So I see that I last blogged on January 6th about an upcoming playroom renovation. And I notice that the date is now January 28th. That's 22 days into our renovation. How's it coming along you ask? Well, I can only say that it's, well, limping along nicely. I have big plans. I am going for a sort of vintagey-schoolroom-bugs-theme look with ample storage space, reading nook, and work space.
We started off strong. Got a contractor, put a hole in the wall, and built that reading nook we wanted. Then it was off to find furniture....big boy furniture that might actually grow with the boys and withstand some abuse. But the catch was, I didn't want to spend any money. That's kinda hard to do. I checked on Craigslist, but alas, nobody was giving away their cabinets without expecting you to tear them out first. And any not-free-but-quite-reasonable deals on Craigslist never lasted long enough for me to get an email off to the seller.
I picked up a few small items, a print here, a vintage poster of a frog there, a small area rug designed to look like grass at Ikea, and a couple of book shelves. Found some fabric for the reading nook cushions and a lady to sew me up some fancy cushions. And today, Carter and I (well, Carter actually), picked out some super cute butterfly fabric and I covered some corkboards for the boys.
And just last week, we found a cabinet distributor who was getting rid of his discontinued, damaged items for quite the low price. We picked up a bathroom vanity, a couple of drawer units and some upper cabinets for under $160. A little bit of white paint and some shelves and we are getting closer to my vision.
Here are a few pics of the renovation thus far. I'm hoping to have it finished in the next two weeks! Stay tuned.
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