Project Nursery is Underway!

Luckily, since we had no idea the girls would be arriving so early, we've been working on putting together their nursery for a while now. We have two spare bedrooms on the lower level of our apartment and up until now, we've been using one as a guest room and the second as a den. Since we have a pull out sofa in the den (which we've been told by our guests is very comfortable!), we decided that would become our playroom/guest room and we'd make the current guest room the nursery. Here's a picture of the room before:



Our first step toward transforming the guest room into baby central was to have the closet done. We have California Closets in our bedroom but decided to use Elfa for the girls' room and we are so happy with the result! We were able to customize everything and the system is adjustable so if after the girls arrive, we decide we need different storage options, we can easily change it up. Here's a picture of the closet before:



And here it is after:



We cannot rave enough about Elfa. The closet holds so much more now that it did before. Here's the proof (excuse the mess -- we're still organizing all of our wonderful shower gifts!):





We're using the drawers for the little things like socks and hats....



And bibs. Here are two of my favorites that we got at our shower from our dear family friends Fran & Ed:



Once the closet was done, we moved on to the flooring. It took me forever to find the perfect carpet (ask Jan how many samples I ordered!) but once I saw these floor tiles, I knew we'd found the winner.





Here's our four-legged child, Fiona, helping us lay the tiles:



And last, but not least, come the cribs.



And of course Fiona had to check to make sure they were sturdy enough for the girls.



So that's the latest from the nursery. We'll be finishing things up soon so that it's all ready for Gabrielle and Alaina's trip home!