Monkeyin' Around

I don't think I have yet shared on my blog what our plans are for decorating baby's nursery. Since we don't know what we're having, we stuck with a gender netural-ish theme. I say "ish" because I do think it looks a little bit on the masculine side. But, I'm okay with that. Even if we know what we were having, we would have stuck with some neutral so that we can hopefully avoid replacing everything when baby #2 rolls around. If my little Monkey turns out to be a girl, we'll add some girly accents and call it a day!

Speaking of my little Monkey - that's the theme of the room!

This is our plan for the bedding.

I don't know how many of the accessory pieces I'll end up with but I do know that the lamp is sitting in the room already just waiting!

All of the furniture in the room is going to be white (no pictures just yet - the Dude has the furniture built/transformed but it's not painted yet), with the exception of the black leather chair that is already in the room and will be staying there. Since it's not a rocking chair or recliner, I'm hoping to get something like this to go along with it.

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I figure if I use the chair to feed a lot, I might like having somewhere to prop my feet. Also, I love how the top can flip over to become a tray so I can have a place to keep a drink, the phone, a book or whatever. And of course, extra (hidden) storage space is always a bonus when you're working with a small space.

We aren't planning on painting the walls because they are in pretty good shape and we realized that they match almost exactly with the darker beige in the bedding set. We are planning on replacing the carpet though.

Of course, I've been scouring Etsy and other online sites and have found a few other things I have my eyes on. I'm loving these wall decals! Especially the first one. I don't know if we'll live here long enough to bother with the growth chart, but it's cute nonetheless.

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I'm not sure if I am 100% in love with these wall prints - but I would definitely like to get something like this to liven up the walls. If only I were artistic and could paint them myself!

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I love this little toy!

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And of course, you know I will have baskets of all shapes and sizes in the room to store things. These little monkey ones are too cute for words. (source)

There are some other ideas that I have and that people have given me for the room that I am thinking of incorporating but I don't want to give everything away. Because trust me, I will be bombarding you with pictures and posts about the nursery as I actually start to do something about it.

I really want to put some personal touches on it and would love to do some DIY projects for the room but I am just so not crafty sometimes. Anyone have any ideas? I would love your suggestions for ideas of other things that I could incorporate into the room.