Our Bedroom Is Pretty Much Done!

We're pretty much there with our bedroom!  I just have to put the mirror back up over my dresser, hang curtains,  put the door hardware back on the closet (yes, I even painted our doors!),  hang some pictures, and keep it clean!  Take a look!

This is what "our bedroom" looked like when we looked at the house - the previous owners used it as a sewing room.  

Now here is our bedroom with the same view as that previous picture was taken!

Another view!

Our dressers!

And yet another view!  No more fluorescent light!  

Painting the Bedroom!

Yesterday, I set a goal to paint the ceiling of our bedroom.  So since James had class after work and he wouldn't be home until about 10, I got both kids to sleep by 7, put on some coffee and got to work!  I painted the ceiling and do not ever want to paint with textured paint again.  But since the caffeine got to me, I went ahead and did the first coat of the walls too.  

It's like a mustard explosion!  But I like it!

I have to do a second coat and the mouldings.  We desperately want our bedroom back so that is my current motivation!  It's also kind of sad that the only painting I have left to do is the 2 other bedrooms and the upstairs hallway.  I like painting!

Upstairs Lights & Getting Our Bedroom Done!

James got to work yesterday to put lights in our upstairs hallway!  We are suppose to get our new service the next "good weather" Sunday.  Our electrician friend came by last week to see what was up and was surprised at how much we had done - but he didn't go upstairs since Tom was sleeping.  He probably thought every thing was done upstairs too - but oops.   It's not.  So now it's crunch time...

James running the electrical wire - he's such an expert at it now!

Voila!  Lights!  Nothing fancy but we ain't fancy people.

I'm getting to our bedroom!!!  I have to just wash off the rest of the wallpaper goo on the walls.  I primed the ceiling last night and we're going to paint it with *sigh* textured paint!  If you saw it, you would know why!  If you want to see extreme ceiling action - click on the picture and it will become all big - and you can see why we can't just paint it!  All the other bedrooms have textured paint to their ceilings so we figured "why not!"  

I bought the paint for our bedroom too.  Once again, James got sick of talking to me about different shades of this and that.  So he told me to just go to Lowe's and pick a color.  I respond "Are you sure?  Are you really sure??"  His answer, "yes."  So I went out on a limb and picked Carolina Inn Crossroads Gold.  Whoa!  That's a mouthful.  It's kind of a deep goldish yellow.  I thought it would be good to match virtually any bedding we may throw on the bed (because every knows how interior decorating is my specialty!).  I guess a more practical person would say "Becky, if you want something that will match everything, why don't you just paint it white?"  Well for some odd reason, we have a fear of white.

Updates!

We successfully have about 7 projects going on right now.  ADD I tell you.  Our Irish Plasterer should be coming on Wednesday to put up walls and a ceiling in our downstairs bathroom!  Yippee!  James already got the confirmation that he'll have Saturday, Sunday AND Monday off this coming weekend so we're hoping that I can pump out the painting either Thursday or Friday and James should be able to get the toilet and sink up and going!  Oh my goodness!  Of course, most of our plans never go as planned.  But we'll see!

Here (our bedroom - the one in the front of the house) I took down all the drop down ceiling by myself and am removing the wallpaper (ugh!  I can't believe there was MORE wallpaper in this house!  This room will be more challenging than I thought, but I can do it!  Since it's mostly cosmetics, it's my job.

James' current mission is to snake the electrical snake from the corner of our attic here all the way down to the basement.  This is of course so we can have power to the attic once the new service is up and running.  He's working on this as I type this so I better go help him.  I'm such a nice wifey!

I'm still painting the front hallway and stairway too.  Projects projects everywhere!

Venturing Upstairs!

I don't understand why some basic cleaning is so hard for me most days, yet taking on big projects is so easy for me!  This morning, the boys and I cleaned out my bedroom and then I started taking down the drop down ceiling!  James is going to be so happy!  I really want to get the front hallway and stairs done, but we have to wait for our Irishman to plaster away.  So I had to find something else to fill my time.  This was it.

Try not to get too excited looking at these pictures of our bedroom ceiling!!!  I think James and I will be sleeping in our spare bedroom until we can get this room cleaned up a bit.  He still has to wire up the outlets and install the overhead light in here.  Oh, and judging by the ceilings (and all the cracks in it), we will probably have to throw up some drywall - or see what our Irishman can do to fix it!

Home Inspection Day!

Today we had our home inspection. It was a marvelous event. I showed up late because I didn't want to be bothered with the basement stuff and outside stuff. I did go to get a better feel for this place we just purchased and take some pictures - pictures of what it really looks like and not just the fancy schmancy ones they put up to sell the place!

Here is Ben at the foot of the stairs. The carpet here is a pinkish color. It is such a fluffy, fun carpet.

This is the front room or living room. Pretty standard.

This is James in the kitchen from the front entry way. We love the wood paneling look and wall paper. The kitchen is my favorite room. We think it was remodeled in 1983.

James and Mr. Inspector noting some plumbing discrepancies. Look at all the chemicals they have!

The "dining room" which they use as a living room. This is a pretty big room. I want to use it as a living room too but the husband does not agree with me.

The back entry way and pantry of sorts. Look at all the stuff they have! It's like they are packing away for the blizzard or something. I love it.

Front bedroom. Not the biggest bedroom but we'll probably use this as our bedroom. I think it's current use is a knitting room. There are a lot of sewing things in there. And a very bright overhead florescent light. We'll have to change that.

Ben being like his mother - nosy. This is the master bedroom but will probably be the boys' room.

Another view of the big bedroom.

The third bedroom. This will look huge once all the stuff is out!

Another view of bedroom #3.

And yet another view!! And I thought my mother had lots of stuff!

Upstairs bathroom that was redone recently. It's nice. I like it.

Me being stupid in the new house.

Walk way to new attic...and more stuff.

Another view of the attic...and more stuff.

Ben is still being nosy.

James and Miss Real Estate Agent looking at the AC - which is staying! WooHoo!!!!

I love wall paper!!

Downstairs bathroom - circa 1983.

For some reason, I love this bathroom.