Ta da! We still need to stain and paint some trimwork and cover the spot where the air conditioning unit will go and put wood covers over the metal shelving. But that's it! We have been enjoying the new space a lot. In fact, Rex keeps asking to go play in the basement and I just don't ever want to go down there because I love being in the family room so much. We incorporated toy storage behind the couch as you can see in the last picture so he has things to play with- don't feel too bad for him. I realize it's not as much fun for him as the basement but for now, I just want to be in the new space that we've worked so hard on for so long.
We moved a lot of the furniture from the living room out there so now the living room looks kind of empty.
It's hard to really get a feel for just how sparse it is from the picture but let me tell you, with only two chairs and an end table (we have moved that old record player out now too) in a room that is about 24 by 14 feet, it feels mighty empty in there. This morning we moved everything else out and did the super-clean on the floors. Now Rob got distracted watching The Polar Express with Rex so we will start working on it again in a little while. We put some new lighting up last night and now we need to bring the dining table and chairs and the loveseat back upstairs. They had been banished to the basement for storage because there wasn't enough room for everything before the family room was finished. Once we get that all done, I will put up some pictures of how our new living and dining area turns out.
And before I wrap this up, I would like to follow up on a few things from my last post. The Disney Store is sending out the Mickey Mouse that I ordered (yay!) though it is questionable if it will be here in time for Christmas (boo!). They also told me to keep the wall border and donate it to my favorite charity. Since there are toy donation things all over the place, I plan on dropping it off at one of those. My disappointing fresh garland continues to disappoint. A week after putting it up, it is all dried out and droopy and nasty. We took it all down this morning because it was so bad. I guess my comment on fresh garland would be this: Only use it outdoors. Maybe, maybe, if you live somewhere you don't have to use a heater much you could have it indoors. I learned my lesson though and I will be picking up some fake stuff at the after-Christmas sales.
And here is a funny picture I took of my boys this week in their awesome big and little brother t-shirts just because.
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It looks AMAZING! Great job, you guys!
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