Nursery, part 1

When Colin and I moved in with my parents, we planned on it being a temporary thing.  We were having a really difficult time finding any place to rent in the area.  So, after some discussion, we decided we'd stay here until Colin heads off to the Navy.  It makes perfect sense - we'll help with groceries and such, but we won't have to pay any bills, and we can start getting some of our old bills caught up.  Plus, we'll have the help from my family in taking care of Roland.

My parents house is not overly large.  On top of that it is cluttered.  Not messy, just cluttered.  Upon deciding that we were going to be staying here for the forseeable future, we set about deciding where we were going to keep the baby.  The plan?  Turn the Office back into a Nursery.  Apparently, in the Before Times, in the Long, Long Ago...when Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth...the Office was used as a nursery.  Really no reason it couldn't go back to it's original function.

Problem one - The office was filled with a ridiculous amount of stuff.  Empty boxes, empty baskets, crafting supplies, school supplies, notebooks, hunting gear, camping gear, papers dating back to the 70's, photo albums...you name it, and it was probably in there.  I think we probably got 2 pickup loads of trash out of that room and even more stuff hauled down into the basement.  We found many a treasure, and threw out a ton of stuff that we just didn't need any more.

Thursday, they hauled everything left out of the office so that we could start the painting process.  You'd think after all that cleaning there wouldn't be much left in there.  You'd be terribly wrong!  The house right now looks...pretty insane.  But it is mostly baby stuff that will be shoved back into that room when we're done.

Winnie the Pooh wall decorations have been ordered and recieved and are ready to be stuck on the walls.  We have primed the room (save the closet and the ceiling) and we will hopefully be getting the color on the walls tomorrow.

In the next few days, the nursery will be done, and then we can start focusing on the rest of the house!  I think the first order of business will be the utility room.

It's coming together.  Slowly but surely...