The Little Girl's Room

I went through the 3-year-old girl's clothes and got her warm weather clothes out.

This is what I'm taking to the D.I.

 And I've had pictures waiting to be hung for about a year in her room.

 I got that taken care of too!

 The picture of the little girl is one from my college days that I love.

I love the feet even more.  One of them is hers and the other one is her twin brother's!

Therapy Mirror

When I took the 3-year-old girl to therapy last month,

every room had big mirrors that she loved.

We took a big mirror out of our bathroom recently

so I chipped off most of the glue

and mounted it in her room. 

Now the torture fun begins!

Books, Books, Books

After 16 years of collecting books for our family,

I decided it was time to let some go.

This is part of my "Bag a Day" goal.

Here is the 3-year-old girl's room before...

And after...
Look!  There's even an empty shelf!

And this is what I'm getting rid of!

Feels good!

Switching Dressers

When we rearranged the 15-year-old's room last month and got him a new desk,

I wanted to paint his dresser to match the decor.

The husband vetoed it because the dresser belonged to his grandpa.

(I really am a sentimental person.  I wasn't suggesting getting rid of it, just updating it!  ;-))

We decided to switch dressers instead.

So we took my dresser and put it in here

and put his/Grandpa's in our room.

He even put his clothes back in his.

Look how neat it looks!

Putting mine back together is something for another day.

Ikea Fun

I took the 15-year-old to Ikea to get him a desk

since his legs don't fit under the one he has anymore.

Here's an old before picture...

He chose this cool corner table.

During and after...

Then he saw a cool bedspread that I absolutely love.

It has the alphabet on it.
What elementary school teacher doesn't love something covered in cool letters?

He told me how much he liked it, too.

I bought it for him along with a fun lamp for the desk.

My favorite part about the makeover is that he put some of his own artwork on the walls!

I Saw the Light

Today I replaced the light switch in my closet.

The husband is always very quiet about getting ready in the mornings if I'm still sleeping,

but he often complained that the light was so bright in the closet

early in the morning

so I installed a dimmer switch to make him happy!

Cedar Chest and End Table

This is what I love about this blog.

I have had some somethings sitting and waiting to be done for a long time 

and having this blog makes me get going on them.

This is an end table I got off of KSL and a cedar chest that used to belong to my older sister

(like 13 years older).

I got them both for the 3-year-old girl's bedroom,

but they don't match at all.

So guess what I've been up to.

This something is going to take a couple of days, but it will definitely stay done!

His Own Room

When we moved to this house about three years ago,

the now-15-year-old had the choice of either a shared room in the basement

or a room by himself upstairs.

He chose the shared room.

Now, he's decided that he'd like his own space

so he talked the 10-year-old into switching with him.

This is the 10-year-old cleaning out his stuff.

And this is the after! 

 I wonder how long it will stay this clean!

;-)

A new dresser

When my sister-in-law moved, we ended up with lots of good stuff they didn't need anymore.

This former changing table turned dresser now belongs to the 7-year-old.

Here's the before picture...

(The 12-year-old made sure it looked especially messy right before I took the picture.)
And here it is after...

It's bigger and much more sturdy.
Just what he needed!
Thanks again, Aunt Jana!

Finished Closet

The 10-year-old, with some help from his mom, finished his closet.

He had lots of clothes that were too small in his room.

We put them away for the next boy.

Before & After

Big Boy Bed

My nephew is having a baby soon so I offered him one of our cribs.

Today was the day...

I took the crib down and washed it and even got it delivered.

 Here is the 2-year-old boy's new bed!

It's actually the 15-year-old's old bed.

He's been sleeping on the same mattress for his whole life so he got a brand new one!

The Other Side of the Closet

Here is the aftermath of the other side of the closet.

Today I bought supplies for a cleaning project and this shelf.

I cut about two feet off of the shelf and installed it.

The only thing I had to buy was the support on the left.

Of course, I recently threw away a few of these thinking that I wouldn't ever need them.

Luckily, it only cost me $2.99.

Book Closet

Remember this picture from yesterday?

I got this part of my unexpected something done today.

I took the empty bookshelf from one bedroom 

and put it into the closet with the failed shelves on the wall.

All of the books fit great.

Now for the rest of the closet...

(We need a new rod and shelves on the other side now.)

That's something for another day!

An Unexpected Something

Remember this closet?

Those books have been on those shelves for two-and-a-half years.

Today, the shelves decided that they'd had enough.

The 10-year-old was laying in his bed reading one of those books when it happened.

So, today's project was to start fixing this problem.

The worst part is that I just went to two home improvement stores 

to find two shelves like these for the top of two closets like this. 

Now I have two extra.

The best part is that I didn't get rid of the shelf on the right that I emptied a few weeks ago.
I guess I know where I'm putting that now;)!

Another Closet

It seems like I live at the hardware store lately.

Today's trip was for a shelf for the top of the closets I'm working on.

I got a shelf for the little boys' closet.

And I moved the organizer in the little girl's closet and put a shelf on top there too.
Here's the before and after...

This something will make these closets easier to keep organized!

P.S. I found the coolest little shelf at the D.I. the other day.
I think that it is actually going to be nice weather tomorrow.
(It snowed yesterday!)
Can't wait to use my new paint sprayer!

Closet Shelves

I mentioned in my last post that I got shelves at Ikea 

for my closet organizers for a buck a piece.

They were not white, but for such a great price I thought I could just paint them.

I bought spray paint to do the trick.

I ran out a little too soon, but for a shelf behind a closet door, I decided that this was good enough.

The Little Boys' Closet

When the little boy fell asleep on the couch,

I knew which something was going to get done today.

I rearranged the shelves in the boys' closet.

I bought a shower curtain rod for the closet rod so I wouldn't have to use any tools

and could move it up and add another rod as they get older.

 The rod is behind the sliding closet doors below. 

I got some more shelves at Ikea for these closet organizers.

That's something for another day because I got tan shelves on clearance - 2 for $1.99.

I figured that was worth painting...and I have a new paint gun!

Hope it stops raining one of these days so I can get busy!

I also got something put away...

and it's only one day after Easter!