Woman Decorates A Room In Her House As A Wonderful Nursery To Welcome A Dog She Adopted
Joyce had wanted another dog for years, but life kept getting in the way. After losing her first dog in 2013, she spent years waiting for the right moment, and when that moment finally came, she went all in.
She had a bigger home, more time, and a rescue post that felt impossible to ignore. Once Harry was chosen, Joyce had just one week to get ready, and that quickly turned into a much bigger project than she expected.
What started as a simple adoption plan became a full room makeover, and Harry’s new nursery ended up stealing the show.
I sent in my inquiry, and by Sunday morning, the listing was closed due to a high volume of interest. After a few more weeks of anticipation and many interviews, I was chosen.
When she found out she would soon get an adorable furry baby, she was overjoyed and immediately started with the preparations.
She only had one week to prepare. Joyce wanted Harry to have a room of his own, and it would also be a place to store all of his toys and other things. However, she didn’t have enough time to implement all of her ideas.
When Harry arrived, he and Joyce immediately bonded, and he turned out to be everything she wanted. Of course, that made her even sadder about not completing his room. But when the pandemic started, Joyce found herself with a lot of time on her hands. It was the perfect opportunity to finish the room and turn it into the beautiful nursery she had always dreamed about.
That unfinished room finally had its moment.
Between puppyhood and work, his nursery upstairs was always half-finished, Joyce says. Enter the pandemic of March 2020, and I started working from home full-time. One of the extra downstairs guest rooms was filled with junk and quite the eyesore.
Since Harry's bathtub was in that room (it's a full bedroom suite) and the room had a walk-in closet (he was quickly outgrowing the one upstairs), it just clicked that I should get rid of all the junk in that room and make it Harry's room! His toys were also all over the place, and I thought this would give him a great little space that's just his.
The project turned out to be quite a challenge, but mainly because Joyce wanted to make it perfect. It took her almost a year to finish painting, decorating, and setting everything up.
This also echoes the woman slammed for choosing her dog’s recovery over visitors to see her newborn.
But it was all worth it, Harry now has a wonderful nursery, and he loves every moment spent in it.
It was almost an organizational thing for me in the beginning (keeping his clothes, toys, and everything else in the same place), but he just loves it, Joyce says. He's fully aware of what 'Harry's Room' is, and often sits outside the door of his room, waiting to go in. Most of his toys are in there, and Harry is the biggest fan of toys!
Harry clearly knows where the good stuff is.
Harry’s room is actually a big part of his daily routine. He takes his daily naps in the crib, and before bedtime, he goes into his wardrobe to change into his pajamas. His mom takes excellent care of him and even has a video monitor to watch him when she isn’t in the room.
Setting up a whole nursery for a dog might seem like a lot to some people, but not to Joyce.
People who know me personally know how badly I've always wanted a dog, so most weren't even that surprised, it was an 'of course you made him a nursery' reaction, Joyce says.
Joyce wanted to adopt for a long time, and once she was finally able to, she didn’t want to take a single moment for granted. This room is wonderful proof of how much she appreciates her family member.
Harry’s nursery is proof that some pet parents really do go all out.
You’ll get it, after reading about a boyfriend whose no-pets apartment plan got crushed by her puppy fostering.
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