My house is somewhat turned upside down at the moment. We do not live in a large house, in fact, we're bursting out of our 4 walls, so when we empty the entire contents of one room, it feels like we're living in a shoe box full of stuff. The kids think it's cool, especially Alex, who slept on his mattress on the living room floor last night. He also thinks it's pretty neat that his bookcase is in the bathroom. He told me that we should leave it there.
His room is empty because we're redecorating. After his allergy tests a month or so ago, we knew that his carpet had to go. We thought it would be fun to paint the concrete floor. You know, cheap and easy. We talked about it a bit, but had no definite plan. Well, one night while I was at my sewing class, Matt decided to pull the carpet up. I had forgotten how gross the concrete floor was. (we lived with bare concrete floors when we first moved into our house because every bit of flooring had to be changed)
What were we thinking? This project is NOT cheap and easy. Well, it is cheap, but definitely not easy. We have no idea if this will work or not, but at this point, we're carrying through. When we started all this, I didn't realize how long this process is...all the washing, then the priming, and now all the drying between coats, and then we'll have to seal. I suppose it doesn't help that we've been having super humid days lately. I think once it's done it will be really cute, but until then - disaster zone.
While we were in paint mode with an empty room, I decided to paint the walls. Those were nasty. I never did like that wall color, so changing it was a good thing. The boy wasn't too impressed, but now that the floor is green, he's coming around.
All this change has renewed my interest in making his quilt, which I kind of started a year ago. I feel the need to make this quilt right now because it's just about the only thing I can do...other than watch paint dry. Again, when I showed him all the swatches, he wasn't impressed. I think once we get the whole thing pulled together he'll like it. I know that I sure like the vision I have in my mind!
**if this turns out terrible, then hardwood, like the rest of the house will do down. also, everything that came out of that room will NOT be going back in...lord, help me!!!
