little messes

we’re getting closer to the arrival of the babes. i was hoping to hold out until the end of the month but my appointment today made it look like there will be four of us living in this house sooner rather than later.

we’ve been busy bees around here. in the last few months we’ve finished the hallway refresh that was started back in 2006. i can’t believe that it took us nearly 3 years to finish this work. but it’s done and it looks oh so lovely.

next we renovated the mud room, which meant a new roof and hence a new ceiling and well that room still needs a new coat of paint and all the furniture moved back in, we’re going to make it into more of a sunroom and bring our formica table back into action.

next up jeff gave in to my whining and we added a new sink and cabinet in the bathroom. it’s gorgeous and i can’t seem to stop sighing with delight every time i walk in there.

and finally we have the nursery which for the last 9 months i have been referring to as the “middle room”. that’s as far as i could go with my denial that anything was really going to change around here. but now it’s done, well nearly, and it will soon have new inhabitants if all goes as it seems to be going.

sadly many of these projects have not made it onto my camera yet but i did finally take some photos of the nursery. we made due with mostly recycled furniture we’ve been gathering for years.

first we have part of the set of medical cabinets i scrounged out of a podiatrist office a few years ago. thank you craigslist! the office manager thought i was completely insane when i showed up with a truck and bought two complete doctor cabinet sets. they were in use for 50 years and look nearly new and i was so excited to finally find the proper home for them. now they hold books and small toys just waiting for some little hands.

next we were lucky enough to round up a beautiful second hand oeuf crib for the bugs to share (i’m hoping they can sleep together for as long as possible because adding another crib to this room is going to be oh so tight) and a garage sale chair from a trip to upstate new york. my dear friend adrienne made the bugs a gorgeous quilt with small wise owls to look over them.

i’ve been collecting small postcards, calendars and tiny showcase prints for years and hung up just a few to get some art into the minds of the babes from the get-go.

and our changing table, again part of the medical set with matching trash can. hee! and the one new piece of furniture we bought for the room. an oeuf changing station that can rest on this cabinet or fit on top of the crib to save some space. this baby is stocked up with cloth diapers galore and i can’t wait to wrap these little bums up in all this cotton.

ok, now i’m getting excited.

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