Baby Book Case

while michael was out of town i worked on last min baby prep. on my list was some shelves to put all of the babies books on. i went to a few stores, looked at shelving but ultimately wasn't finding the right shelves that would go in our baby nursery area.

fast forward. michael magically gets back from being out of town two weeks early. one evening while riding his bike home he notices a lot of stuff has been left in the ally by sova. it had looked like an artist studio had gone out and they had left all their things in the ally. clay, paint, paintings, easels, a bike, computer parts, and wood. we always need wood.

the next day micheal came back from his morning run and stated that he was going to build his son a book shelf. the fallowing took approximately an hour.

 

 

 

 

 

i am blown away by his thoughtfulness, quick thinking, and attention to detail. the book shelf is perfect and more right then anything i could have found in a store.

that same day we also hung the curtain up by the babies crib. also hung up a present from a dear friend from her travels in napal.  good energys. it's all coming together and this child is going to be sheltered with so much love and support from amazing friends and family.

the fallowing day michael made me a gift. he came home from pumping station one with lazer cut owls for me. i will need to find a good place to hang them by the crib.

Happy Kale Loves the Rain

Nest Bed

in october when we were in nyc we went to a store called abc. a very eclectic amazing and very expensive furniture store. you could spend hours upon hours in there and leave filled with inspiration. there we saw this:

 

so we decided to build our own version. ours was also going to be raised up for storage underneath, have side rails with body pillow fillers. part of the thought of that was so if the baby sleeps in the bed he would not roll off.

a friend of ours provided us with most of the pallets we used which were in great shape. everything needed to be sanded which proved to be the most time consuming part. did you know that it's kinda hard to sand on a roof top in the middle of a chicago winter? the next challenge was finding an organic non toxic stain and sealant. i could not find a single one at a retailer anywhere in chicago land. the one's that homedepo directed me to all had huge warning labels that read do not use if pregnant. in this process i was saddened to learn that the greendepo chicago location had closed. that store was a godsend and i'm truly heart broken to see it go.

however from them i was directed to timber soy and bite my lip as i ordered a bucket of stain and a bucket of sealant right from the manufacture. turns out to be a good move. this stuff was amazing, had great pigment and was completely odor free. 

michael assembled the bed to be disassemble when we move. this was a good move since i think the finished bed weighs about a thousand ponds. 

it took us a while and a lot of love was put into it and our nest bed is perfect. it is the most comfortable bed i have ever had. i feel sheltered and protected like in a tree house. it is refuge. it was also just in time because it was starting to get really hard for me to get from the floor in the mornings. our project total was right around $300 blowing away the 2 thousand dollar price tag on the one at abc. 

nest bed is prefect. 

 

We also decided to add a head board with built in shelves.

and we had a finished nest bed

Adventures in Pallet-Based Gardening

one of the reasons i feel in love with sova and knew we had to move into this home.... the roof.

i could have a garden up here i thought to myself. well no i thought it out loud i believe.

today michael and i planted the start of our little garden. hope these little guys like it up here!