Home Improvements

M-G, E, and D-D have taken a little trip to see their maternal grandparents. While they have been gone, we have been working on things for their rooms. We have painted M.G's and D.D's room a color called "Lavender Sparkle" . We were hoping it would take only one gallon of paint, but we forgot to include the height of the walls in our estimation. Ten feet. One gallon gave us only one coat of paint. Barely. ugh. And this did not include the inside of the closet. Double ugh, triple groan. Soooooooooo...we are hoping that this next bucket of paint has been blessed by God through the prophet Elijah (or was it Elisha?) and will not run dry until we do not need it anymore. :)

We are also putting ceiling fans in both the girls room and the guest/play room. Dana has been up in the attic securing in some two-by-fours to anchor the fans. It is July Fourth...and I think that the attic is hotter than the date!!! We have also been sanding and priming a chest of drawers (which will be E's) and will begin on the dresser (for the girls) soon. Since we lack imagination and artistic talent (mom? "Aunt" Crunch? Rachel?: your expertise is needed!), the dresser and chest of drawers are white. Last night and this morning Dana spray painted the drawer hardware silver. I think when it is all together, it will look very nice though a bit boring.

So over the next few days, once all has been painted, there will be a lot of moving around, rearranging, quite a bit of purging, and finally there will be rooms where the kids have drawers for their clothes and the house has some extra storage space for our sheets and blankets and such.

new fan in guest room

we are wanting to find a
lamp to go on E's dresser.