Avery's in a Big Girl Bed

Somehow the further along I get in my pregnancy, the faster it's going!! I'm already 31 weeks and 2 days, and only have about 60 days to go!! We've finally started getting the room(s) ready for Avery and the baby. Avery is staying in her room, but she just got some new (old) furniture.

In the beginning of this month, my mom came over to help me paint my old bedroom furniture for Avery, so that we could have her transitioned before the baby was here (since we'll be using the crib and matching dresser and bookshelf for the new nursery.) My furniture for Avery consisted of a daybed, dresser, nightstand, and bookshelf all in an oak finish. They were all in pretty good condition, but I'm just not loving the look of oak furniture in our home. I wanted something more updated and pretty, so I decided to give it a makeover with white chalk paint. My mom did some research on chalk paint, and we decided to give it a try since it was safe for me to use during pregnancy, and it didn't require heavy sanding / taking the old finish off. My mom actually worked on the nightstand first, over Labor Day, and then she came here to help me with the rest! It was a lot of furniture to paint, but my mother-in-law actually came over and helped with it too, and we were able to finish it in 2 1/2 days. Then we had to wait a few weeks for the wax to cure (which is used over the paint) and now it's in Avery's room. I think it looks beautiful now, and I'm so glad we decided to paint it!! To me, it looks like something from the Pottery Barn Kids catalogue, for which I would have paid a few thousand dollars! The only cost here was the paint, supplies, and time...most of which my mom gifted us :) Here are a few "before" pics (while we were working on it):

Here are the "after" pics:

Honestly...I think it all turned out just great, and even better than I imagined! Avery has slept in her new bed for the last 3 nights with no problems, and she loves her new bedding too (from Bed Bath and Beyond.) I love that I can read stories in her bed with her snuggled up in the evening before bedtime, and sometimes in the morning too! I haven't moved the bookshelf yet because we are still swapping the rooms, and in the meantime Travis started painting the nursery!  We picked paint on Wednesday and Travis finally decided that it would be ok to paint it light pink. He wanted tan, but I really thought light pink would be best. He just finished it yesterday, but the rest of the room is a disaster, with furniture piled in the middle.

Here is a sneak peek, and of course I'll be sure to post some pics once we're organized.

I'm so happy that we're finally getting things ready because this little girl will be here before we know it!