The Lucas Lowdown: Making room

When we first moved in I opted not to do much with Molly's room (ha, well if you saw my house you'd think I opted not to do much with anything [I'm not exaggerating], but ignoring M's room was actually on purpose). We figured that she'd soon be moving out of her crib and we'd address things when baby-room turned big-girl-room. Then when we found out we were having a baby we decided to wait until we found out what it was and then determine what kind of 2 kid set up we might have. Well, now I'm itching to get to it and start giving some life to Molly's and Jack's builder-beige rooms! You might say my intellectual nesting instinct has set in but alas, the energy part just isn't keeping up--what with my "real" job and all. And because I'd have to blow the dust off my camera to get any real pictures I'm just going to find pics from ye olde intranet to illustrate my ideas.

First off, I've decided to take color inspiration for Jack's room from a childhood favorite (of mine), Caps for Sale. You know it?

Now, computer monitor colors are tricky but what I love is the blue of the sky (it's the color of our playroom now), the pencil/mustard yellow color of the crops, the off-red color of the title/caps/shoes/crops (it reads orange on my screen right now but it's more red than orange in real life), the smoky blue color of the middle set of caps (it's darker in reality...like the color of the dining room at our old house), and the smattering of black and white throughout.

To be clear, I'm not going for a "caps for sale" theme (and NO monkey theme either), but I'm using the book for a jumping off point and will probably use some of the illustrations as artwork. Another favorite of mine, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, happens to have the same colors going on and it's pictures make me laugh so those'll be included too:

This is Ryan's and my favorite...hilarious right? A chicken in a wife-beater?! (oh, and there's an egg stuck in its pants):

As for Molly's room, I'm using her lampshades (which I'm still in love with) to continue dictating colors in there:

Eventually her mattress and box spring will rest on the iron bed I used as a kid and MiMi and Pop have already gotten her this pretty bedspread:

I got some white ruffle curtains on clearance at Target:

and I'm going to add [read: have my mom add] pom-pom fringe to the layers to jazz 'em up.

So, there are a few of my plans because I know you care;). Now onto the doing...after both of my shows are over!

Oh, and before I go, Jack is supposedly about a foot long and just over a pound by now. He's an active little thing which makes me smile all the time. And Molly's is ridiculously wonderful. That'll be another post for another time. I'll catch you up on some iPhone pics in the meantime.

Passing the time between arrival and preschool in the morning: