hi friends and family! its been a while....
yes, you may be in shock and awe but i am standing in a finally (almost) finished room! i mean 5 years isnt too long to work on a room right? well, there was that whole laundry issue, unexpectedness, building a fence, running out of money, living in a house with three rooms under construction.... WITH A KID! and plain just being lazy. i must say i am proud though... no experience necessary. just a couple books... some good friends to steal advice/tools from, alot of patience with yourself, and tada you have a little project with lots and lots of bumps in the road, but all yours... even with the imperfections!
amazing when i look back here and here and here that this was what we lived in for quite a while but now......
walls. beautiful. clean, white. dustfree. walls. (pretend there is white trim around that doorway.. hehe)
its amazing you can take this (long patching story) .....
to this ! :) and you cant even tell a bit! well. if you dont count that ceiling sag but that is the houses fault only!
besides having a room free of paintcans, with an actual bed, and none of my daughters toys everywhere, these are my two favorite random finds.. super cheap IKEA lampshade found in the damage section and my earring holder which i made from scraps being thrown away at work!
how does it feel to have a room after 5 years? better than you can really imagine. we have sweated, cried, sat down in anguish, cut ourselves up, laughed, went through money like crazy, learned to use power tools, and prayed that it would PLEASE end as soon as possible.
we are just gonna pretend you didnt just see that.... i'm on it after i relax in my bed a while.
wait... you must be saying.. "wasnt this supposed to be your daughter room?!!??" now, before you start thinking i got greedy wanting the new room and all. we decided to change direction. the "master" room is SO much bigger, has carpet, is far away from our newest trashy neighbors who scream.. alot., and she is comfortable there. best decision EVER! have you seen how much toys a 4 year old girl can accumulate? plus, when i think of tea parties, friends visiting, and sleepovers the big room was a much better idea.
here is a sneak peek but more on that later....
