Does it seem like I’m getting a little frantic on The New Playroom? Well, I do have a deadline, and this is just one of the dominoes that needs to fall into place. We need to shift, both physically and mentally, some load to accommodate a new human being. That means, bring the planned playroom to fruition, create a separate space downstairs for hubby’s office, move hubby’s office out of our third bedroom, and, last but not least, set up the baby’s room. Whew, I’m tired just looking at that sentence.

As for The New Playroom, you may remember that last summer I had started paint swatching and deep cleaning with the intention of doing a major makeover in the basement before the snow flew. Clearly, that plan was derailed. Mainly by my first trimester, during which I felt well enough to do precisely NOTHING. Except, apparently, keep Ian alive. Hey, you live with a splitting headache for 12 weeks and see how you pull it off.

Which brings me to the latest “tick” on the list of “what must happen before this baby comes,” and that is that I have made over the second piece of basement furniture! Once again, paint covers a multitude of sins! I have completed the makeover on piece of furniture number 2 for The New Playroom. I’ve reached that point where a project in one part of your house means the REST of your house must be completely trashed for some reason no one fully understands, but hopefully we can get there before I lose my mind. We have 12 weeks (okay, technically, we have 12 weeks- probably actually 11 weeks total, with maybe five or six of them being weeks when I can actually do anything other than try not to hurt anyone because I’m so miserable in my enormous, pregnant body) to go!

Here’s today’s installment of the “Before and After.”

Freecycle Bookcase: Before!

Freecycle Bookcase: After!