A Little Renovation

Sometimes you just need a change.....and sometimes there is a demand for change.  So, when we got back from Story Land Josh and I decided that we needed to make more room in our living room for Conor to be able to crawl around and explore his home in a safe way. 

We had always had a little space carved out for him in the living room but once he started crawling that space was simply too small and there were too many other things in the room that were making it hard for us to feel comfortable with giving him free reign.

So - out with the old and in with the new.  The bench that was serving as our coffee table along with one end table were sent to live in the basement.  The wingback chair had already been sent to Grandpa Tom's house before Conor arrived to make room for his swing so we moved the oversized chair from up against the short wall in the room to over where the wingback chair used to be (and where Conor's swing had been taking up residence - as he had outgrown the swing it is now living with Cousin Nolan).  This allowed for the TV cabinet to be moved against the short wall and now we had a lot more space!

We layed down all of Conor's floor mats to give him a softer floor to crawl on and VOILA - a new living room that is safe for a crawling baby and gives him a lot of room to play while keeping him semi-contained to one area!

The view from the hallway (Conor is already checking things out)

And the view from the front door.

Josh and I really like this layout (as do both our babies).  We had always thought about setting things up like this before but had always been a litlte gun shy about it...I guess babies really do change everything :)

-- Erin

Nesting Has Begun

Dear Avacado,

It's official - we are nesting in preparation for your arrival.  This past weekend I painted and painted till I couldn't paint anymore (mostly because my legs were so tired - I think I went up and down the ladder more than 500 times!).  But, the end result is that your room is no longer forest green and beige but two shades of blue-ish gray.

The contractor arrived this morning and the bead board is going up and the repairs on the window trim were made today.  Taking off the old trim did cause some issues with the new paint (old paint was stuck to the trim) so I have a little bit of fixing to do but that can wait until he's all done.  He is coming back tomorrow to keep working on things - I can't wait for the finished product as your room is going to be the best one in the house!

Pictures to follow once things are all done :)

xoxo
Erin