My job was over fairly quickly. All I needed to do was help move and rearrange a bookcase and make some more room in the closet of our crafting/guest room. After that, MM was so kind and let me sleep part of the afternoon away. He, however, spent the whole day moving things from his fly-tying room into either the shed, the trash, or our "new" joint-crafting room. He worked so hard to prepare for his little girl and I am so thankful for that. To be honest, seeing him get rid of some of his things to make room for her brought tears to my eyes. I know neither of us will miss our material possessions once she is here, but it is still hard to let go of some things.
All in all, though, we got a lot done. Tomorrow we are planning on filling all the nail holes in the walls and next weekend I'm hoping we will be pulling up the carpet and removing all the trim in the room. If time permits, MM is also hoping to get a coat of primer on the walls.
Here are some pics of the room as it started, minus our desks which we had already moved, and the room after MM was done. It didn't stay this messy, usually, but MM had already started sorting everything and it was all left laying on the floors.
This first set is looking into the room from the hallway. What a huge difference! The door propped against the wall is the new door for the nursery closet.
The next set is the opposing shot. Those jackets still need to migrate to the guest closet, but the cute, little curio cabinet is to hang on the wall of the nursery. We got it at a yard sale and it's just perfect for the coastal look we're going for!
MM's drum set has been sitting in this corner of the room since we moved in. He had it set up for a long time and used to jam out several nights a week. It's now been stacked up and stored in the guest closet and will soon be sold. This is one of the things I'm really bummed he has to give up. I pray that one day we'll be in a bigger house where he can have a room to himself for his music and fly-tying. As long as he doesn't get rid of his guitar, he'll be fine.
This final shot is Princess Gummi's closet. It was a chore getting all that stuff to fit in other places in the house, but MM really purged his things and only kept what was useful or especially meaningful. I can't wait to get the closet really clean and filled with baby girl clothes!
So, that was our Saturday. Sunday promises to be just as busy, but we can handle it. After church we plan on rearranging our bedroom to the usual "spring/summer arrangement", and we also hope to put up some new fabric black-out shades to replace the old, nasty mini-blinds. On top of that, it's the usual Sunday preparation for the workweek, including menu-planning, laundry, and house-cleaning. Thank goodness I'm in Trimester 2 and have some of my energy back!
