wolf + ru's shared nursery

so, we have been busy making some changes over here. up until now, our finished basement has housed all of our toys and i won't lie, it gets really crazy down there ... most days, i just shut the door and pretend like the mess isn't a real thing ... but it is real. so real. and it drives me freaking crazy. 

our upstairs has four bedrooms. when we first bought the house, we thought, "great!" everyone will have their own room. it has been great, but it needed tweaked a bit. i am not a fan of having toys in the living room. we do have some because that just happens when you live in your house and your toddler likes to play with trains while he watches a show about trains. .. anyway, i knew i hated having them all in the basement, but also knew i didn't want them in the living room ... so i decided to move the boys together in one room and use the spare as a play room. wolf and ru are using eleanor's old room because it is the biggest room and eleanor is taking ru's old room and wolfgang's room will be the play room. eleanor's room is next up for a makeover. we just recently ordered some wall paper and i just cannot wait to put it up. she is also going to pick out a chandelier to replace the gigantic ceiling fan that currently occupies the room. 

so, for the past couple of days, i have been busy moving furniture and swapping closets to create a shared nursery for my boys. last friday, i found this beautiful spindle bed for wolfgang at an estate sale. it was only $30! i couldn't resist. he isn't sleeping in it yet and is still in the crib in his old room for the time being. rufus is still sleeping with us, but we have plans to sleep train him within the next month. i am really hoping and believing that both boys will be sleeping in the new room by springtime! wish us luck!

i won't lie, it sort of bothers me that all of the furniture doesn't match and maybe i'll work on changing that at some point, but mostly ... im like, whatever. :) 

now, a few things about their space:

the painted wooden cow and pig hanging above wolfgang's dresser was made by my grandpa and hung on my walls when i was little.

the quilt ru is laying on was made by his great aunt. it was his welcome to the world gift. 

the rocking chair belonged to my grandma's grandpa. 

ru's gramma made him the fuzzy duckling book he is playing with. 

i love having things in a room that have history and meaning. stay tuned for a peek at el's new room, the playroom and kitchen makeover!