This mornings project

We are so close to getting the kids' room all done.  This morning I wanted to hang pictures and do another small project that I thought would help with our clutter problem.  It turned out to be a fun project that only took a short time and everybody was able to pitch in - perfect thing to do on Curtis' day off!

The idea is that this will serve as a tack board to hold Kara's millions of art projects that are spread all over the house!  We took an old barn frame and sanded it down and then painted it white.  We spent $4 at the hardware store to buy a piece of wood that was soft enough for tacks to push into and cut it into sizes that would fit the frame.  Then I bought some cute fabric and wrapped it around the wood and staple-gunned it to the back and voila!  A quick and easy and relatively cheap project that will help organize our lives a little bit more - always a good thing in my books :)

Reno pictures

I have had lots of requests for reno pictures, so here are a few.  The bathroom pictures aren't great, but you can see the new tile and paint colour.  Before it was all a dark tan colour.  Now it is multiples versions of grey.

Here is the kids room.  Before it was two shades of purple - not really boy friendly.  They both love these colours and we're happy with how it turned out.  I still have to hang things on the wall, but otherwise it's pretty much done!  Hooray!  LOVE crossing this off the list!

Now we just have to convince Jonas to sleep in here :)

Purging

So I know that I still have 3 months to go until this baby arrives, but I'm starting to get antsy about sorting out rooms and toys and books and beds and clothes and ....

We're in the process of painting Kara's room to make it more friendly for Jonas to share.  Curtis thinks he can finish that tonight (hopefully!).  We put up the bunkbed - the kids are so so excited about that.  It's still a huge novelty - I'm sure they'll get used to it!  This afternoon I started purging books and toys to downsize in the room - going from a 1 kid room to a 2 kid room means they each only have half as much space for toys.  I got both Kara and Jonas to help and it actually went great!  We made a keep pile and a giveaway pile and a baby pile and they really got into it!  I was so proud of them.  Curtis even admitted that they were better at that than he is!  I concur :)

Next step is to sell a shelf and fix up closets and then move Jonas in with Kara.  And then ... my, the list goes on and on.

Slowly but surely we are getting there.  And I'm sure we'll be ready when this baby makes its' arrival. And the truth is - I love this!  I love organizing and purging and sorting.  It helps to calm and quiet my mind when the space around me is calm and quiet too.  

Now if we can just come up with a name ...