crib completion

well the crib is finally complete. i never thought the day would come, but griffin worked his little tail off last night to finish it. although there are a couple of places that we need to touch up now that we have it put together, we are going to do those touch-ups next week. for those of you who missed the post on our crib-buying experience, we found this little gem on craigslist for $40... and that was including the mattress! we knew from the beginning that we wanted a jenny lind crib and that we wanted to paint it, so we figured there was no point in spending the full price on a new one from babiesrus. overall, if we would have bought the crib and mattress new, we would have spent 220 buckaroos. and considering we only spent $40, i'll take those savings any day.

take a gander at the before

the during

and the afters {without bedding}

and the afters {with bedding}

so what do you guys think? do you have any experience painting cribs? although painting those spindles truly is a chore, we absolutely love the way it turned out... and we're sure baird will love it just as much :)

love,

maggie

{to see more on our crib-buying process, check out this post}

{to hear about how we made our baby bedding, read more here}