Nursery Progress (?)

Want to see the progress that we've made on the nursery? I am using that word very loosely here. Try not to laugh...Here are the "before" pics:

And here are the "after" pics:

Ok, Ok. I know it seems like all we did was empty out the room. If you look a little closer you will notice the new carpeting and the new curtain rod. I have the curtains ready to go as well, but I'm just waiting a little while to hang them so I don't have to deal with dust getting on them. The new furniture isn't going to arrive until the middle of November at the earliest, so it's not like there is that much of a hurry to get things organized.

I have finished one little baby related project though! Remember those curtains that I bought for the room?

I ordered an extra panel of them so I could cut it apart and use the fabric elsewhere in the room to help make it a little more cohesive. So the project was to "decorate" some baskets from Target that we are going to use for extra storage on the bookshelf. I added some ivory and giraffe print ribbon too and thought they turned out quite cute...

Here is one of them on the actual shelf. Please ignore the fact that this pic was taken while the shelf was sitting in my dining room. (Things got a little crazy around here while that carpet was going in.) I think I'm going to use the rest of the fabric to make a pillow for the glider.

I probably won't post any more nursery pics until the furniture arrives and I get things a little more settled. I just hope that it arrives sooner rather than later. (fingers crossed.)