Reclaiming the bedroom
As many of you know, our bedroom as served as a storage space since we moved in on October 23rd last year. John and I loaded our boxes of stuff into our downstairs bedroom, and quickly went upstairs to sleep in our temporary bedroom up there. Therefore, most of the boxes in our bedroom haven't been touched in 9+ months.
In the last week or so, we got the electric range plug installed (the only forward movement in the kitchen since the last posting), and so we decided that it was finally time to move the range and dishwasher out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. This opened up a huge amount of space in our bedroom, and also revealed all of the dust bunnies that had multiplied. Yuck.
This weekend, John traveled to Kansas City with his brothers to watch the Twins crush the Royals and inch closer to the Wild Card spot. And I had a three day weekend alone to unpack, organize, and clean. And that I did almost exclusively for about 2 days - ending with steak dinner with the in-laws and sister-in-law-to-be. A good time was had by all, and I feel great that I have been so productive. Our bookshelves are full, many boxes have been broken down, and we have a sizeable pile of things for a garage sale/to be sold on Borders.com or Ebay. We might even be able to hang pictures on the wall soon! Yippie!
With all of this reclaimed space in the bedroom, I have been dreaming of how to re-arrange and remodel the space. John and I have been talking about taking out the window just off the back porch (John's worried about the security risk), but since I don't want to loose the light source, add in a short height, wide window near the ceiling. (Our neighbor works for a window company and dropped off a perfect example of what I was envisioning...) I am excited about the prospect of what the bedroom will be, but am debating if we should do the construction yet this fall, or wait until next year.
Here's some fun dates coming up:
1. Kitchen cabinets arriving - any day now!
2. John's last day at Widmer's - Aug 16th
3. Installation of new picture windows in the front! - Aug 24th
4. Trip to San Francisco - Labor Day weekend
5. John's first year of full time teaching starting - Sept 5th
6. Open house/1 year of homeownership party - Sept 16th or 30th
In the last week or so, we got the electric range plug installed (the only forward movement in the kitchen since the last posting), and so we decided that it was finally time to move the range and dishwasher out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. This opened up a huge amount of space in our bedroom, and also revealed all of the dust bunnies that had multiplied. Yuck.
This weekend, John traveled to Kansas City with his brothers to watch the Twins crush the Royals and inch closer to the Wild Card spot. And I had a three day weekend alone to unpack, organize, and clean. And that I did almost exclusively for about 2 days - ending with steak dinner with the in-laws and sister-in-law-to-be. A good time was had by all, and I feel great that I have been so productive. Our bookshelves are full, many boxes have been broken down, and we have a sizeable pile of things for a garage sale/to be sold on Borders.com or Ebay. We might even be able to hang pictures on the wall soon! Yippie!
With all of this reclaimed space in the bedroom, I have been dreaming of how to re-arrange and remodel the space. John and I have been talking about taking out the window just off the back porch (John's worried about the security risk), but since I don't want to loose the light source, add in a short height, wide window near the ceiling. (Our neighbor works for a window company and dropped off a perfect example of what I was envisioning...) I am excited about the prospect of what the bedroom will be, but am debating if we should do the construction yet this fall, or wait until next year.
Here's some fun dates coming up:
1. Kitchen cabinets arriving - any day now!
2. John's last day at Widmer's - Aug 16th
3. Installation of new picture windows in the front! - Aug 24th
4. Trip to San Francisco - Labor Day weekend
5. John's first year of full time teaching starting - Sept 5th
6. Open house/1 year of homeownership party - Sept 16th or 30th
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