Light Dimmer for Any Lamp!

So, this isn't fancy or cute...but it is a fabulous idea! I read that having a light that has a dimmer in your nursery would be very helpful for nightime feedings and soothings, so I went to Ikea to see what type of lamps I could find with dimmers. Well, they don't have that many. BUT, what they do have is 100 times better.

This is the Ikea Dimma. It's a cord that you can attach to any lamp and you in seconds you have a lamp with dimmer. I bought one (and should have purchased several) for $7.99, brought it home and plugged the lamp in the nursery into it and it works great! Basically, you plug the Ikea Dimma into the wall and then, plug your lamp cord into the back of the Dimma plug. I need to remember to pick up a few more as this would be a nice feature for lamps in any room.

Who knew it would be that easy to make any lamp dim???

Custom Chalk Board Paint

I initially didn't want to hang anything on the walls above our cribs, so I was thinking of different options so the walls didn't look so bare. I kept thinking about chalkboard paint. Maybe three circles for the babies initials, but I didn't want black circles...and the schoolhouse green chalk board paint definitely wouldn't go in the room. I kept thinking, I wish I could get chalk board paint in custom colors.

Well...you can! Not only can you buy chalkboard paint in 24 beautiful colors from Hudson Paint, apparently, you can make your own. You can find instructions to make your own on Martha Stewart's site, on Apartment Therapy's site, or a bunch of other sites online if you just google it.

Mobile

I just purchased this mobile. We don't have too many "stimulating" toys yet, so I thought we should have at least one. Everything in the nursery is pretty calm and understated color wise, so I thought this would be great for the babies to stimulate their visual activity. It's cute and it attaches to the crib, so we don't have to figure out how to hang something from the ceiling. It comes with 10 double sided black and white cards and 10 color cards. I purchased it from Giggle...a great modern baby products site.

Baby Update

For the two of you who read this blog, sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I have been busy getting things ready for our twins. They should be ready to come out and join the world in two weeks or less! We can't wait. I'm certainly ready for them to join us! I'm getting pretty impatient these last few weeks, so I'll try to pass the time by posting a few more things before the big day. I probably won't be posting too much after that for a while. Hopefully, I won't loose the few readers I have!!