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D is for Demo, Drywall, Dusty, Dirty…

D is for Demo, Drywall, Dusty, Dirty…

Things are getting super messy over here.

It has been a few months since the last time our entire house was covered in a thin layer of demo dust and we were really enjoying the lack of sneezing, so we put some inevitable demo off for a couple of weeks. Last week, we finally decided it was time to awaken the dust beast again, this time via our son’s bedroom (along with his bedroom closet, the hall closet, and the “linen” closet.)

We would love to be able to do jobs like these without making our entire house a gigantic, dusty mess.  We would also like to do these jobs while our son naps so that Ronan and I can work together. It seems like both of these goals are totally unattainable…such is life.

Anyway, after waking our son up from his very short nap to the familiar sound of crashing plaster, we let him help us quite a bit (once the dust cleared out of the room.) He was so happy and told me that “a day of work is way more fun than a day of vacation.”  At first, I thought that was the cutest thing ever, but then I started thinking about places that we had vacationed (because I like to punish myself like that) and asked him if working was more fun than being at each and every one of those places.  He replied yes to each item on my list and now we will never be going on a vacation with our child again.  

Our Future Floor Plan, An Update, and A Guessing Game

Our Future Floor Plan, An Update, and A Guessing Game

Time for an update! We have some definite plans for the upstairs that we are super excited to share today, as well as some photos of the progress we have made in the dining room.  Check it all out below!

Let’s See What You’re Working With (The Upstairs Edition)

Let’s See What You’re Working With (The Upstairs Edition)

If you have been following along since wayyyyy back when we started this ol’ blog (last month) then you probably remember this post that explained all of the awesome and not so awesome things about the first floor of our house.   Lucky for us, our upstairs also has lots to love and lots to run away from and today we are going to share all of that with you.  We also want to show you a current floorplan.