nursery brainstorming

With only a few weeks until we find out whether we are having a boy or a girl, I have gotten the itch to start decorating the nursery. Although there is a lot of stuff that we won't buy ourselves, we have already decided that we will purchase the crib ourselves (mainly because I don't want to wait until our showers to get it :). Because we lost a living room when we moved to our new house, we already have the rest of the furniture for the nursery! The main furniture for the nursery includes the crib, our big white couch (ikea), two mid-century side tables that we painted white a couple of years ago, a vintage rocker from my grandparents house that we are going to have recovered, and an antique dresser from Griffin's grandmother that we are going to refinish. So you can get an idea of what we already have, here are some pictures...

i love, love, love everything that we have in the room, although some of it definitely needs some editing. the two fabric swatches is the fabric we have already chosen to reupholster the chair in. the stripe will go on the majority of the chair and the tufted buttons and gathered skirt will be done in the solid blue linen color. i love this chair and can't wait to see what it looks like once it is brought out of the 1970s. 

the dresser also needs a little tlc, although it is growing on me more and more. i'm thinking we are going to go with a really fun color on this piece, since we are 99.9% positive that we are going to do a white crib. if you haven't noticed already, we really love white :) because our main color scheme includes an aqua blue color, a yellowish tan color, and two linen colors, i am thinking of bringing in a red color, or maybe even coral. 

the last picture just shows you the wall where the crib is going to be. that is all furniture that we are getting rid of. we are going to center it on the wall. 

so that's where we are and this is where we are headed... for now at least...

crib {target}

bedding {serena and lily}

ottoman for in front of the couch. love the play on texture {overstock}

griffin's favorite {overstock}

and mine {overstock}

art in a group of three over the crib {etsy}

two shadow boxes with a baby outfit of Griffin's and mine {target}

wooden alphabet letters painted and lined horizontally on the stripes {hobby lobby}

this is all i have dreamt up so far, although i know a ton more accessories will make their way into the room. i searched far and wide for pillows for the couch, but was unable to find any that i LOVED. i am sure that they will be found randomly at TJ Max, Marshalls, or another cheap store and am thinking there will be some blue, coral, yellow, and green action going on. as far as the drapes go, we will most likely go with painter's drop-clothes since that seems to be my obsession these days. 

so what do you guys think? 

and which rug do you like better? you can be honest. 

although I may not be with Griffin if he wins the poll. 

love, 

Maggie