I am either nesting, or under a hard deadline for Freya to be in her own bedroom. A bit of both. Anyway we’ve been slacking for a while on getting her room ready for her and I decided early April is when it will be fully painted, furnished, and ready for her to sleep in. We have been discussing it daily, and she is pretty excited about it.

Her bed frame was purchased a full year ago and remains boxed up in the garage. Last week I finally sold my old bed, which was our queen-sized guest bed. Goodbye old pal. Our new baby was conceived there, TMI. But I try not to get sentimental about incredibly large objects. It also has some not so nice memories attached, like the fact that when I bought it in SF I was with my evil ex. But then again, it was also the first real grownup bed I ever bought. Anyway. Kind of nice then that the money I got for it was used to purchase Freya’s new mattress, which was delivered Monday and is also in the garage. “My new bed!!” says Freya when she sees it.

Some paint is on the walls — a dusty pink so far, to be complemented by chocolate brown behind the bed frame. So once the paint is all done and dry, the mattress goes on the floor, fitted with pretty new sheets, and Freya can start taking her naps in there. Her closet needs to be taken apart — removing the doors and shelving and pushing her dresser inside to free up floor space in the room.

I’ve been obsessing over curtains for weeks now, and finally have narrowed down fabric choices. A talented seamstress friend has offered to sew the panels for me. I’m putting up tab-top panels on the window, and then the closet will get coordinating drapes as well. These are the two I love:

I was searching endlessly on etsy for handmade curtains but either couldn’t find a suitable print, or did find one I loved but the seller wanted HUNDREDS of dollars to make it. Two square panels, not even lined. Yeah. I backed away from that.

SO. Freya will finally have her own room, her own space. I really want to make it a place she loves to spend time in, play in, and sleep in. I want it to be all hers, with none of our junk taking up space. Baby comes in (OMG) three months or so, and I just can’t co-sleep with a newborn and a two-year-old, at least not all night anyway. We’ll figure it out as we go, but we will need that room to be Freya’s so that if needed, Brian can go sleep in her bed with her (it’s a full sized mattress).