(Still haven't found my camera card with Arilynn's b-day, so those pics may never come, Mom). :(
When we toured the house before moving, I knew that I would make this landing room more of a sitting room/office than an additional bedroom. We hang out here most evenings.
The only pictures I found of before were on my cell phone. There aren't very many.
Moving time:
I wanted to get the downstairs mostly done before I started working upstairs, but needed to clean up the clutter, so this is the way it looked until recently:
This area is our office, Arilynn's school room, scrapbook area, Wesley's study, and general hangout.
This is when you arrive at the top of the steps:
(I obviously need to get a print order in). This is the shelf that Wes built for me at our last house.
Arilynn's school area is at the top of the steps off to the side:
Turning around again...
Our bedroom is through the window door and there is a 2nd bath behind the other.
I painted this on a cabinet door.
Opposite side of the study wall:
This dresser was rescued from our neighbor's trash. Wesley was already in the middle of painting before I could get a before picture and I'm not one to stop progress, so here is an idea of what it looked like:
The metal signs came from Micheals fun aisle and the postage scales from a yard sale.
For the most part, I tried to use stuff I already had (maybe attacking with some spray paint).
Wes added the planks to the wall.
My original plan was to paint the dresser a fun and funky color, but it looked bad, so went with this greenish tone. The walls are supposed to be gray, but clearly look blue. I didn't hate it enough to change it though. :)
So, I went with a little more classy look than fun. I like it and Arilynn's school is far enough that it doesn't totally clash.
