FINALLY! Our nursery piccies
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Topic: FINALLY! Our nursery piccies
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: FINALLY! Our nursery piccies
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:01pm
Warning people - I got a bit camera happy 
All done now - just waiting for "Daddy-to-be" to finish the cot  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:05pm
| wow thats awesome! looks so styly, well done excellent excellent job-love it |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:22pm
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Awww Toni that looks great!!!! I wish i was able to decorate the walls had to make do with pictures lol but urs is sooo cute!! Cant wait to see the cot
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Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:52pm
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thats so cute ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:54pm
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!!!! Cute!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 8:04pm
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Here are some piccies of the cot in progress
How it started life - a pile of recycled rimu and matai 
Look at what my clever hubby did with that old wood 
He's just got to finish sanding all the bits then put on the child safe oil to finish it off ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 8:06pm
whoopsies - sorry about the GIANT photo  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 8:40pm
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Wowwwwwwwwwww he's clever!!!!
That is the coolest thing in the world that he made the cot by hand. So special!!! The nursery looks lovely
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 9:00pm
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I just showed him your post Nikki.... he blushed! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 9:04pm
| that is sooo cool, well done your hubby. Looks like he has put a lot of hours into it which will be so cool cos you can pass it down through the family and your grandkids will be able to use the cot grandad made! Love the nursery too, I wish I could paint the walls but will have to make do with painting the furniture. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 9:22pm
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Wow maybe your hubby could teach my hubby how its done - the handyman stuff I mean LOL. Where did you get the waredrobe from or is it another master makes of your hubbies?? Oh and love the colour on the walls - what paint colour is it?? Noisy aye - my babies room which is presently my 13 year old babies room is a light blue but would like to go neutral more ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 10:17pm
wow what a specail thing for hubby to do ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 6:59am
| Does he take orders? |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 7:41am
 for your James
I was going to ask the same thing James - that is the exact style cot we want. It's beautiful - really really beautiful. That is such a beautiful thing for a daddy to make. Every night something he made will hold his new baby and keep them safe - just like you did for the first nine months of their life. Thats pretty special... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 7:41am
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And the nursery looks awesome - brown is my fav colour!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:31am
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The nursery looks really cute, Toni!
And that cot!  How amazing! What a special thing for Daddy-to-be to do!------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:41am
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Leish!!!!!! you made me cry! I'm SOOOOOOOO proud of him! I'm going to get a little brass plate engraved "Handmade by Daddy 2006" to put on it.
He's actually never done anything like this before which is probably why it has taken him 5 months so far (and that's working on it the whole weekend!) to get it just right. We took the design from my mate's cot (so that we got all of the measurements and safety features right), I think she bought her's in Farmers (would have been about 5 years ago though). It's one of those 3-in-1 styles (basinette - cot - sofa). The wardrobe is just old MDF shelving (was in the house when we bought it) and we just put some MDF doors on the front and got the teddy bear handles from $2 shop
Paint colours: Resene Solitare on the walls (same as the rest of the house - "cream, on cream, on cream - David McNee would have been impressed, NOT! lol) and the Bears are test pots from Levene (I'll have to get back to you on those). Stencil was from Spotlight. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:48am
That's just amazing, you have a very talented partner big ups for daddy to be....... -------------  
Lycan and Peyton = Moon and back!! |
Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:52am
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Wow amazing job with the cot - looks just like brand new and your nursery looks amazing too - a great job done by the two of you! ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 9:11am
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Oh Toni...the nursery looks soooooo gooood. Wow!! I love natural colors.....I wish I went all out for my bubs room...I didnt!! **Sigh**
I love that Cot...your hubby is so clever. Thats is soooo cool. My hubby had to put the cot together which took him 3 days and even then he got it wrong!!!
Its just wonderful!!! You must be so proud!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nicolaann
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 9:43am
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Wow alright. That is so great (the cot I mean). And the room! I'm just trying to choose colours for Alex's room. We didn't find out what sex he was, and so his room is yellow. So I am going to make our other bedroom his room, a great little boys room!! And then the yellow room will be baby # 2's when they arrive! Well thats the plan. I have been looking at blues and greens. Would never have thought the colours you chose would look so so wonderfull! Well done. (And I love the stencil too!!) ------------- Nicky, Mum to Alex (5) & Sophie (3) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 10:36am
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That looks fabulous! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 3:11pm
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Thanks ladies
I can't take all of the credit for the room as Mum and my Sis did most of it after loooong consultation on design and colours
We went with the browns & beiges so that once we knew what we had (boy or girl) we could add accessories in the appropriate colour and it wouldn't clash ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:14pm
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Thanks for the paint colours - I actually think I have a test pot in that colour - I seem to be a test pot freak as I wanted to paint our sun room in a similar colour. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |