Room is ready!

It took a lot to get to this point but room is done.  This is one of the hardest things I think I've ever done, or ranks in the top 3. So, today I'm feeling a big sigh of relief.  This has been a consuming project that a lot of other pursuits on hold.  Today is a good day for me.   Here is what has had to take place over the past 2 1/2 months.

First we had to move Chris' study into our bedroom.  That was a huge deal, had to get new furniture to make it work.  Chris, being a former pastor and still loves to study the Bible, has a ton of books  And we had to build this new furniture.  (got IKEA).  So, if we're going to do all that, might as well paint our bedroom walls since they haven't been painted in over 12 years (and that took a while to make a decision on the right color).  I'm glad I did paint, but it was more work than I thought it would be, I painted it all myself.  I was worn out at that point.

Meanwhile, we get offsite storage, start putting stuff there that we want to sell.  And as I started to get closer to the garage sale, I began to move more things there that we want to keep in storage from the study because we can't sell and don't know where to put it.

Then we had big garage sale to sell all our used furniture, some we just gave away because we had it so long.  At the garage sale, we accepted donations from other families of their things to sell.  People were so generous.  So many people gave and we were able to raise a lot of money to help pay for the home changes we did.   But we had a lot of "stuff" at our house.  A lot of stuff.   Really, a lot of stuff.

Then, what to do with the leftover stuff, that took a week of trying to figure out and our house is a total wreck, but I begin to slowly get the girl's room done.  This time, paid for a painter  (smart!!).  But I had to paint the bunk beds white, of course.  Why not?  Let's do it the way we want it.  and I'm starting to feel stronger anyway from all this.

And then we get one more piece of IKEA furniture.  Chris builds it for me.   OK, wash the linens.  (I think putting sheets on a bunk bed is almost equivalent to a pilates class.)

But it's done!!  And guess what, I'm almost packed.  And the house is clean.  I'm a happy momma today.

Some of this, I know I brought it upon myself wanting thins "just so."  but I can say now, I'm glad it's all done the best way I possibly could do it.  I hope our girls feel loved.  And I think Chris is happy with his new study.  I like having his study in our bedroom, actually.

Chris says they should feel like princesses with their new room.

You can see many of the generous gifts from so many people.  I just realized I forgot to post about the shower some dear friends had for me.