We just recently announced we are expecting in July and we cannot wait! Our home has the perfect room for a nursery but it is currently functioning as a guest bedroom with extra storage, basically a finished attic space, which is so nice but has collected a lot of junk in the short 2 years since we have moved! As soon as we found out we were pregnant, I couldn’t wait to get up there to organize, donate anything we aren’t using and of course, decorate! It’s a huge room that I can not wait to fill up, but first I need to organize my own closet (bye bye pre-pregnancy clothes) and declutter the future nursery so I can start the fun part! I like to decorate my house myself but I have decided I am going to work with a designer virtually to make the space come together exactly how I want. But first, I needed to start with a clean slate!
So how am I organizing a room that is mainly storage with a lot of extra furniture we won’t be using for the nursery? Small steps that will, hopefully, get the nursery ready by July!
Declutter
Decluttering is the best first step in any moving or renovation/redecorating process! We started by going through the guest room and storage closet and making with three sections: donate, save, and trash. It’s pretty obvious, but it makes things move a lot faster and keeps you organized. Plus, I love to donate anything I am not using! Anything we saved went into a storage tub that I labeled or was moved to another room where we would actually use it. We were able to make so much room in the storage space for more (baby) stuff as well as get rid of anything in the guest room we were not using! It feels so much better to be able step into the storage closet and see everything organized as opposed to the giant mess it was before. I love how empty the guest room looks now so I can envision how it will look as a nursery.
Organize
I am also prioritizing organizing our clothes closet! Since I am 17 weeks pregnant, a lot of my pre-pregnancy clothes (aka jeans) do not fit. So I started taking these down from my closet and folding them to put away in storage bins until next fall. I will most likely do this again in a couple of months when it warms up to put away all my warm sweaters, or anything else that doesn’t fit, to make more room in my closet for summer. (Which I can store upstairs in the storage space, thank goodness!) I also have some baby clothes my best friend gave me and I have those safely stored away until it’s closer to my due date but have them easily accessible upstairs since I love to look at them.
Move
This is where gameday movers comes in! There are, of course, tons of small things we moved around in the nursery by ourselves but we do have a few antique rugs, small tables, as well as a sofa in the guest room that we are not keeping. It feels so good to move out furniture we no longer will use since it won’t work for the space. Big furniture is a little bit trickier to get out of our upstairs and I definitely cannot help this time. Not sure I helped the first time much, either! Navigating stairs when moving big items is definitely something we want to be careful with since our home is historic. Hiring movers to tackle the bigger items will definitely take the pressure off and help me stress less! Gameday Moving Services offers a large amount of services, including residential moving, packaging and labor, antique and art moving and long distance moving in Athens GA!
Make a running to do list
I have a growing to do list with items to check off on my guest room to nursery project! Paint, re-tile fireplace, purchase furniture and furnishings, book movers, plus I want the clothes closet in the nursery redone as well! So much to do, but I still feel like I have a lot of time. Keeping a running list on my phone helps me feel organized, less stressed and makes this pregnancy brain feel less crazy! It also feels nice to check things off, but still have them on the list to see what all you have accomplished.
I can’t wait to keep working on this little project & hope you will stay tuned!
xo,
Morgan