I finished decorating the nursery. Four months after she was born. WHAT?

Here's where we left off with the nursery, back in March:

Today, we finally hung up the letters for her name and stuck the red paper butterflies on the wall. You know, FIVE MONTHS LATER. (We are excellent with decor deadlines.) (Whatever, she has been sleeping in a pack and play in my room since she was born.)

Here are the letters:

And, letters with red paper butterflies:

I love them. I bought them from Etsy seller Hip and Clavicle, and they were $36 for 20. Which, now that I think about it sounds like a lot for paper butterflies, but let's be honest here. Even if I COULD make these? I WOULDN'T. Not right now at least. When I ordered them I wasn't sure if 20 was enough and now that I have them on the wall (they came with a little bit of adhesive on them already and it's pretty stout), I think I might like another 20. I'd like them to be far more concentrated in the upper left and higher up on the wall, maybe one or five even on the ceiling.

I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. (For now, at least.) 

(View the entire nursery set, start-to-finish, on Flickr.)

Comments

[HereWeGoAJen]

Oooh, so cute. I love it. The name with the butterflies is so perfect.

Also, I have a question that I am now reminded of. When Claire said Charlotte in front of the grandparents, before you'd revealed her name, what name did they think it was? (And yes, that was a long time ago, I could not be remembering this story correctly at all.)

[Elsha]

I love the butterflies with the name. Adorable.

[Holly]

I think I win here - hung art on Clara's walls about 2 weeks prior to her 1st birthday :)

[Meghan]

Ummm....A is almost 10 months old and I just hung the first thing on her wall last week. And then, most ironically, it fell during the earthquake. So her walls are still empty.

I love the butterflies. It's so whimisical and it doesn't a scream NURSERY!!!!!!! I hate when rooms yell at me

[Jessica]

So pretty! I don't think it needs more butterflies - I like it the way it is. Then again, I'd probably like it with more, too.

Paul has nothing on his walls. Neither does Margaret, who is two.

[Mama Bub]

Uh, we didn't hang name letters until Hannah was one. Granted, we had just moved and were semi-redecorating at the time. I'm super impressed that you hung them so straight. My mom sent over her handyman for a housewarming present and I told him that if he does only one thing while he's here, it will be to hang those letters!

[Melani]

Looks really cute! I didn't do my daughter's nursery at all (2nd child)--we moved 3 weeks before she was born and between a 20 month old and a newborn...it just didn't happen. So, when it was time for a big girl bed, I went nuts trying to make up for the guilt of no nursery. She now has the most expensive furniture in the house. Of course, she's 12 now and her furniture is still perfect whereas her brother's? Not so much. :)

[Jen]

absolutely adorable! so delicate and whimsical.

[Mel]

Great minds think alike. We did the name with butterflies as well. I love the red!