The Condensed Nursery

 Audrey's nursery is our closet. Yep. Like where we would otherwise hang clothes we don't want to get wrinkly. That's where our daughter sleeps.

Sometimes she doesn't sleep so we move our queen-sized mattress into the living room. And there's usually a pile of clothes outside the door that would have been put away had Audrey not been sleeping at the time.

Everything in her nursery has special meaning. The cross stitch hoops, fabric and buttons are from Great-Grandma Durham's collection. Grandma Marlene made the alphabet cross-stitch. The photo is of the moment I met her. Aunt Melissa gave her the plaque with a quote by Audrey Hepburn. Audrey, a student at the LLC, cut out and pasted the "a" on the box. The green quilt was made by Great-Grandma Margaret and Great-Aunt Judy made the pink crocheted blanket. I recovered the bumper pad. And Süsü the Hungarian dragon presides over it all.

Like our belongings, Audrey's things can be packed into a suitcase or left behind.

This is Audrey's space, which is shared with our space. Yes, I would love for her to have her own room but that's the small price we pay for living in a mansion, albeit a one bedroom apartment inside the mansion. Ryan and I have lived in a lot of small spaces we make them work (and homey). We're growing to appreciate the smallness and the closeness it brings.