nursery revealed: part one.

this past month we decided to tear apart my pretty nursery to make way for some "simple" improvements. as you can see from the picture below, there was a random corner that was wasted space and a window seat full of empty space. we thought it would be a simple enough project to put up some shelves and add a storage chest in the window seat.
it turned out that it really wasn't that simple of a project. luckily we had a lot of help from some great neighbors and friends.

this was demolition day one. the project begins.

making way for the storage chest. still no shelves.

we realized that we needed to rip off the entire top of the window seat to make the lid for the storage chest flush with the rest of the seat. {this is where we are thinking... wow. this is a big project.}

the lid is on and hinged. added some beadboard {perfect idea, ryan!} to hide the storage box and pretty it up a little.

shelves up. molding up. last minute addition of the molding below the window. everything is caulked and ready to be primed and painted. {by far the worst part of the entire project. i hope to never pick up a paint brush again!!!!}

and voila! the finished product. we are so pleased with how it turned out. it was totally worth the dust all over our house and all of the tedious painting.

the things we do for this baby. she is so spoiled. this is by far the nicest room in our house now :)

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{stay tuned for part two of the nursery reveal. there's still work to do. pictures to hang. curtains to hem, etc. hopefully we finish it before she arrives!}