Friday, December 14, 2012

Built-ins Update

What a difference 2 weeks can make….of course, that is two weeks with lots of super late nights spend nailing, sanding and painting. The built-ins are installed and almost finished. Whoo hoo! Aren’t you so very impressed? Jared built the entire thing in 2 weeks, while working his usual bazillion hours…you’re jealous aren’t you girls?!?!?! Once he finished installing I painted. Here are some pictures from the past 2 weeks.

Built in 1built in 2built in 3
Whooo hooo! Aren't they awesome? And don't even think about trying to steal the man on the ladder. He's mine! Although, after all this he probably would like someone to come take him away and let him rest for a while. Sassy, I should probably send him to you. Some good TX food and being a "punkin" for a week would probably do him good!

The doors still have to go on the bottom and we’ll move the TV this weekend but I started putting stuff on the upper bookcase shelves playing around yesterday. That is a LOT of space. I stole things from all over the house (with the help of a few cans of spray paint)  and, thanks to some birthday Target giftcards, will be on the hunt to fill the rest of the space today. I am not a knick knack person and want it to look full but not cluttered.
built in 4
Most of the above pictures were taken at night when the girls were in bed. What it really looks like during the day is the picture below. Each girl has claimed a cubby as a bed and the spaces with shelves are “bunk beds” for their dolls. As I blog there is a Tiger cuddling with a toy car currently bunking on the bottom and a fairy Barbie on the top. It will be a sad day when the doors go on!
built in girls
Now that most of the construction is over and the tools are out of the house it is time to put this place back together! Between moving everything upstairs, which reminds me that I need to do a post on the girls sharing a room, and the downstairs being a construction zone this place has been a mess! There is a THICK layer of dust on every surface of this house. Sanding inside is necessary but messy! Time to get things cleaned up so we can settle in and wait for Evelyn to arrive!

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