Raising Our Family And Trying To Remember It All: House projects

This past week (and next week looks to be the same) have been all about house projects. We spent last week preparing to paint the bathroom and then move items into storage in the bathroom loft area so we can start getting the nursery ready. The nursery (which is for the time being a guest room/junk room) is a disaster area and pretty much has been since we cleaned out Aubrey's room 3 years ago. We've been planning to paint our bathroom for over a year and just never got around to it, but the need to use the storage areas in the bathroom soon finally made us get it in gear to paint. We also planned a few upgrades in the bathroom, so we bought those supplies and set this weekend as the big day. Todd's parents came over Saturday and helped Todd take care of the painting since I really shouldn't be climbing or inhaling paint fumes in our stagnant air bathroom. It took them most of the day but they got both coats of paint on so we could do the other work on Sunday. While they painted, I sorted through 3 massive tubs of Aubrey's old clothes. It really is amazing how many clothes she has accumulated over the past 2.5 years. The first bag was donated to a friend who's baby girl is coming into the world tomorrow (so excited!). The rest of the bags are going to Goodwill this weekend because I do not have the time or the patience to set up a yard sell right now. I then sorted through a few other boxes in the guest room before getting overwhelmed and quitting.

Sunday afternoon was about putting the bathroom back together. Again, Todd did most of the heavy lifting and work, but I cleaned and organized and did what I could. The final result is so awesome. I am so glad we finally got this project done. I am so tired of staring at plain white walls and it feels good to see some color. We took down the old mirror, put 2 new mirrors in its place, replaced the light fixture (which was actually done 2 months ago) and then put up the new towel holders. We still have one more candle fixture to hang, but we couldn't find the hardware to hang it, so that will be next weekend.

So, this week will be about clearing out the guest room and then painting the nursery. We still haven't decided on the room color because I changed the bedding at the last minute after Pottery Barn Kids made me mad by wanting to charge my $20 to ship a quilt and crib skirt. So, I found some new bedding (got more for the same price, plus free shipping) that will be here by this weekend so we'll decide on the color after we see it. This is the last room in the house that's not painted (well, besides our closet and the laundry room, both of which Todd refuses to paint). I am so excited to finally have color in all of the main rooms. We won't have the nursery done for a while though because we aren't putting Aubrey in the twin bed until around October. I am back to square one with bedding for her big girl bed so I am glad we aren't rushed for time. After we move Aubrey to her new bed, we'll move the crib and dresser into Mason's room. Its all coming together and I can't wait!