BEFORE
The offending ceiling--pre leak
Th day we moved in back in 2008
note: awful carpet
On Labor Day after Mike came down and said, "I think you are going to want to pick out some paint colors". He said he was just going to "investigate the leak" but that led to this...
Mike quickly realized he needed help getting the ceiling down because
it weighed a million tons and we are pretty sure that it held flesh eating mold
that gave Mike an incredibly bad rash
Ceiling down and carpet up before the wall goes in
Wall going in and new ceiling going up
Wall up and now we have 2 big rooms instead of 1 ridiculously large room
AFTER
(not the best pix and it is a serious work in progress)
The not so organized closet side but it works
Mike worked really hard all day Tuesday and Wednesday so we could get back into our room before I had a mental breakdown and then we worked all night getting the house sort of put back together. Over the past few days my family has been incredibly helpful helping with our boy and cleaning all the dark nooks and crannies of my house--and there are many. It is still a work in progress and we have lots of bits and pieces to fix up but we are in and it's clean. Of course now that this is all set, the baby is going to wait it out. Today is the "due date" and I would like to get the show on the road but we'll see. I am kind of amazed how fast it all came together and Mike did this all while he has been suffering from a horrible itchy rash all over his legs and chest. I am thrilled to have 2 nice new spaces (with really nice hardwood floors) for our upcoming transition. The perfect oasis.
I have a lot of little design things I would like to do but it certainly is a vast improvement and now we have a walk in closet/room/nursery. Mostly everything I got as bargain as I could or already and spiffed up somehow. I have wanted to hang our Mexican headboard since we moved in and a lot of what I had went with that so I am finally able to kind of get it all working together with the paint etc. I am feeling like it is a little too matchy so I need to find ways to mix it up but we already really like having a bedroom without any dressers.