evolution of a room

Back in March, we moved the girls from their old room off the kitchen (even though days of work into making it a nursery to begin with) to the den in the back of the house.  I posted something about painting "soon," which apparently meant October!  Yes, we finally got it done last weekend, thanks to a lot of help from my parents and Brandon's parents.  We spent the whole day painting, installing a storm door (since their room has an exterior door), and putting in a closet organizer (I won't discuss the level of difficulty this always entails, but will direct you to previous posts here and here).  Brandon also caulked where the walls meet the floor and around the windows, as well as removed the pipe and patched the wall where the old gas heater pipe vented to the outside (the gas line was a dead end and had been cut before we bought the house).

I searched the blog for old photos of the den/nursery and thought it was interesting how the room has evolved over the last few years. 

 

   

Next on the horizon is hanging stuff on the walls, painting the trim, and putting in some insulation in the floor and ceiling.

new year's resolutions

Okay, so maybe it's more like a to-do list...whatever.

• Install a trap door to the basement, so we don't have to go outside during a tornado warning just to get into the basement. It was hard enough when it was just us and the cat, but impossible when you add in two babies!
• Organize the basement--again!
• Plant grass in the front yard to replace the sod (installed--poorly--before we moved in) which has now converted entirely to weeds.
• Put up a gate across the driveway to keep the rugrats in (and scary dogs out).
• Figure out a way to keep said rugrats from crawling/rolling/walking/falling off the front porch.
• Finish installing the storm windows.
• Finish painting the exterior trim.
• Insulate under the back room. Brrr!
• Figure out where the small leak in the basement is coming from. It's under the kitchen, but the actual source has us baffled.
• Have the fireplace and chimney inspected.
• Replace the siding under the back room.
• Install a vent fan in the half bath.
• Move the girls' bedroom door to the hallway (where we think it was originally) so we can cook dinner without tip-toeing around!
• Many other things that I've forgotten and probably won't get done, anyway!