The new girls room... BEFORE

I don't know if the girls room will be phase 2 or phase 3?  Either way, this is what it looks like now!

um... yeah...

When we moved here they boys wanted a 'frontier' bedroom.  We were so excited to find this wallpaper.  The 'curtain rod' is a limb and the valance is burlap attached with twine (maybe jute?  yeah, I think it was jute.)

Um, just realized Luke's airplane creations are still in there... oh Luuuuuuke...

The girls, after much, much, much searching finally found bedding they like!

They are thinking the lightest sage green for the walls but we haven't been paint shopping yet.  Their room will be done in two phases also.  The first part will be cleaning and painting.  The second will be building a window seat, chests of drawers and bookshelves all around the window.  :)

Ready, set, here we go!

I'm calling it Done!

Even though we are probably, in reality only 95% done.  There is just a smidge of touch up that needs to be done on the walls and we need the flooring repaired (where the walls were removed).  But other than that... done.  Yep!

What?  You want pictures?  Well, if you pull my arm... lol

The shelf above Luke's bed, mostly some of his Lego creations.

Beds for Elijah (l) and Caleb (r)

Our lovely closet!  :D

Stuff, still not perfectly arranged...

Corner bookshelves, baskets of "stuff", that little chair was given to Sam by his great great grandmother (for whom he was named, she was a Locke).

This desk was made by either Tony's mothers dad or granddad... I can't remember?

In case you are wondering... I am not responsible for the room decor ;)

Looking south.

 

My lovely doors again... LOL

That wall will be painted to look like the fort in Boonesborough (from the old Daniel Boone tv series). In front of it will be a custom built twin over double toddler bunk bed. I just don't have it completely designed yet :)

There ya go!  Just a few finishing touches:

some paint touch ups

insulated Roman shades

floor repair

Then we'll be off to Phase 2 or 3!

Dare I say it...? The Bedroom Remodel Project Phase I is D.O.N.E.

Yes, I think in 'emoticons'!  Woohoo!!!

Pics coming soon!  I just wanted to say Woohoo!  with y'all! 

Phases 2 and 3 will be building the little boys a bed and painting their 'Boonesborough' wall and painting, etc... in the girls room. 

Part... ten, is it?

Closet doors are UP!

Little cute doors above closets are UP!

Boys are moving in their "stuff" -- LOL

And a bonus pic...

Landon and Poppy!

a brief peek at part 9

The little doors above the closet, with their rope handle!  One last door to hang and then the moulding to hang. 

Molly has been rearranging and organizing the boys clothes drawers all morning! ROFLOL! 

Next:  Here come the beds!!  We can do that ourselves and then tomorrow Tony can do the doors and ceiling fans!

It's so close!

By way of explanation:  these doors were my idea (in case you wondered who would think of such a crazy and unorthodox thing -- lol).  I can't stand the idea of wasted space and I wanted us to have access to the storage space above the hanging rack!  So far, so good!

And it continues... part 8

So Daddy decided he would save himself a lot of steps if he removed the screen and climbed in and out of the window (cutting the crown moulding pieces)... 

How many little hineys fit in a window?  Let's count them... 1...2...3...4...

And from the 'front side' LOL

When you say "Smile Nehemiah" he gives you this cheesy grin!  He's so funny!

I love those four musketeers!  :D

Okay, where was I?  Oh yeah, the bedroom.  Here ya go!

View looking north, the north end of the room is almost done.  The nail holes in the crown moulding need to be set and puttied but that's all for that end except the closet door and ceiling fan!  Woohoo! 

Just waitin' on doors!

Remember the Dutch door the boys and I made?  Here it is!

Cheese!

Looking south.  Still just a bit of painting to do at the top of the closet so all the clothes got moved back out of that side. 

The Shoe Closet!  Yes, it's blue inside.  We were out of 'secluded garden' (the main wall color) but had plenty of ' something? rain' left (from the Boonesborough wall).

So we still have to finish the doors for the top of the closets (little hidey doors with rope handles!), hang about a third of the crown moulding, hang the ceiling fans, hang the closet doors.  Then we'll move the beds in.  The floor needs to be repaired by our trusty flooring friend but I haven't even talked to him about it yet -blush-

It's coming along!!  Tony took yesterday off and got a lot done.  Then he called right after lunch and said he was on his way home again to get the cuts made he needs for the moulding before the rain gets here!

I'll keep you posted!

the bedroom project part 7

notice the lack of caps... draw your own conclusions... LOL

Alrighty... what's new with this project? 

The ceiling is done...  it looks better in real life ;)

The "Boonesborough" wall has it's base coat (still needs some cutting in at the baseboard).

The exterior closet walls are almost done.

Today the boys and I made a Dutch door for their bedroom.  A Dutch door is also called a 'stable door'... isn't that fitting -- LOL

Sam and Luke got all the trim pieces painted.  Tony just got home so I'm going to see what he wants to get finished tonight. 

We did make a Lowe's trip last weekend and got all the rest of the supplies we will need, including ceiling fans (remind me to tell you that story -- our wonderful government....) and an area rug. 

I'm very excited to see all of the coming together. 

*MY* plan is for the room to be ready for the boys to move into this weekend.  The Boonesborough wall and the little boys beds won't be done but all the rest should be.  Oh and the insulated Roman shades won't be done yet either.  I have too many diapers to sew right now.  ;)

Newest Sewing Project

at my Dana Did It blog

The Bedroom Project - part 6

Tony (and the big boys) got the ceiling sheetrock up, mudded, taped and mudded. He'll sand it today.

Luke and I got half of the room painted it's first coat! All of the trim will be white.

It's coming along!!!

The sunlight is so bright the color is not showing well.  Let me try again to show the color.  It's a very pretty color, I promise!

Caleb and Sam  have plaid comforters that they have had for years and they really love them.  They wanted to pick a color where they could still use these comforters.  The sunlight reflects differently off the wall than it does the fabric -- trust me, they match ;)

I'm going to make duvet covers for the comforters for the other twin beds in that reddish/cranberry color.  And I'll make quilts from the plaid fabric and the cranberry for the toddler bunks :)  We have sheets in the plaid that I'll use to make insulated Roman shades for all four windows.  Well, for two at least... I'm pondering a different idea for the double window since it will be on the little boys side of the room! 

My first attempts at free motion quilting

Is that what it's called? I called it 'squiggle sewing' LOL

It's a gift set for Ben and RuthAnn from our church:

My first ever table runner:

RuthAnn said she wanted coffee-themed stuff for her kitchen :)

The Bedroom Project - Part 5

Do you remember earlier I mentioned "The Wall"?  Here are some shots of it.

Couldn't get the whole wall in one shot --  you'll have to use your imagination :)

They really loved this wall and seriously debated whether to paint over it or not.  Two sons (who shall remain unnamed) really didn't want to repaint it but finally decided that it would be better to paint it... :)

The little boys wanted to paint so badly... here they are applying primer.

What fun!

So last night while the girls and Nehemiah and Joey and I were at the ladies supper at church Tony and the big boys primed half of the room.  I think Luke did most of the priming while the others were removing the sheetrock at the closet ceilings and working on the new supports for the ceiling.

And Tony removed the sheetrock from the ceilings of what were the closets.

Wanna guess what his project is for tonight while the girls and N and I are at a bridal shower?  :)