Hallway Closet

Hi!

I've been working on the hallway closet (man, we went from having just one closet in the old master bedroom- now N's room- to having 6!  Too many closets!).  Anyway, it will eventually be the laundry closet.

Since I've moved all the stuff that was there to the front closet, it was time to start painting.

This is the door that used to go to the laundry room in N's closet.  I was using up extra bedroom paint (from master bedroom when it was purple!).  It says "Wash the yrs go by". 

Here it is primed. 

I didn't wash my roller from when it had floor paint on it, so it's streaky. 

I got it painted.

Now I have to finish the cedar shingle wall  with some more shingles. 

Then I need to paint the floor....

Hope you're having a good day! :-)

Weekend Update

Hi!

How was your weekend?

We had a good one.  

On Sunday, N was in a Regatta in Charlottetown where he and his teammate (sailmate?) came in 3rd!

C and I worked at the Blueberry Social at Green Park.

C served pie

and I was in charge of the jail- you can buy a ticket for $1 and then put someone in jail for 5 minutes.  I sat by the "jail" with a box to collect tickets and my phone to use as a timer.

After the social, we went with my dad and stepmom to meet my inlaws at Milligan's Wharf.

C did some handstands. 

Today, C and I cut some flowers for N's room, 

C's room 

and the front room. 

Speaking of the front room, I've moved all the stuff into the closet. 

Most of this stuff came from the hallway closet,

which I'm now working on....

Have a great week! :-)

Front Room Closet

Hello!

I've been getting some work done on the front room closet.

Here's where we left off in May.


I put up the 1x3s between the drywall pieces.
My dad helped with the mouldings.

After mudding and sanding, I primed and painted.  

I used leftover grey front room paint for the walls and leftover blue master

bedroom paint for the ceiling. 

After a second coat of paint (where I accidentally used blue paint for the side wall!),

I started the floor. 

I referred to my previous post about finishing the front room floors, so I'd know what to do.

Here's is the basecoat of blue (diluted with 10% water). 

While I had the blue paint out, I primed the hidden hallway closet floor.

I put another coat of blue in the closet the next afternoon. I waited a few days before moving the tote and vacuum back in.

I did a coat of grey in the front room closet the after 24 hours and then the dark grey diamond stencil after another 24 hours.

Somehow things got a little wonky, since I had to start at the back and work my way toward the previously painted floor.

After another 24 hours, I did the off white stencil and a bit of filling in with the light grey and dark grey paints.

Here's the finished floor.  I think it looks nice. 

When C came home from camp I told her there was wet paint in the closet and she didn't even realize it was on the floor because it just looks like it's always been there (which is good!).

Now I have to finish up the baseboards, make some shelves and hang a rod....

Have a great weekend! :-)

Weekend Update

Hi!

How was your weekend?  It was "Spring Forward" on Sunday, and we're all feeling a bit tired this Monday morning.

I finished up a bit of shingling in the master bedroom.

(Still need a few plugs installed!)

Here's how it looked before.

Here's the top part.

And Before.

A couple weekends ago in Charlottetown, we stopped by the Habitat ReStore and I got a new globe for the hall light.  Before, it was a clear glass cover from an outside "jam jar" style light.  (I bought the light many years ago at the Summerside ReStore.  It came with a pretty white bubbly glass cover, but it got broken so we had been using the clear cover.)

It more matches the kitchen lights.

I did this when K was on his trip and he still hasn't noticed I changed it! 

When we started re-doing the master bedroom, I needed to move the rug out so it wouldn't get dusty and painty.  I put it under the kitchen table.  I kinda like it here, but the ends roll up a bit so not sure if it will stay.

I put the rug upside down!

In other news, C started gymnastics last Wednesday!

She's been wanting to do this for a while.  She went to her first class and loved it!

We have a busy week with activities every night this week.  Friday, March Break Starts and the kids are off school until March 29!  No plans yet...

Have a great week! :-)

Halloween Happenings

Hi!

It's Monday again! 

Saturday was Halloween and Friday C had a Halloween Party!

We got the house straightened up, so I took lots of pictures.

Spooky Chalkboard.

Halloween Cats. 

Witch's Hat. 

Ghosts in Hallway. 

Witchy Baby C.

Skeleton by C. 

Printed Art (I forgot where I found this online..) 

Mini Chalkboard. 

Another Skeleton by C. 

Drink Station for Party. 

Bats 

More Bats. 

Snacks for Party. 

Back room all cleared out and sunny. 

"New" Wicker Emporium pillow on chair closest to front (from Value Village!) 

Bat by C. 

Halloween pics by C & N 

More back room. 

The Party was from 6:00-9:00 and there were 9 girls.  I think everybody had fun!  C is the witch with green armbands sitting on the bench with her fingers up to her eyes. 

Here's a better picture of C!

Saturday we finally got around to carving pumpkins. 

Both kids found designs online and did their own carving.

N decided not to go trick-or-treating this year.  He stayed home to hand out candy, but we didn't get any trick-or-treaters!

C went trick-or-treating with her friend and another friend. Here is the loot! 

Hope you have a great week! :-)