re-model begins

we are just about ready to begin the offical re-model of our toyroom that will be converted into the girls' new bedroom! dustin & i took a very long trip to lowes yesterday afternoon, hoping to get everything we need in one trip. he has already broken a hole through the wall that will become the closet, and this week hopefully a friend is going to come and frame in the closet. after that, a guy will come and re-route the heating. and then, we're on our own. i would MUCH prefer to spend the extra money to hire someone to do the room while dustin is working, but he insists on doing it by himself. on the to-do list is...drywall closets (one in bedroom and one in toyroom), patch walls, put in new light, paint, put up trim along bottom and around doors, install two doors from the hallway into the room, get carpet, put up closet doors and shelving. and...i think that is all. it looks like a short list, but i have the feeling its going to take much, much longer than we think. there are always those couple things that come up that give you trouble. for example, we already know our doors are the wrong size b/c the door openings are the wrong size. so, we'll rig something there i suppose.

after the construction is complete, it'll be time for the girls to move in! they are very very excited. of course, cana would prefer to have her OWN room, but at least in the big room, she can map off some space to be exclusively hers! eden and simone will sleep together on the bunk beds, and cana plans to move her bed and books to the opposite side of the room for some privacy. she picked out green paint for the walls, and if given about a $1000 i'm sure she would be thrilled to go through pbteen and design an entire room! she just thinks like that! me, on the other hand, i'll just be happy to get them moved in. all the toyroom items will then get moved to eden and cana's old room until we can get a family room finished on the other side of the basement. then, i reckon about the time we get that finished it'll be time to start an upstairs project of some sort.

i will try to post some pictures of our progress. in the meantime, pray that dustin's inaugural re-modeling project goes without too many glitches.