ... a train is a must. I'm thinking a little wooden train to start ... then later we can do the big train. We will have some of Axel's set and a few years ago bought some more track and cars to go with it. I always thought we'd set it up in Axel's office but it seems there will be a little boy who will hopefully enjoy many more hours of play.

Oh gosh .. I can hardly wait!

But haha, with my luck this little guy will be into dinosaurs .. or Superman.

A bunch more ideas and sources for all photos can be found on my "F's Room" Pinterest board. 

Please feel free to weigh in ... I'd love your thoughts and comments.

Star Light, Star Bright ...

We received the first gift for the nursery this weekend from our special friend, Laura.

Isn't it sweet? It lights up and casts stars and a moon on the ceiling!

Thank you Laura for the starlight lamp!

I know some of you are wondering what are plans for the nursery so I'll try to start putting together a "mood board" to share with you in the next couple of weeks.