The nursery

Well, now we've got a place to put the kid. I dedicated the whole weekend to painting the nursery, and I have to say that for a rookie painter like me it came out rather well. K seems rather happy too and there's a sense of excitement in the air every time we go into the room. If all goes according to plan, in just 9 weeks this room will have an occupant!

The color scheme was chosen for its gender-neutrality, and was inspired by the great Gulf Oil colour schemes on Le Mans sportscar racers over the years.

Here's some pictures of the painting process.

One of the cars in question poses after the blue stripe has been filled in:

My friend C helps out with the very difficult freehand brown pinstriping:

The finished article:


There is of course still work to be done: we've got some vinyl owl decals to put above the crib and changing table, as well as some shelves to go up. We also got an excellent owl mobile from some close friends that we need to hang above the crib.