We Got Furniture!

We bought all the furniture.  I feel so much more relaxed now that this is done.  Now this was hard because of several reasons. 

1.  I DID NOT want to order on line and have them ship it to me.  The shipping is really expensive for one.  Also, I am a worrier, majorly, and it is just too much money for me to be in limbo about...I know, I am weird, whatever, I just really like going to the store and bringing the product home.  Sorry, just the way I am.  If I ever order anything it is usually something pretty inexpensive. 

    (However, I did order over $100 worth of maternity clothes from MotherHood Maternity and when they arrived, the package looked like it had been through a war.  It was dirty and ripped and beaten...good thing it was just clothes.)

So because of this I was very limited in my selection...which is my own fault.  ((Oh also, a friend of mine ordered baby furniture and the furniture arrived 3 months after the baby was already born because it was back ordered so much...that was from jcpennys fyi...I don't want to be in that boat))

2.  I wanted a three piece set of crib/changing table/dresser...I wanted a matching set.  Just really narrowed down my choices.  I was really surprised at how unlikely there was to be an actual furniture set.  Either it didn't have a dresser, or it didn't have a changing table, or it was only the crib and didn't have either. 
  side note on changing tables-I had a ton of people tell me to not even bother with the changing table and that I would never use it.  I use to babysit a lot and I spent many years working in a nursery at a daycare.  I always used the changing table.  I will use mine I know I will.  I like having the area where everything I need is there and I am able to stand up straight and change a diaper.  I remember one time at a Thanksgiving my aunt changed my cousin on my mom's bed and he peed all over her comforter, it was bad.  It was dry clean only too.  I was also at a cookout once at a friend's and other friend changed her baby on my friends couch and got poop all over it.  I just like having the area.  I want a changing table.  They aren't that expensive...it was the cheapest of the three.  Plus mine has a large drawer and two shelves so I can store things.
     I might be alone on the changing table opinion.  When I shopped it looked like a lot of sets had a crib, a tall dresser, and a short dresser and on the short dresser people put a contoured changing pad.  This would be great...but it is just a way for the store to get more money because the additional short dresser was like $400 plus dollars when most changing table ranged from $60-$150ish give or take a little more or less-ish.  So I could not afford 2 dressers.

3.  I wanted a really light wood color, natural wood, almost a yellow wood.  Apparently this color is out of style.  Some stores had one or no choice...and every online places had a surprisingly few number of choices on natural wood color. 

So, factoring all of this in....I got furniture...I like it....it is fine...it is the best I could of done with budget/choices/complete sets/wanting to buy from a local store and bring it home that day.  I also want a gender neutral set since I want to use the same nursery furniture for both babies I hope to have one day.  So white or black was out of the question.

 btw-I wanted natural color because I am painting the room grey and I thought it would go the best.  But, I ended up with a darker wood.

Here is my furniture:

I also got a mattress and a contoured changing table pad.  My crib is a 4-1 and will convert to a toddle/daybed/full size.  You have to buy the conversion kits separate, of course, and the two conversion kits I bought were not in stock...so I will get those in 6-8weeks.