My friend Megan is quite possibly the most talented amateur interior decorator that I know. The adorable thing is, she has no idea what a natural she is at this sort of thing. Whenever I leave her house, I'm inspired to paint the living room already or finally retire that bachelor bedroom set with the mirrored headboard my guy has going on (and I "inherited" if you will) (love you honey!)
Megan is due in April with her second baby girl. I helped her paint her first daughter Abby's room with delicious butter yellow stripes a few years ago when Abby was born, so helping Megan out with the nursery decorating has become somewhat of a tradition - as much as something can be a tradition when it's only happened twice.
The bummer of it was, thanks to work and life, I was almost completely unavailable to act as Megan's nursery decorating consultant. And of course, this turned out to be a blessing, because she did an amazing job without me. Far better than if I'd been involved. I would've just mucked up her mojo.
Megan started out with this terrific bedding, Cocoa by Banana Fish.
Is this not the cutest? I love love love that Megan went the route of
aqua blue and brown for a little girl. It's unexpected but wonderfully
girly in its own right.
But I did get called in to put the final touch on the nursery - painting daisies, inspired by the adorable blue and brown daisies on the fabric - on the walls! Of course, as soon as I got over there, sleeves rolled up, ready to paint, Megan told me a little about her vision. When I realized it involved vines and leaves, I feared I was way outta my league. Thank goodness for Todd the artist, the guy behind the amazing Jack O' Lantern last Halloween. He was happy to come on over in a New York minute, and fueled by beer and pizza, he whipped out his pencil and drew vines and daisies and leaves on the walls that Megan and I then filled in with paint.
Really, all in all, I was fairly useless when it came to decorating baby Kate's room. But Megan and Todd did a marvelous job with it. And hey, I painted the vines and filled in some of the flowers!
Don't even talk to me about the horribly crooked vine I painted over baby Kate's name.
(Can't wait to meet her in April!)
P.S.: I know these photos only show the adorable vines and daisies on the walls. I have photos of the process, but my computer is giving me grief. And tomorrow, blessed tomorrow, I am getting my big girl camera - bye bye point and shoot - so maybe Megan will let me come over to her awesomely-decorated house and take a few more photos of the completed nursery so I can share it in its entirety. You'll love it!
