So, getting settled back in is always a challenge for me. It seems to take me a solid week to unpack and in the process we somehow manage to dismantle the house….. so then I pull the house back together….. and because my sweet dear man of a husband usually does some renovating while we’re away…. I had a room to unpack too……
Everything had been emptied out of our room…. including the very old carpet on the floor (woot!).ย I wonder if you can sense the excitement in my little typed letters on this screen? The taupe carpet and walls were replaced with a glorious deep soft orange and lovely new bamboo floors….. the whole room feels so clean… I absolutely love it. Joe also painted our closet and hung up new shelving and hanging rods. Which is especially lovely because the last ones were homemade, and while I mean no disrespect to the maker of these…. you couldn’t fit a hanger on the hanging bar. You had to sort of tilt the hanger sideways to get in on there.ย ย He replaced the rickety off balance (and hideous) old fan.ย And while I do wish I had a photo of the room before…. I do not. So you’ll just have to trust that it was drab and dull and in major need of new flooring…. I do however have a photo of my fabric stash “before” storage. Clip together wire shelving which I would cover with an old curtain to keep out the dust……
Above, you can see the many shades of taupe in the before room…..
perhaps that interfered with any good reasoning I may possess in selecting paint colors….
hence the orange….
do see….
Isn’t it lovely? That Joey is a keeper, he really is ๐ All that is left to do is hang up some items from that cardboard box you see in the corner, our artwork. We haven’t even unpacked it since the move last summer. And you even got a peek at our very much not updated master bathroom….
I spent the days of last week purging and reorganizing fabric and craft supplies, mostly a very enjoyable project. For me and for the receivers of the giveaway pile! All of us fiber lovers love to pet the yarn and fabric in our lives…. and somehow I do think it multiplies when we aren’t looking. The bits of color are so pretty against the orange and though I truly used to grumble about having my “studio” space stuffed into our room…. I am now quite happy with the set up. I mean really, what crafter wouldn’t want to fall asleep looking at that shelf. I see a lot of happy creative dreaming in my future ๐
~more house updates tomorrow, that Joe was a busy guy while we were away!