Hi, so we're back.
Of course we're getting ready for Mother's Day.
I'm back with my dear friend John Gidding,
and this is one of our viewers, Lauren.
Obviously Lauren is about to become a mom.
Congratulations.
Thank you, thank you.
Boy or girl?
It's a boy.
It's a little boy, congratulations.
Thank you.
So the reason we brought John in
is I hear that you're not quite ready.
Yes, that is definitely true.
I'm 19 weeks with a little boy,
and we had trouble getting to this spot,
but now that we have a healthy pregnancy,
we're ready to start thinking about the nursery.
My Pinterest board is full of ideas,
but I don't really know how to bring them to fruition.
And the Pinterest thing, that's a hamster wheel, isn't it?
You make this giant map of the world, and then you're like,
(screams)
Plus the pictures thing, you're just like,
yeah mine ain't gonna look like that.
Pinterest fail, Pinterest fail.
Yeah, I am a Pinterest failure too,
right here, right here.
So that's why we brought in the big guns
in a handsome package here.
John Gidding.
As I say, giddy up.
Giddy up.
Let's do this.
Okay Lauren, so--
First of all, this is gorgeous.
Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
Just wait 'till I accessorize.
Okay.
So for me, a nursery starts with storage.
I like to throw up hooks on a wall right off the bat
because in a nursery, in fact,
you don't need to worry too much about like,
closet doors being closed and a neat look all around.
You want things accessible,
and you want to be able to use vertical space.
And I think hooks are a great way of doing that.
Personality, you can easily hang up blankets,
you can easily hang up favorite clothes, little plushies.
There's all sorts of cute blankets available.
I just feel like they're great for accessorizing with
and keeping things close at hand,
especially 'cause you're gonna have a baby
in the other one, right?
Yes.
Okay.
I like that; I like the hooks.
I also love, John,
the way you've kind of brought this wallpaper to life.
With this guy, right?
Yeah, I mean the shelf is adorable,
but the fact that it's trees on the wallpaper,
and then it becomes three dimensional.
Where it kind of jumps out at you.
I love that.
Well this brings out my other detail right here.
Floating shelves and shelves in general I think are great,
both for keeping plushies close at hand,
but also, for example,
you're going to be spending a lot of time in this glider,
hopefully comfortable with a baby in arm.
You want the lighting close at hand,
you want the blankets close at hand,
you want books close at hand.
So put some shelves close to the glider
so that you don't actually have to get up.
And disturb your sleeping child.
I also like that this doesn't look like a baby's room to me.
This is just a pretty room.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, absolutely.
And you know what?
That kind of versatility goes a long way.
A lot of times when picking color,
people tend to do these, you know,
pink for a girl, blue for a boy.
That baby baby baby blue.
That's old.
I've used--
This is just chic--
Right, rich blue--
And the child can grow into it a little bit.
Exactly, it's unisex.
Yeah, it's unisex.
Floating shelves too, by the way, are great.
I've used them here.
Make sure they're not on top of any place
that the baby will be,
because in fact, they don't hold that much.
But they're beautiful for a decorative touch.
And finally, one thing I want to mention is lighting.
So here I've got a little--
I'm obsessed with this.
How cute is this?
I'm going to steal that lamp.
I love that lamp.
Super adorable; we got another lamp right here.
You can take the fawn.
No I want to arrange this, you're hiding--
I had it so nice earlier.
Listen, I talk to my stuffed animals still and I'm 50.
So let me play with the fawn.
Okay, go ahead.
Yeah, and make sure you've got lots
of storage wherever you--
Oh I love that.
See, that's a hidden storage inside the little ottoman.
Very clever.
And I've got some good news for you, Lauren.
You're going to get this entire nursery,
from myself and Pottery Barn Kids.
Oh my gosh, that's amazing.
And you get it early because
this brand new collection actually comes out in 2 days.
Oh my gosh.
So this collection doesn't even come out
for another two days.
She gets all this, I don't know,
we gotta work out a deal
with them getting me another one of them bunny lamps,
'cause I want that bunny.
And this is West Elm?
West Elm and Pottery Barn Kids.
And Pottery Barn Kids?
And it comes out in two days.
Amazing.
That's awesome.
Isn't that beautiful?
Thank you, thank you so much.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
You can come visit the bunny lamp any time you want.
I get to visit the bunny lamp.
Thank you so much to John Gidding and Lauren.
Thanks to all of our guests today.
Thanks to you guys for joining us,
we'll see you next year.
Bye bye.
(audience applauds)