I am not kidding...
I am not overreacting...
I am not exaggerating...
Even my husband says that it is a totally different color...which is shocking...
While me and my mom were in the store we compared it to the swatch (which is what we have been basing everything in her room off of). It is a flowery fabric with three colors on it. Brown, light pink, and a darker shade of the same pink. The pinks in the swatch are like a rosy pink..really cute. Well the light pink in the fabric is the right color but the dark pink is like a salmony or peach color! I mean what the hell???? Peachy pink is not what I want! (Nothing wrong with peach or peachy pink, it is just not what I had envisioned) I know that fabrics can be different because of different dye lots, but I was expecting a different (darker or lighter) shade of the same color! Not just a totally different color. It is like if you ordered a baby blue fabric and they gave you puke green....maybe not this extreme but really really close!
Here is the problem....
This fabric doesn't match the 3 other fabrics that we ordered. So I can't just find a new fabric to match, I have to change the entire thing. We have been working on this for like 2 months and it is just disappointing. This was the main fabric and I ordered 12 yards of it to have a bunch of other stuff made..not just the crib bedding.
So what am I going to do? That is a very good question...
OPTION #1: The girl that I bought it from (who is super sweet and super nice) has called the company and is trying to see if they have any of the correct color. The fabric is sold in a lot of different places so hopefully they have some laying in the back of the warehouse that is the rosy pink.
OPTION #2: Forget this fabric and start all over. Which means going to Little Rock (hour away) to some fabric stores and finding something there. No more ordering for me. I just want to find something and buy it off the large bolt in the store.
OPTION #3: Just say screw having it made and buy a set online. I am seriously leaning toward this option because I just don't want to worry about it anymore. I found a website that will let you customize the the bedding that they sell so I would probably go with something from there. I already have some ideas. The problem with this idea is that I feel REALLY bad saying never mind to my sister-in-law's grandmother who so very generously offered to make the bedding for me. I really would love for her to make it but it is about to be crunch time and I don't want to get the fabric in a month and then tell her to hurry up and make it! (Did I mention that I also turned down a very nice and expensive crib from this same sister-in-law? I am sure she will think highly of me if I change my mind about the bedding too! But, to be fair, it was a drop-side crib and I just couldn't justify putting my baby in it...they made them illegal to sell for a reason.) Also, like I said, I am just done. Ready to move on and stop thinking about fabric!
I know some people might think I am crazy for worrying about this. And I promise I am not freaking out or obsessing. I am just ready to have the bedding finished or in the process of being made so I can move on to the next thing. But let me explain.
I understand that my sweet daughter doesn't give a hoot about her bedding or even if she has a crib for that matter. I also know that the ONLY thing that I want at the end of this pregnancy is a healthy baby. That is all that matters.
But please take into consideration this...
I am a girl who has dreamed about decorating a nursery for a long time.
I am a girl who went three years thinking that I might not ever get to decorate a nursery.
I am a girl who might not ever get to do this again. I certainly hope we are able to have more children but nothing is guaranteed.
So my point is...this is for me. The room, the furniture, the bedding, the decorations...all for me. And I think that is ok. I want to get something that I love...I don't want to settle on something that I don't love....is that so wrong? Why am I so worried about what other people will think? Isn't it ok to do this for me?
Don't feel bad at all. Mother's want EVERYTHING perfect for our children. And we expect nothing but the best for our kids also. Just follow your heart. Do what you truly want. I would suggest that if you go thru all of this with having bedding made to see if it would be possible to also have a quilt/comforter made for baby girl's big girl bed. With my first so much money was spent on her nursery just to stop using everything when we moved into a new house and decorated her room at 1 1/2 in anticipation for her big girl room. With baby #2 we are skipping nursery decorating and going right to big boy/girl room and purchasing the quilt to match our theme. We will buy the crib sheet to match the curtains and decorate 1 time. Just and idea.
ReplyDeleteI say buy something online, it will be much less stressful and less stress is what you need! Pottery Barn Kids also has some really cute bedding that's where we got ours and I love it!
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