Here I am. Lah di dah. Mirror above changing table. Bird mobile. Is that a smock I see? And note my cool new Mars Volta glasses!
Changing table, cool shadow, mirror, dog butt.
Close up on birds, in mirror you can see dresser which brings us to...
Star shaped cut green glass pulls. Will she poke her eye out on these things? Let's hope not!
Sweet little handmade dolls on bureau. 
Swing around and you can see the closet(absolutely no one is allowed to give me shit about all the clothes, by the way), part of the crib, the light thingy (more on that in a second), and if you squint, look! There's Tracie's beautiful fox painting! Also, hand me down Babar lamp.
Another look at the closet. Seriously, no comments from the peanut gallery about the insane amount of dresses.
Okay, so that light thing on the wall. So -what you need is some muslin, a bunch of nails, and a string of lights. Oh yeah, and Ryan, who is willing to hem the muslin, make everything straight, pound in the nails and then hang everything up. But the results are so cool (and yes, I totally stole it from Martha). Don't worry, it won't burn your house down. Spike has had his for eight years and we're still standing.
Let there be light! Okay, the crib. Here's the thing - I hand painted that sucker when I was deeply, heavily eight months pregnant with Spike. It's the last vestiges of his Frida Kahlo inspired room. And I was going to paint it over - a nice cream - so it wouldn't be so crazy and stim - but when we dragged it out, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It looks okay, right? I mean, maybe not the most restful place ever, but it'll be dark when she sleeps! Anyway - that's the crib.
Details - butterfly mobile and Frida and Virginia to watch over Bell while she sleeps.
Shelves that Ryan made, giraffe picture that my mother sent Spike way back when,other side of shelves with swallows.
Swallow on table, too.
Very cool antique child sized bunny hat rack my mother bought Bell. I love this! 
More swallows on side of bureau (there aren't that many - but it seems like a lot from these photos)
Table from above.
Weird bouncing bunny toy (We've been told that Fang Fang's favorite toys are "hanging toys").
Because her name has to be somewhere in the room, right?
10 comments:
Oh! Oh! It's beautiful! I love the birds and the light and the the colorful crib. It is delicious! The Frida and Virginia dolls are a sweet touch and the swallow is very nice. Very! I want to have a tea party at that sweet little table and hang my hat on that bunny rack. Bell is going to love her room!
Nice smock and glasses too by the way!
What a gorgeous room. I want to move in...
And what a lucky girl she is.
Lovely, lovely! It looks so different! You all did such a great job!
more exclamation points, just because: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those bird mobiles are just lovely for a child's room but, truth be told, I wouldn't mind having them in my own room... So poetic!
Beautiful room for a beautiful girl.
What a beautiful room! If I were a wee one and this were my room I would be in heaven.
Love the smock!
What a great collection of wonderful things! The crib is perfect just the way it is.
I love it!! Love that Frida is making an appearance (style-wise and doll-wise!)...it is lovely.
And I think that you look fab in your smock!
I recognized the Virginia doll right off! Beautiful, sweet room. Makes me want to have a little girl for whom to decorate...
Excellent work!
i'm so happy that I decided to randomly google your name & discovered this blog. what a treasure trove of information about your wonderful, full, busy life!
it's exciting to see pictures of you, Ryan, Spike & Bell. you all look so happy! your new nursery is gorgeous. i'm sure Bell will love it.
i wish you all the best. when you have time -- i.e. after you've gone to Beijing, brought home your precious little girl and settled in with her -- maybe we'll get the chance to reconnect again after all these years...
hugs,
Erin
p.s. and again, if you want to talk to my aunt about beijing, i'm sure she'd love to help out!
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