Every Room Needs a Lamp

A baby room needs to have dim lighting.  Who wants to turn on a big overhead light when the baby wakes up at 3 am...NOT ME. Because our foster baby is literally arriving any minute, I set out on a search to find dim lighting this week. 


Today I found this white lamp at the thrift store. Don't look too closely. I have plans of painting it when it stops snowing outside, but for now it will work.Yes, I realize that ugly bracket is hanging down, but it's what I have to work with. You get to see the ugly side of my home on this blog too.  I'm hoping Joel will read this post and find a way to fix it :) 

I went to Target and purchased every lamp shade on clearance today.  Yes, I am that girl who clears out the clearance shelves & returns everything 3 months later.

Too white.

Too small. 

And just perfect. 

The little basket is slowly getting filled with baby essentials

Please ignore the changing pad. We haven't unwrapped it yet because we are not sure what our little baby is bringing to our home.

Look what else I found at the thrift store--a white piggy bank for just $1! Way too cute!

Our baby has a lamp & a piggy bank, but no diapers....you better believe it that we're all ready for his arrival :)