The Beginning of An Heirloom

A few months ago, my pregnant DIL and I  had a wonderful day shopping in Lancaster County for fabric for the nursery. We hit all my favorite spots. 

This is the fabric she picked out for my soon- to- be- here grandson's room:

 It is a beautiful fabric, and of course you know I love it because it has those swirly branches. It has every color imaginable, so it made it easy to pick co-ordinating fabric

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I made a tailored skirt for the crib.

 And I lined these metal baskets

for the changing table.

(Aren't the knobs cute?)

My last project was to decorate this toy chest.

It belonged to my son, the father to be.

I am kind of surprised that I have kept it all these years.  We even moved it from the house where he was a toddler. We do not have many family "heirlooms", so what could be better than passing this down.  After being in the basement for 20 years, it needed a fresh coat of paint.  I added the grey rectangle, to match the nursery walls, for the name, once the baby has been born and has been named. 

 

But I just did not want to give him a white toy chest. 

I decided to use the bird fabric as inspiration for the painted design.

 

 

 

I had a hard time parting with it.