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To be honest, I'm freaking out a bit.

There's still so much to do, a lot of organizing, name picking, decorating, and cleaning, all while lugging around 25 or so extra pounds.

I guess I'm feeling a little bit crazy, but I'm allowed to be, right?

I'm your mom, and I want everything to be perfect for you.

I'll see you soon.

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-Today, we're back at the home of Liz and C.J., who are expecting a baby boy.

Our couple loves books and the beach.

And we're combining both into their nursery, complete with built-in bookshelves and coastal themes.

Today, we'll complete the look with a built-in window seat, more shelving, and a trip to a toymaker's workshop.

It may be a cold winter day, but we're dreaming of warm sunshine and ocean breezes.

So let's get started, today on "Baby Makes 3."

-Oh, wow.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Aww!

-That moment when you go from couple to family, everything changes.

When you bring the baby home, you want to create a warm, comfortable, and safe environment for them.

Step one, the nursery.

-Hi, I'm Liz.

-And I'm C.J.

-And I'm pregnant.

-We're having a baby boy.

-So, we are both from Raleigh, but we met at Carolina Beach.

We received a sonogram picture, a 3-D where we can see a little bit of him, and I'm really looking forward to seeing, just to seeing our little person.

-Yeah, me, too.

I'm really excited, too.

-Mm-hmm.

-We're both outdoorsy, and as we mentioned, we met at the beach.

And we were also -- We actually got engaged at the beach.

So I think having a beach theme would be nice.

It's been a lot of fun.

-It's been a lot of fun.

-Yeah, it's been a great -- a great experience.

-Great learning experience.

-Being able to make my own crafts for the baby room is gonna mean a lot to us in the long run.

-I didn't realize it was gonna be so hands-on.

-Yeah, I learned a lot more than I expected.

-Yeah, I did, too.

I'm really happy it was more hands-on than I was expecting.

-Mm-hmm.

-Last time on "Baby Makes 3," our couple has chosen one of the largest rooms in their home for the nursery.

Our design plan calls for the color palette of beiges and blues.

And we add vertical stripes on an accent wall behind the crib.

Across the room, we've created a full wall of built-in bookcases with a window seat.

We've completed several craft projects, including putting our couple to work on creating a colorful piece of art to hang over the changing table.

Right now, we're finishing up our window seat by upholstering the cushion being placed underneath.

Well, this is your window seat.

And that's gonna go between the two built-in bookshelves.

And you notice that it's quite large, 'cause that's gonna give you lots of space to sit down and relax and read with your baby.

And this is Juan Matamoros.

-Hi.

-Nice to meet you.

-Nice meeting you.

-He's an expert upholsterer from Just Your Style, and he's gonna help us upholster this window seat.

So where do we begin?

-Yes, well, this is a very simple piece of cushion.

It consists of three layers -- basically, just the wood that you had, the board that you were going to mount onto the window seat, the foam, okay, and the padding.

All of this is really easy to get.

You can get it at a fabric outlet store or a craft store.

I have cut this to fit.

So after that, to find the center, just to make sure that, you know, it's not too short on one side... -Yeah.

-...I fold it, you know, like that.

And what I do is I mark... my center like so.

What we are going to do is match it.

-So this is the mark.

-Yes, already marked the board.

-And that's the center.

-This is the center, so I'm going to match this line with -- with the cut I made right here, so... -Okay.

-Now we want to lay... the fabric... -Okay.

-...face-down, and we're going to put -- center this on top of it.

-Okay.

-This way, so it's even.

-Okay.

-You can see we have enough to cover the side.

We want to double-check that.

-Mm-hmm.

-'Cause we don't want to do all that work and then have to take off staples.

That's not fun.

-No.

-The next step is stapling.

What we want to do is pull this fabric.

-Okay.

-Not too much.

Then you want to secure that... like that.

-So you start on the middle.

-Yes.

You want to match -- Remember those lines?

-Mm-hmm.

-You want to kind of match that.

And sometimes when you have excess fabric like this, it's kind of in your way.

So you want to trim a little.

Go to the next center, right here.

-Oh, okay.

-We want to center this the best we can.

Oh, excuse me.

Okay.

It's best to grab it from the center... -Mm-hmm.

-And kind of pull it out like that.

-Oh, I see, yeah.

-Oh, that is better.

-Like that.

So... Do now close to the corner, not at the corner, you know?

-Okay.

-Secure that, and do the same thing over here.

Usually what I do is I stand it up like this.

So this is what I want to do is just kind of -- -And you're bringing your hand over from the front just to keep it smooth?

-Yes, to keep it kind of, you know, smooth, but not too tight.

Now we are going to do the same thing on the sides, and then we're going to finish the corners.

Okay, so you want to bring the fabric from the side, okay, underneath the front.

Okay?

And what you do is you fold... you make this fold right there.

So you want to secure that right there.

And sometimes to get rid of some of the material, I go ahead and cut this extra.

And as you can see, it wasn't that difficult to finish this corner.

Okay.

So everything falls into place, basically.

Right?

-You made that look easy.

-I know.

-Right?

-It's 20 years of experience.

[ Laughter ] -Okay, so that's our first corner.

-All right.

Let's keep going.

Let's finish.

-Okay.

-It's kind of like a present.

-It does remind me of wrapping presents.

-Go over the edge, yeah.

-Oh, that looks good.

-There we go.

-There you go.

♪ Mm-hmm.

There you go.

You got it.

-No problem.

-There?

♪ -Good job.

We have this material right here you can get also, you know, at the -- at a place where you got the foam.

And what it's called is dust cloth.

Because you can see, if you leave this material like that open, this can start, you know, coming off.

-Oh, it frays, yeah.

-So you don't want that, you know?

And if you want to, also, you can secure this... so it doesn't move before you trim it.

-So about an inch on all the sides.

-Yes, yes, that will be enough, because you want to fold it.

We start from the center.

Fold it and put a staple in there.

♪ -Okay, let's flip it over, take a look.

-Okay.

-Ooh!

-Oh!

-It looks wonderful.

-Perfect.

-What do you think, yeah?

-It's great, mm-hmm.

♪ -All right, surf's up.

-Nice.

-We got our window seat.

-Look at that.

It looks great.

-Isn't it beautiful?

All right.

Are we ready to attach?

-Yeah, just got all these angle brackets put on here, so we're ready to attach the seat.

-Okay, great.

And how much support do we need?

Like, we know several people are sitting on here.

-Sure, well, we made this out of the same 3/4-inch plywood that we did the shelves and the casings out of, so it's real strong.

And also each one of these cubby supports is holding up the seat.

So it's gonna be super sturdy.

-Okay.

-We went with these angle brackets.

Those are gonna give some support.

You can see this would still move around a little bit.

Once the seat's on there, it's gonna be super sturdy.

-Okay, great.

-Yep.

Let's see how it fits.

-All right.

You take that end.

Okay.

-Like a glove.

-Oh, my gosh.

That's beautiful.

-Very nice.

All right.

Ready to put it on?

-Yeah.

-Cool.

So we've got these little screws.

They're about 5/8 inch long.

So that won't go through our plywood, which is 3/4 of an inch.

-Okay.

-And the angle brackets have a spot for three screws, and we've got six panels.

-And so you're gonna put three screws in each one?

-Yeah.

-Okay, great.

-That's on there, that's nice.

-I really like having the window seat in the room between the two bookshelves because it will give them space to hang out and read with the baby.

It will give Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa -- It turns it into a multipurpose space.

-C.J., we wanted to make a little bit more storage in the nursery, so we're gonna put together a shelf.

It's gonna go above the changing table, give you a little bit of extra room to put some of the things that you're gonna need in there.

So going along with the nautical theme, we've gone ahead and taken some boards and stained them.

Get a little color in there.

We're gonna put them up on the wall with these cleats and this rope right here.

-Okay.

-So it should be a really nice look to give you that extra little bit of space.

-Mm-hmm.

-So we're gonna flip it over, and we'll put the screws in from the underneath of the shelf, so you won't see them.

And when we do that, we can actually change the orientation of these boards if you want to change the pattern.

-I think it looks fine.

-Yeah.

Cool.

So I'm just gonna flip it over.

And then we'll get it lined up and put the screws in there.

I brought an extra pair of safety glasses for you.

-Oh, thank you.

-And just get it lined up.

-Okay.

-And we want to make sure we don't put any screws that are gonna be in the middle, 'cause that's where the rope's gonna go.

So we'll pre-drill a hole in the corners so you can see each corner.

So if you want to pre-drill it, I'll hold it for you.

-Sure.

-Mm-hmm, yep.

And then do one more right there.

Cool.

-How's that look?

-Yeah, that's great.

All right.

And then we'll be ready to put these screws in.

-Okay.

-So get them started for you.

All right, yeah, go for it.

Cool.

Let's get those other boards attached.

-Sure.

Start right here?

-Yeah.

All right, nice.

We're ready to drill the holes through for the rope.

-Great.

-Okay.

So, in order to drill these holes through, we're gonna use this type of bit.

It's a spade or a paddle bit.

-Mm-hmm.

-It's real easy for making a clean hole through wood.

The main thing that you want to watch out for with this bit is if you drill all the way through in one go, it kind of blows out the other side.

So you have to drill it through both sides and meet in the middle, all right?

So what we're gonna try to do is put four holes -- one in each corner.

-Mm-hmm.

-So I'll just put a mark here, kind of where we want them to go.

And then in order to know where we're gonna need to drill through for both sides, we'll go ahead and do a pilot hole.

-All right.

-Great.

Yeah, now you can see that the hole is marked through, all the way through on both sides, so when we go for the paddle bit, we'll basically just be trying to drill through this board, and then we'll go from the other side and drill through the other side of the other board.

-All right.

Yep, all right.

Three more to go.

-Yeah.

♪ -Very nice.

All right.

Well, now we're ready for the ropes.

In order to attach that all to the wall, we're gonna need to put these cleats together.

So we've got some nice decorative blocks right here.

And we're gonna put these cleats on them.

-There we go.

-Excellent.

All right, so this looks great.

Pretty much ready to install this on the wall.

We'll wait to put the rope in here and tie the knots until we know what length it should be.

Basically, these are gonna go on the wall, and this will be pretty well what it looks like after we put the ropes up, too.

-Cool, really good.

-Liz, our next project, we're gonna bring some pops of colors to the nursery, 'cause there's a lot of beautiful, serene, cool colors.

But now we're gonna bring some primary colors into the nursery.

So you've got your built-in bookshelves.

Above the window, we want to hang a nautical flag sign that reads "Joseph."

So, nautical flags are really interesting.

They are these symbols that each letter represents something different.

-Okay.

-Okay.

They use them on ships to signal other ships.

So we're gonna spell out "Joseph" using these.

-All right.

-Okay?

And we have this felt.

I love working with felt, because you can cut it, and it doesn't fray.

So this is a "P." So, these are about 6x8.

What we do is... we do double that.

And I actually have these cool, little blocks to help us.

-Great.

-So what we did is we cut -- We left like 1/4 inch on either side.

-Okay.

-And cut around it.

And then we flipped it over... and cut around that.

And then what we're gonna do is we're gonna fold it in half.

And because we're gonna hang it as a banner, we need to leave, like, a little pinky space.

About right there.

-Okay.

So this will be the top?

-Yes, that will be the top.

So I basically leave that, and then I flip it over like that.

And then I'm just gonna take the glue.

And it's just fabric glue, non-toxic.

And just put a line around like that.

And then we are gonna fold it over.

And now we want to make the design.

So, this is gonna be our "O."

So you cut out the yellow.

And we made it a little bit bigger so I can trim it.

Voilà.

-Great.

-Really easy.

-Sounds simple.

-And that's it.

-Okay.

-So we have this one cut out.

We have this one.

So let's do the "J."

-All right.

-Let's start with the "J."

So why Joseph?

Why'd you -- -Joseph is my husband's uncle and grandfather.

So it's a family name.

We only wanted to go with family names.

And then his middle name, also a family name, it's my grandfather and my uncle and my cousin are all Carroll.

-So it's Joseph -- -Joseph Carroll.

-Aww.

-Mm-hmm.

All right, middle?

-Yeah.

That looks good.

That looks great.

-Beautiful.

-The glue dries really, really quickly.

So we'll just put it aside, and we'll make our other letters.

-Sounds great.

-Yeah?

Good.

-I think it's really neat that we can kind of also teach Joseph a little bit about this stuff as opposed to it just being the letters.

He actually can connect the letters to the nautical flags and learn a little bit more from them.

♪ -So we're done.

So let's lay them out so we can read "Joseph."

Okay, so the next thing is to string it all together.

-Great.

-So I have this really cool trick that helps.

So, this really... interesting twine that adds texture to the piece.

But I took just, like, a chopstick... -Mm-hmm.

-And I taped it to here, and this is gonna just help us really thread it.

-Okay.

-So much easier than trying to thread it without it.

-Yep.

That works so well.

-Okay.

What do you think?

-It's great.

-Isn't that really good?

And I love the colors.

-Oh, it's very cute.

-Yeah.

-And this will look good hanging above the window.

-Yeah.

Children of all ages love to play.

And wooden toys are great for young children.

They're durable, easy to use, and they add a classic feel to the nursery.

We sent our dad-to-be to a local toymaker, where they created this wooden bench that doubles as a puzzle.

Let's have a look.

♪ -I'm Keith Hartman.

I'm the owner and designer of Quality Wood Crafts.

I hand-make all of my toys.

The toys that you buy today are all plastic, computerized.

They take a lot of the imagination from the child away.

There's somebody else thinking for them.

Then out of all the toys you buy for a child, you watch what they hang onto for life, it will be the wood toys, because that's something that they know is special and was handmade particularly for them.

And they'll hold onto it to hand down to their children.

My favorite toys to make are the name stools because each one is personalized for the individual child.

I start out with long boards that I cut up into smaller blocks.

Then I'll hand-trace out a pattern onto it, drill it, sand it.

♪ Okay, this is a basic scroll saw.

-Mm-hmm.

-One reason I'll use a scroll saw is because I can go through the center of the board without cutting in from the sides.

-Right, okay.

-And we want the back to be very secure onto your stool.

So we're both gonna glue it, we're gonna staple it, and by the time we get done, we're gonna screw legs onto it.

That way, it will be put together three separate ways.

-Okay.

-We're gonna use a band saw to cut your letters out, because this is much quicker and easier to get into the small details in between the letters than using the scroll saw.

-Mm-hmm.

-Okay, the flapper is a machine that I kind of had to come up with myself because nobody really designs tools for the toy industry.

-Mm-hmm.

-And I've got to have a fast way to go in and sand everything else here.

You can sand it by hand, but it will take forever.

And there you have a completed stool other than paint and stain.

I'd say next we'll come over here to the stain station, and we'll get ready to paint and stain the letters.

-Okay.

Take everything out?

-So we can just take everything out.

And the way we stain it, it's a pretty quick, simple process.

We just take the stool... -Mm-hmm.

-...set it down into the stain, like this.

And I use no chemicals whatsoever onto them.

So they're 100% child-safe.

All of my paints and my stains are 100% edible.

Now, as you see, the letters are gonna take a couple more coats of paint, and then it will take another day or so to dry.

-Okay.

-And by that time, we can hand-wipe your stool down in another 45 minutes or so.

And it will be ready to pick up in another two, three days.

-Sounds great.

Thanks a lot.

-All right.

-It's been fun.

-Thank you.

It's been wonderful having you over to the shop.

I don't know if I'll ever get the sawdust from under my fingernails.

I'll probably end up doing this my entire life, even in retirement.

I don't know if there's really a retirement from this.

[ Chuckles ] ♪ -Our projects are complete.

Now it's time for finishing touches.

To complete our nursery, we'll be moving in several pieces of furniture, including this chair and changing table.

It's vital to anchor furniture such as this to the wall for baby's safety.

Other safety features include baby-safe outlet covers.

We also wanted to update the lighting overhead with a more decorative fixture.

We suggest a licensed electrician when working with electricity.

We'll place our colorful nautical flags between our bookcases.

♪ Our colorful hanging bookshelf will go behind our chair.

We're using toggle anchors to secure it to the wall.

♪ Over the crib, we're placing our sea life mobile, securely attached and well out of reach of baby.

Other finishing touches, such as a striped rug, pillows, and storage complete the look.

-After this process with "Baby Makes 3," I feel much more prepared... -Yeah, me, too.

-...for Joseph's arrival and doing crafts with him.

-Mm-hmm.

♪ -I am most looking forward to seeing in the nursery the completion, 'cause we've just seen just the bookshelves and the stripes.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the baby stuff.

-Yeah, I'd like to see how it all comes together.

-The more -- The baby stuff.

-Yeah, definitely looking forward to seeing Joseph in the nursery, too.

♪ -You two have worked really hard over the last several days.

And now we've put everything together, and your nursery is finished.

Are you ready to see it?

-Yeah, we are.

-Yes.

-Check it out.

-Oh, wow.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Aww!

-Love it.

-Look at the painting, too!

-That's cute.

-"Poop deck."

[ Laughs ] -Yeah, our painting looks great.

-Oh, wow.

-Man.

They did a great job.

Everything looks wonderful.

I love the curtains.

-Oh!

♪ -And the crib.

What do you think, hon?

-I love it.

I think it's awesome.

Oh, see?

That's what I was talking about.

-Oh, your mobile.

-Isn't that pretty?

-It is.

-It turned out really well.

-Yeah.

Man, I'm gonna love these shelves, too.

This is wonderful.

-Oh.

-I think my shelf came out pretty good, too.

What do you think?

-Oh, it's beautiful!

-Everything looks great.

-Gosh, this is so pretty.

♪ -Well?

-Oh, this is so cute!

-Man!

Everything looks so great.

-Holy cow.

-It all came together, huh?

-Oh, my gosh.

It's beautiful.

And the rug is really pretty, too.

-Isn't it nice?

And it picks up off here.

You got your striped wall.

-Did you see our nautical "Joseph"?

-Is that what it spells out?

-That's what it spells out, yeah.

-And then I want to point out that this is, obviously, your window seat, but it is secured down.

So there's no fingers are gonna get slammed.

-Good.

-Good.

-And then we wanted to give you extra storage in there.

-We love it.

-Oh, and the Joseph toy.

-Yes, yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, on the bottom shelf.

-Look at that.

-I was looking at the person Joseph.

-And, see, it's a puzzle.

-I see.

-Like that.

-It's so cool.

-It's a big weight off, I think, having it done now, before, you know, the baby's here.

It will make it a lot easier.

When the baby does get here, we won't have anything to worry about.

-Yeah, having the nursery done is a breath of fresh air.

-Yeah, it definitely is.

♪ -Thank you guys so much.

You worked so hard, and we had so much fun putting the projects together with you guys.

-It was a lot of fun.

Thank you for doing this.

It was beautiful.

We loved it.

-It was our pleasure.

I'm Melissa Lozoff for "Baby Makes 3."

And it's time to put this one to bed.

Did you see the little ship's wheel?

-Very cute.

-It's kind of cute, huh?

-The ship's wheel.

-Yeah.

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Learn more at thegeniusofplay.org.

-"Baby Makes 3" is funded in part by... -Dear baby, if you can't tell by the bump, you'll be here soon.

To be honest, I'm freaking out a bit.

There's still so much to do, a lot of organizing, name picking, decorating, and cleaning, all while lugging around 25 or so extra pounds.

I guess I'm feeling a little bit crazy, but I'm allowed to be, right?

I'm your mom, and I want everything to be perfect for you.

I'll see you soon.

Love, Mom.

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-"Baby Makes 3" nurseries are created for newborns.

Some projects may not be suitable for older children.

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