To make room for the impending twinsies we had to move Mandy’s office into the space we were using for a dining room (really, a breakfast area off of the kitchen), move my desk into the living room, move our dining room into the actual dining room (that we were using for… nothing, really), and move our bookcases into the new dining room (of course).  We had the painters paint the room “Optimistic Yellow” (Aside: Paint names are crazy.  It’s amazing how many ways they can come up with to say “yellow”.) so we could have a nice, bright room.  I spent a day putting together a dresser, two cribs, and a kegerator.  Oh, uh… the kegerator is for a different room.  These pictures show our initial setup for the kids’ room.  I did put a number of things in the closet to make the room look better (my strategy for room cleaning since I was a kid).  We also have a rug ordered, and we’re trying to figure out a storage solution for diapers and accessories.  We’ll probably get some bins to go under the table, but we haven’t looked much, yet.

Before

Cribs

Curious Cat

Couch, Changing Table, and Dresser

As I was removing the old ceiling light fixture to replace it with one a bit more up-to-date I found that the old light fixture was screwed directly into the ceiling joist with one screw and no electrical box.  What was supposed to be a one-trip-to-Lowes simple project has turned into an I-don’t-feel-like-going-back-to-Lowes-right-now project.