Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The baby room

Well here they are... the baby room is done. Or rather as done as it is going to be. I didn't quite get everything done. As you can see, there are no curtains yet and I haven't finished reupholstering the rocking chair. But who's counting. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. Jeremy deserves major major credit here. He thought it would be relatively simple till I got involved and began saying things like "Oh wouldn't it be great if we could recess drawers into the wall?" and "This corner would make an awesome little reading/play area... all we have to do is build a bench that has toy storage in it" by the way if it's going to be a reading area... it needs a light... and while we have the wall open to recess the drawers lets put in a little cubby for books". When we began, the floor had a coat of paint on it. The original plan was to give it a light sanding and repaint... but the floor under just looked too good... All of this was on top of having to insulate and drywall the entire room as well as replacing the broken door and window. Yup. I married a super hero. My mom actually deserves quite a bit of credit as well. Last year I had begun making the baby bedding. I dumped it on her lap just before christmas and she finished it (by finishing, I mean doing most of it). She also came over several nights and put the kids to bed so we could work on the room right after dinner. And when things were looking really grim and we didn't think we could get it all done, Uncle Bryn came over and helped us. I think he has done almost as much work in our house as he has in his own... Thanks again Bryn!

4 comments:

shaunak said...

Hey, I think Bryn worked on my house too! I was just talking to our carpenter (Terry, on Salt Spring) the other day and he told me Bryn might be going to help build a school in Uganda and I thought that might have something to you with you guys! Small world! The room looks awesome.

Have a great time in Ethiopia! Unfortunately, our boys' medicals came much later than yours and we won't leave until the end of March...

Louise said...

OMG that is amazing..yes I think you are married to a superhero...I love the recessed drawers and how cute is that bench!! It looks like a pottery barn catalogue pic!! Thumbs up to your hubby! What a GREAT Job!!!!
Louise

jeremy and leah said...

ha ha too funny. Yup thats my uncle bryn. Terry is pretty great too. He came and helped us with our house a couple of a times!

Jody said...

Wow, wow, WOW!!! I love this little room. So cute and yet, practical. My favorite is the recessed drawers and the book nook.

Have a wonderful time away. You will miss the boys and they'll miss you, but Grandparents are known to SPOIL!!

Will pray for you.