Room to Move? Part Four

Today brings us so much closer to being finished! Yesterday, my husband and kids got the upstairs room completely painted.

Here's a teaser of my daughter's room

My daughter's bed, bookcase, and some little things got moved into her new room. She was beyond excited and thrilled! She was literally jumping and dancing with joyfulness! My husband and kids also got our king-size bed moved into my son's room. What's that? Where did my husband and I sleep? Oh, we have a sleeper sofa. My husband and I talked about it yesterday, and rather than try to move everything on Friday when our set comes, we figured we could sleep on the sofa bed for a couple of nights. It has a Serta mattress, so it's not terribly uncomfortable. I was so tired that I slept like a rock until 5:30 am.

Yesterday was my day to run errands. It seemed like it took forever. In fact, while I was gone, they painted the whole room upstairs; ceiling and walls.

Here's another teaser of my daughter's room

I ordered pillows that needed to be picked up, I ordered sheets and a curtain rod that had to be picked up, and we needed milk and stuff, too. Of course, none of the items were from the same store, so that meant three different stops. I survived, but I was exhausted when I got home.

I think today's main item on the agenda has us painting my daughter's old room. When I say us, of course, I mean my husband and kids. There are odds and ends to move out of my daughter's room, but that should be a quick clean out. The new curtain rod I bought is for my daughter's room, so that has to go up; it's the little things now.

It's funny how you live with things that you know need to be replaced, or want to change. Like the black trim in our bedroom. Of course, we had curtains at the window in our room, but the curtain rod is one of those older, thick wooden dowel-type rods that just screws together in the center. There's a support bracket in the center, and the ends have leaf-like finials. Well, we've had this curtain rod since before we moved into our house. The rod stays together, as long as you don't try to open the curtains; the hole is too large for the screw after all these years and when you touch the rod, it comes apart and crashes down. I bought a new curtain rod for that window a while ago, but my son needed a new curtain rod, so the new one got commandeered for his room. We lived with not touching the curtains, or being very careful about it. So now my daughter moves into the room, and needs a new curtain rod. I lived with not touching the curtains, but I don't want my daughter to have to live with not touching the curtains. Funny.

Speaking of curtains, I bought new curtains for my room yesterday. I'm on the fence about them because they have a gray background. I know they will look great with the blue walls, I'm just not sure how they will look with the blue and brown comforter. They were only $10 for the pair, and I had a 15% off coupon, so for $8.50 for the pair, I figured I'd give them a try. Heck, I don't think you could make them for that price. If they don't work, I found a pair of rich brown curtains (that I think belong to my sister) that should do nicely.

I have to go pick out a mattress set today and I really detest buying a new mattress set. It's so awkward. You're supposed to lay on a bed in public, after God only knows how many people previously laid on that same bed, decide whether you'll get a good night's sleep on it, all the while the salesperson is watching you and asking you questions. Some of the mattresses are not exactly clean looking, either. This does not fit in my “Fun Stuff to Do” category; however, it's a necessity, so I'll be off to do that soon.