Taking a deep breath
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miekecInsane past few weeks. Somehow, we started down the path of insanity (tm) of swapping around all 3 bedrooms. Karin really needs a room of her own (has needed one for a while!), so right now all of Alex' stuff is out of his room, stuffed in the empty new bathroom, and the back bedroom has been sanded umpteen times, sealed, polyurethaned about 4 times. All the baseboards have been re-painted - they were damaged by the sanding, and needed repainting anyway. Oh, and while we were at it, my mom and I plastered (only a small bit, thank $Deity) and painted 2 of the walls. Light yellow, rather than the light blue that was there. Just because.
What a difference this all makes! The room looked like new. Until we moved in, that is. All John and my stuff is out of the middle bedroom now, temporarily in the back bedroom. And yes, Alex' stuff is still in the new bathroom, and he is on the couch for one last night (only 3 total, not too bad) because my parents are still here and sleeping on the one other functional bed in the front bedroom/workroom.
Today it's our room that'll get cleaned and fixed and prepped for sanding. That floor is unfortunately in worse shape than the back room is, so there was actual talk of a "plan B" and something about ripping out the floor (gulp).
Anyway, step 3 is to move all of Alex' stuff out of the new bathroom (maybe we should start calling it staging area instead...) into the middle bedroom - then his. Of course, the front bedroom/workroom is next -creative stacking of everything to get it out of there, no doubt- and then we move into the front room, and Karin into the back bedroom. Phew. That'll be the configuration for a while. We + computers + workroom + futon in front room, Alex in middle room, Karin in back. Most likely bunkbeds or lofts (can you spell IKEA?). We'll see.
Good thing my mom loves to paint and sew and cleans everything about once a week; we're ending up with a painted room,cut-to-fit curtains and a clean house. At least until the sanding starts again.
What a difference this all makes! The room looked like new. Until we moved in, that is. All John and my stuff is out of the middle bedroom now, temporarily in the back bedroom. And yes, Alex' stuff is still in the new bathroom, and he is on the couch for one last night (only 3 total, not too bad) because my parents are still here and sleeping on the one other functional bed in the front bedroom/workroom.
Today it's our room that'll get cleaned and fixed and prepped for sanding. That floor is unfortunately in worse shape than the back room is, so there was actual talk of a "plan B" and something about ripping out the floor (gulp).
Anyway, step 3 is to move all of Alex' stuff out of the new bathroom (maybe we should start calling it staging area instead...) into the middle bedroom - then his. Of course, the front bedroom/workroom is next -creative stacking of everything to get it out of there, no doubt- and then we move into the front room, and Karin into the back bedroom. Phew. That'll be the configuration for a while. We + computers + workroom + futon in front room, Alex in middle room, Karin in back. Most likely bunkbeds or lofts (can you spell IKEA?). We'll see.
Good thing my mom loves to paint and sew and cleans everything about once a week; we're ending up with a painted room,cut-to-fit curtains and a clean house. At least until the sanding starts again.
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Date: 2006-11-06 03:08 pm (UTC)