WOW planning two adorable nurseries is a lot!! I had ONE nursery and cycled my three babies through it. Don't think I could have thought of two different rooms especially having kids to raise at the same time. I am amazed!!

Absolutely lovely!! And your granddaughters are darling! I love the colors scheme and the quilt is amazing. Are those bunches of tulle or pom poms over the crib? Such a cute idea. You are a wonderful grammy to those cuties!

Super sweet rooms and little girls!!

Adorable rooms, adorable little girls! Great quilt!

Lucky, lucky little girls. You have a knack for color and design.

Very pretty and the girls are cute as pie. ! I remember your first granddaughters nursery and how wonderful it was/is.

I helped decorate my grandsons nursery 3+ years ago. Can't remember if I ever poster photos on this site, but he is in a new house now with a new room and similar "sea" theme.

We are expecting a new granddaughter any day, now. I helped decorate her nursery, as well. When I get some photos (only have one right now), I'd love to share.

adorable.

Thank you everyone for you kind words. I enjoyed helping my daughter decorate both rooms. I love having projects to do. I think I've helped my kids paint every room in their homes at least once.

Arcy_gw, I thought my daughter would be cycling her second child through that first room too but she said no, that's was the 3 year olds room and didn't want to kick her out of her room.

Nini804, those garlands above the crib were an incredibly lucky find after fabrics had been purchased and sewing had been done. I spotted those garlands at Hobby Lobby and had to buy them because they were the exact colors in the nursery fabrics. The garland strips are not tulle. I think they are probably nylon. I have made ribbon/fabric strip garlands for party decorations but my DD and I had not thought to use garland in the nursery until we happened upon those perfect match garlands at the store.

Sheeisback, the hot air balloon theme almost didn't happen because an exhaustive search of numerous local stores turned up only one hot air balloon fabric and it was in bright primary colors with big balloon on it. I spent hours searching on line for ballon fabric. Found lots of options on Spoonflower.com. It was a bit pricey but we kept the yardage needed down by doing the window treatments and crib skirt with straight pieces of fabric rather than any thing gathered. We tried out a couple pre made coverlets for the trundle bed but none looked quite right so I decided to make a duvet cover and found the polka dot fabric that coordinated perfectly at a local store.

nhb22, please do post pictures of your grand children's rooms too. Would love to see them.

Beautiful rooms that show loving attention to detail!

As a soon to be new parent, though I have to raise the concern - I hope the bedding, stuffed animal and bumpers in the crib are there for photos only and will be removed when the child is in the crib. The current recommendations to avoid SIDs or suffocation is to avoid all loose bedding, stuffed animals toys and bumpers in cribs. The baby should be placed to sleep on her back in am empty crib with tight a fitting sheet. Sleep sacks and sleepers should be used for warmth when needed - no blankets.

Excerpt from AAP guidelines:

• Bumper pads should not be used in cribs. There is no evidence that bumper pads prevent injuries, and there is a potential risk of suffocation, strangulation or entrapment.
• Always place your baby on his or her back for every sleep time.

Always use a firm sleep surface. Car seats and other sitting devices are not recommended for routine sleep.

The baby should sleep in the same room as the parents, but not in the same bed (room-sharing without bed-sharing).

Keep soft objects or loose bedding out of the crib. This includes pillows, blankets, and bumper pads.

Wedges and positioners should not be used.

https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/AAP-Expands-Guidelines-for-Infant-Sleep-Safety-and-SIDS-Risk-Reduction.aspx

Best wishes!

Thanks tmnca. You are quite right about the safe sleeping guides. The pillow now lives on the trundle bed in the room and the quilt is generally on the floor in my DD's living room for the baby to hang out on (she isn't crawling away yet). There are no bumpers in the bed. My GD does roll from tummy to back and back to tummy and spins around so it's always a surprise to see which way she ends up sleeping. Congratulation and best wishes for your new baby.

Sorry if I was being pedantic, just the protective worries kicking in :)

My mother made a beautiful baby quilt for our little one, it will be a wall hanging until she is old enough to have bedding in the crib. Thanks for the well wishes and congratulations again on the granddaughters!

Adorable!! Both the rooms & the girls!

tmnca, no need to apologize about being pedantic. Pedantic is actually a word I have never heard before so thanks for increasing my vocabulary. Infant deaths related to unsafe sleeping conditions has been and continues to be a significant problem in the metropolitan area I live in, despite years of extensive awareness campaigns.

peppapoodle, thank you. I must say, I agree with you 100%, especially regarding the girls. I feel so blessed to be so involved in their lives. I am glad that my daughter and her husband agreed to let my care for the girls while they work.

Beautiful nursery! And you are so lucky to have such a talented and thoughtful neighbor who would make a beautiful quilt like that.

I'm also sorry to be a wet blanket but I also hope that that adorable chest of drawers is affixed solidly to the wall. Though ikea has gotten bad press, ANY dresser can fall over and injure or kill a climbing infant or toddler. I'd tell you to google it, but I want you to sleep soundly at night. :( (Full disclosure: I have a two year old, so I know well about all of these dangers!!)

Your girls are absolutely beautiful. You are so lucky!

Purrus, just want to reassure you that the dressers in both girls rooms are secured to the wall. GD#1's dresser was purchased new and came with the anti-tip straps/brackets. My SIL purchased an anti tip furniture strap at the hardware store for the old dresser I painted.

You can't be too careful with the little ones. I think GD#1 was born to climb. She has no fear of heights. She does understand the concept of things being dangerous but only as well as a 3 year old can. Exit doors in their house have child proof locks mounted near the top.

Below is what we gave my DD, SIL and GD for Christmas 2 years ago. The yard was fenced but not the pool itself. I can't believe how many times The kids have thanked us for the safety fence. (This picture was taken mid install. The back sections of fence were not done yet and the gate was not yet adjusted down)

Thanks again for your concerns. Better safe than sorry.

Yes the dresser tip-over issue is a huge deal and not limited to IKEA dressers of course! We picked up our securing kits this past weekend and DH spent yesterday afternoon installing them - those dressers (including the one we are using for a change table) are not moving at all... if we want to get behind there we will have to unscrew the brackets, they are not messing around with these secure-it kits.

badgergal is that tree a vinyl decal, and how did you paint the stripes? We will have our baby in our own bedroom for at least 6 months, we have a 2 bedroom condo and our second bedroom is currently an office and we'll eventually convert to baby's room... can't wait to decorate it!

Awwww, adorable little ones as well as adorable rooms! I'm sure it's just one of many of Grandma's sweet acts of love. ;)

What beautiful nurseries and adorable granddaughters! I love the prayer as well. Your grandchildren are incredibly lucky to have you intimately involved in their lives- an amazing blessing to have a thriving three generation family.

So cute! Love the photo of the girls, too.

Question about the fence around the pool. How does that work?

Tmnca, I have painted many, many rooms, house exteriors and fences over the years for my home, my children's homes, my in-laws and some friends. If professional painters needed hours of painting to be certified, I would be more than certified. For my grand babies rooms though, I hired a painter. My DD chose not to find out her first babies sex ahead of time so she chose green and a nature theme which she added touches of pink to after her daughter was born. The painter painted the entire room the lighter green color first and then measured and taped around the room and painted every other taped off section with the darker green. He hand painted the tree on the wall. He also painted some grasses and little birds on the other walls.

I have painted stripes in the past and if you want to do that in you baby's room there are lots of good tutorials on the web.

abby, thank you for the compliments. My granddaughters are even luckier because the have 2 great grandmas involved in their lives also. One is 84 and the other is 95. Both women still live independently and both are in full procession of all their faculties.

Mtnrdredux, thank you. The pool fence is fantastic. I researched pool fencing like crazy. Based on the recommendation of our own pool guy and my research, I used the fencing from this company: Pool safety fence. Choosing a fence basically boils down to the quality of the poles, the mesh and the method of installation. Holes with little sleeves in them were put in the concrete, the pole go in the holes and twist into place. The fencing comes in sections which are connected to each other. (The sections are available in a couple different heights.) We live in a cold climate. The fencing could be left up year round but my SIL has taken it down for the past 2 winters. He said it took him about 20 minutes to take it down and the same for putting it back up. If need be you can also just remove individual sections. So the fence can easily be taken down if you were having an adults only party and wanted more room around the pool deck. Our pool guy said that the pool is quite climb-proof. He said his 8 year old son could not get over it. Obviously nothing is 100% safe but the fence increases the odds favorably.

In my area, there is only one dealer for this fencing. The website has a tab for locating dealers. The fence cost almost $3,000 but to us it was worth every penny. A funeral for child who accidentally drowns or the cost for caring for a child brain damaged by near drowning would cost so much more both monetarily and emotionally.

I'm so glad to hear someone reply in a way that isn't defensive AND that they've already done all these things! So many people think it is overkill or that we are crazy (no offense intended here, but especially grandparents, including my own child's grandparents, because things like this weren't done back then). They just couldn't understand why we would do something so stupid as secure all our tall furniture to the walls and made fun of us for it. Anyway, your reply was so refreshing and your grandchildren are so lucky to have you! There's a reason you're allowed to babysit so much!

You and your daughter have very good taste and a real knack for design and color. How lucky you are to have such fun projects to share with family! Thanks for posting, beautiful!!