The boys room has come along way. It still has work to be done on it.. wall trim replaced, closet doors installed and thermal fabric added to the tie blinds to help keep the room comfortable.
Here is what we started with..
Side view of the room. Sliding access to eve storage and closet door.
Here is where we are today.
This is a view of the left bunk. There is a little storage area behind the curtains for large toys and totes.
This is the bunk on the right. They are pretty much the same.. except the boys picked out their sheets and one is blue..the other has red.
I'm struggling with the curtain rod. It needs a center support..but I can't really get any higher due to the ceiling. The tie blind I made.. the blue ribbon doesn't quite match...however it was picked out at the insistence of my 4 year old decorator. I had planned on white. I'm planing to attach thermal fabric to help with heat in this room.
The bedding is all thrifted/craigslist. The quilt and pillow covers are Pottery Parn. Attached to the wall is a book pocket for stashing books, little toys and their water bottle.
Full on view as you walk in. The cubbies are from Target and while not my first choice they were easy to carry up the stairs. We didn't really need dressers due to all the closet space this room has. For older boys a pair of cute vintage desks will replace these.
The paint color was a an "oops" can from Walmart. A bit brighter than I had envisioned. The boys love it...but I may cut the half can I have left with some white and bring it down a shade or two.
This house is probably my perfect farmhouse. A touch coastal shingle style..and a touch craftsman. The inside is warm and inviting with a cozy fireplace room and open family style kitchen. The yard has everything I would want: pond, veggie gardens and lawn...but also some wild wooded spots. I have a soft spot for San Juan Island mini farms..Listed HERE
Our boys share an upstairs room. The room has eves on both sides and not a bad size...however the shape of the room makes bunks really awkward and two twins would have taken up most of the floor space. Our solution was to make built in beds on either side of the room built into the eves. Here is some of our inspiration.
My grandfather actually had a bed sort of like this made by my Great Grandfather in their Craftsman bungalow, a bed that I slept in once as a kid. It's a cozy space much like a boat bunk (I know this from experience with those too)
First we had a contractor on the job... that turned out to be an expensive mistake..they messed up some measurements and wouldn't work around our floor re-finisher's time constraints. They quit and overcharged us for their labor.. we had to contest the hours put in. My husband took over the project and finished the building before heading overseas again. My job was to fill holes and paint. Happy to say that I finished..and after I get the room all painted, curtains up etc. I should have a whole room revel here too.
I have been busy working on the kitchen for the past two weeks, It's hard to work on with the kids up and about because of them trying to walk on all my cabinet doors. Basically all my floor space around the house looks like this.
I have also been playing with bead board wallpaper. I bought it at Lowe's and it's a lot of fun. It goes up easy and cuts pretty good...much simpler than bead board panels. If you go to buy some check the roll. They sell two different types, one is cheaper and the groves in it are not deep at all. It doesn't look very realistic. The brand I bought is Allen and Roth. I'm sticking it to the ends of the cabinets and around the base of the breakfast bar area. It also saves me from having to use as much paint there.
I had to use two coats of primer and probably two coats of Painter Touch paint to get the rest of the wood covered. I am painting the paper with the gloss white to add durability and match it to the rest of the kitchen.
I have a lot of work left. I couldn't get all the bin-pulls at Lowes..they only had one. So I may have pick more of those up when I'm back at the lake. I also got a quote on new counter tops while I was without kids today. Hopefully soon we can order them.
I found a perfect little vintage dresser for a wall in our bedroom. After getting our bed set up we noticed that one wall would fit a tall dresser well. I ran into this little piece at Value Village for $39.99. Not bad..wood and wood veneer. Someone had sanded off the harvest gold color from the dresser but not the mirror. It fits the space great. I just need to decide to paint and what color.
Please disregard the lack of base trim and doors.. were getting there. Someday big reveal ;)
So you see that wicker chair with the big hole in the back? We came home awhile back to find that the dog had chewed a hole in one of the Pier One banana leaf chairs I scored off CL for $25.00. I was a bit bummed but being that the chair cost me 12.50, not supper mad. I thought it strange though.. Dotty is 3 years old and has never chewed on furniture before.
So I went to check out the whole and found this inside.....
Yep.. that is a lizard. A very dried up, old one at that. I'm guessing it crawled in when they were being made....so we have a chair with Indonesian lizard jerky inside. I guess that answers my question as to why she was chewing on it. SOooo.. do I send this post to the former owner?? I bet she didn't know she had a guest the whole time she owned them. :)
And no.. we still havn't moved in. We can sleep in our rooms, but until paint is done in the main rooms we are furnitureless.
