The Nursery...furniture

Next comes the furniture. Ashley researched some antiquing methods to apply to some furniture we have that has been in our family for over 50 years. It had been painted and even antiqued before, so this was a super-antinquing job! A combination of sanding, applying wax to edges, then painting, removing wax with steel wool, then applying two coats of polyurethane, and...voila! (To be fair...this "voila!" took a couple of weekends worth of work.)





And then once we had the furniture selected, we needed a crib to match. We went to Craig's List to look for some gently used cribs (and really...how rough can a newborn be on a crib anyway?) and were lucky to find an antiqued one. Though, I must say, factory-antiqued is not quite as authentic as Ashley-antiqued. However, we are quite pleased to now have crib, mattress, and mattress cover all set up. So the room is furnished! I just need to find bedding, drapes, and a rug to coordinate.