my original plan...

for freddy's nursery was this:

but better.  (i did NOT make that lovely lovely design board.  laybabylay is one of my new FAVE blogs.  she makes nursery design boards like this all the time!)

i was going to use woodgrain fabric for long drapes, make my own bigger version of these DARLING stumps from etsy:

and use orange plaid EVERYWHERE -- for the crib sheet, crib skirt, changing pad cover, ruffle on changing table, chevrons on the black out curtains.  

the cherry on top was going to be MUSTACHE ACCENTS.  

but i made 2 mistakes.
a) i failed to get jared's approval to use as momentum.  he loves plaid but thinks mustaches are a trend (what?!  a trend?!  no!!).
2) i dreamed it up way before i could ever act on it, so it ripened too soon, and then over-ripened, then fell from the tree and rotted. 

what happens to a dream deferred..

freddy's nursery is currently quite lovely.  i love to be there.  BUT it is currently theme-less.  which is probably for the best b/c i am a sucker for a trend but makes me just a little bit sad that the room is lacking a unifying principle.  the unifying principle is gray/blue/brown things that are magnificently soothing or inspiring.  there are only 2 pops of orange in the whole room!

(sigh) the orange plaid/mustachioed/lumberjack nursery is the one that got away.