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Last week I tackled the office, basement and attic (War's help for the attic, because it was mainly his stuff). Yesterday was my makeup and scrapbooking area as well as the front closet.
Now we wait for the renos to finish in the nursery. When my new closet is ready in the nursery, I can move my clothes (which are in different areas of the house currently) there and this will free up various spaces in the house. I will also be moving my makeup into my vintage vanity that belonged to my grandmother. I can't wait until everything has its place.
So what has to be done to get the room ready? Well, we've had 2 quotes to have the original hardwood floors re-finished. The first guy says, "ya, it's no problem, we'll replace the missing slats and it'll look great. $1100 plus HST." The second guy says, "I can refinish these floors, and they'll look great, but it's a short amount of time before they begin to split and crack and you'll have to wear shoes up here. It's not good for kids because they can get slivers. Trust me, we need the business, but I'd just be taking your money and you would be disappointed in the results. I turn down these type of jobs, even for people flipping houses and doing quick renos, because I stand behind my work, and you will not want these floors." He highly recommended we just lay new floors overtop and we are excited to do this. He can still fix our stair case to match the flooring that we choose for $300.
Warren and I started looking into flooring and by doing it ourselves (well Warren doing it) we are going to save a few hundred, with the stair project included. I'm pretty excited for new, durable flooring. We're looking into the Costco flooring. Friends of ours have used it and War has installed it before.
So the floors can get started anytime. Warren is done the mudding and sanding, so we just have to move the furniture out of the room and prep the floors. I can't wait. Of course, I already know what furniture we are putting in the nursery, and my job is to sand and paint these items. If winter would move on already, I could work on this outside. I'm off work next week, so I'm praying for nice weather to get this accomplished. I have a dresser, two cabinets and a vanity to paint.
When the floors are done, then we have to organize the closet. This has been a challenge. We have a small space, angled ceilings, access to an attic door and then all of my clothes AND shoes and future baby stuff to put in there. Eeeeks. We have to make the most of every centimetre of space. Oh, and hardly spend any money on this project, too. I cannot get rid of any shoes, that is out of the question before you even suggest it.
I'm hoping all of this will be done by mid April. I will post pictures of the finished room. Once I have an assigned location for baby stuff and freed-up space in the remainder of the house, I can focus on baby items I need to purchase ahead of time. I don't want to get any big items now, because there is no room and I will go crazy with the clutter. Yes, I know the view towards clutter may be different when the baby comes, but I'm hoping to accumulate items as I need them. Clutter and mess will always make me twitch, so I don't think it will ever get out of control.
In addition to the nursery renos, I have the itch to redo a few rooms in the house, much to Warren's dismay, but I intend to only be purchasing paint and vintage/used items and making them my own. Pinterest is dangerous... enough said. Plus I know that if I don't get these jobs done before the baby comes, they will never be done. Look out, Kelly's back on her energetic, no-watching-TV, must-be-productive-all-the-time horse. Giddy-up.
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