Monday, February 09, 2009

Remodeling

We had quite a busy weekend. We have decided to kill off our guest room and now Evan and Conner will have separate rooms. We have more clothes and toys than space in one little room and half a bar/dining room/playroom so something had to give. We are still working on it but have already made plenty of progress.

Here's the latest self portrait of Evan and me. It doesn't get any better as I gain weight! By the way, my Conner is 4 lbs and 10 ozs and I am only 31 weeks and 3 days. I have at least 5 weeks to go but I'm on my way to another little brute!


This is a train table that I used to play on over 22 years ago with my little brother and neighbor. It belongs to our old friends and neighbors, Lucretia and Jonathan. They found out how much Evan loves trains and brought it over for him. This will be one of the first additions to Evan's big boy room.


This beautiful wall paper border was $0.25 a roll at Lowe's. For under $25, one gallon of paint and 4 rolls of border, Evan will have a Thomas the Train themed room.

This is the new paint color. This room used to be purple, sigh! We have affectionally named this color Gordon blue. Thomas is the same color blue but Evan is obsessed with Gordon. The color matches the border very well.

Another shot of the color

This is the lighter blue that the nursery, AKA Evan's old room, has always been. It will remain fire truck themed for Conner.

One last Lowes find, Firetruck border for $0.25 a roll. We are adding it to the nursey since it was a steal.



I hope everyone is well. I know most of you are on Facebook with me. That's part of the reason this blog has been neglected. I will post more pictures of Evan's new room next weekend when we have a finished product. Have a great week!

7 comments:

Heather said...

What a great deal you found on those borders. The rooms should look great. Hard to believe their are only 5 weeks left!

Becky said...

My nephew has that same blue in his room! It is "Thomas (or Gordon) Blue", that's for sure!!!

Unknown said...

How fun a Thomas room! Davis would be in heaven! It won't be long now! I think you look great! :)

Amanda

The Partins said...

Love the new finds, and what a great price!!! Not too much longer now!

Andrea said...

David likes Gordon too...I think its 'cause he is one of the fastest engines????

Can't wait to see what Mr. Conner looks like!

Anonymous said...

You know it is getting really, really close when the new room needs to be prepared!!! Kade also loved Thomas. Luke never got into it. I can not wait to meet Mr. Connor!

Anonymous said...

The rooms look great. You got really good deals. We are in the process of sprucing up Miss Morgan's room also. I am waiting on her furniture to come in. I really don't want to paint again....sigh....