April 1, 2008

Completed, Finished, DONE - with photo evidence!

The last video for My Lifetime Clean Start Challenge has been posted HERE - nearly 10 minutes of me gesticulating and rambling about this arduous and emotional journey. You may want to go look quickly because I actually APPLIED MAKE UP to make that video! I know not all of you can get the videos to work properly so I am happy to reveal photographic evidence that we tackled THE BEAST and won! Keep in mind we spent less then $200 to make this room happen. The crib, dresser and bookcase were hand me downs. The rug was re purposed from another room as was the giant rocket ship piece. The toddler bed was a gift and so were several smaller accessories like the cool stars pillow case and switch plate cover. You’ll have to click more to see photos as it’s very photo heavy and may blow up those of you on a slower bandwidth.

It started off with a room jammed packed with junk, treasures, and stuff stuff stuff. We started clearing it out: this is 1/2 through the clearing stage

junkroom1

nursery

Then The Hubster patched and retextured the walls

nursery

Next we painted (I say we, hee hee hee. I picked the color and supplied The Hubster with cool drinks and bountiful over instruction )

The paint!

Grandma sent Levi a toddler bed for his birthday

Hmm maybe I'll like this in a few years

And then we went nuts and knocked this project out!

nursery finished!

nursery finished!

Finished nursery!

hand me down crib

revamped dresser

OMG you can see in the closet!

And all the while we pushed to accomplish other goals, goals like passing electrical inspection! (passed on Tuesday) So show me some love and go vote while there is still time. Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me, offered advice, and listened to me kvetch while on this journey. I truly appreciate it.

Filed under: win, baby, house, pregnancy — fidget @ 10:03 pm

8 Responses to “Completed, Finished, DONE - with photo evidence!”

  1. Jill Says:

    It looks awesome! Great job!!!

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  2. Jacquie Says:

    Great job! I still love that little toddler bed.

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  3. JEn Says:

    Fantastic! Decorating on a budget takes talent. Anyone can go out a buy a bunch of matching stuff. So remember that you have talent :)
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  4. Sunshine Says:

    I’m so jealous, as I sit here and get contractor bids coming in on a ton of projects. YUCK!

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  5. Suzi Says:

    It’s amazing! I can’t believe you pulled that off for two hundred bucks. It looks great, and Levi appears to be pleased with it, too!

  6. Lisa Says:

    great job!! The room looks fantastic! Oh, and your package went out today.

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  7. ~A Says:

    HOORAY!!! What a wonderful accomplishment! What happiness and relief you must have!

  8. Suzannek1 from OLS Says:

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful accomplishment! Especially with all the extra added challenges thrown in during the process!

    So, now when do we all find out the ‘official’ winner? (We all know you are a true winner! No more junk room - - - - > wonderful boys room!!!)

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