So even though the floors have been in for a few weeks now. Thanks to rainy weather, continually runny noses and the general craziness of life I haven't quite put everything back together and still more cluttered than we are hoping to be. I (and my house) will likely always be a work in progress.
Our entrance way (also realized best shot showing our beautiful new floor). We moved the secretary desk from our room and have a wall shelf with pegs to hold coats and my bags. We put the chair in the middle so it can be pulled around for the desk or more often used to sit on to put on shoes. Now we have to go through our shoes and pass on the ones outgrown.
We moved the dining table behind the couch so that we wouldn't waste the space given over to the dining room and could still have our "play room." It's been great, though the chairs rarely stay around the table as Graeme is utilizing them to "build" ships, houses for reenacting the three little pigs, bridges, trains or whatever else his imagination can come up with. Lots of fun until we actually need to sit down to eat :-).
The only new thing added is the entertainment unit, which has been great. With the cozy space between it and the couch, my boys and I have found a great dance floor to get the last of the energy out before bedtime each night (our favorite song right now is from the Lego Movie-Everything is Awesome and is the first song we start with every time)
Fun fact-we ended up putting the space heater where the horrid fireplace used to be. We are finally getting heat from that space :-)
Glad to have places to sit again! Still working a bit on the hutch holding our dishes. Very pleased with top two shelves but still figuring out what to do with Easter decorations as both boys are finally old enough that can decorate during different seasons and holidays. (Liam thinks he should hide plastic eggs throughout the house for Mike and I to find).
Our "play room" still has the yellow couch under the window looking out into the backyard (lots of fun watching the bird feeders). The china cabinet now holds books (as does bookshelf next to it :-)-so happy to finally be able to have books out again without too much worry for little hands tearing them up). Enjoy the view of fun rugs I found at Target, it is generally covered in Legos, Duplos, trains or Octonauts depending on what the boys are interested in. We decided not to bring our big coffee table back in and leave this as a great open play space and we have loved it.
Another great use of our vaulted open flow space. Mike took the shelves that used to be where we now have the TV and put them on the narrow wall by the kitchen so that I can finally have my cookbooks in a useful and handy spot. Lacking cabinets, the dresser underneath holds our casserole dishes, bakers, and serving bowls.
It has been a long project but so excited with how the remodel has ended up making such better use of our space. The boys are now starting spring break so we will make use of the space next week as well as we hope to have some fun adventures to share! We are ready for April and for spring to show up, NO FOOLING!
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