April 2, 2013
Hey Winifred
We worked on your room today (or as our friends Lesley and Daisy called it, your “baby lair”). We picked out the colors according to this color pallet:
We decided to do horizontal stripes of the all colors (minus the dark brown since the floors are soon to be dark, and we thought the two colors might clash) on one wall and paint the remaining walls the yellow color. Speaking of Daisy and Lesley, they came over to help us paint - it took about three coats, plus some touch ups, but we finished with the yellow in a few hours. I have to admit, I was not crazy about he color at first, but it is slowly growing on me (I immediately toyed with changing it, but as of now, I’m pretty sure I want to keep it - with some possible adjustments to break up the color). We have yet to paint the stripes as we have to wait for the paint to dry before we can tape off the stripe pattern. We have quite a few things left to do before we are finished, such as:
- paint the stripes
- paint the doors, closet door trim, and window trims
- paint the insides of the two closets
- install the new flooring
- install and paint new baseboards and door trim
- I am also toying with the idea of installing board and batten on the walls which are not covered in stripes (this was my idea to break up the color.. I have yet to run this idea by your Dad…)
So, obviously we still have quite a lot to do before you exit the womb.
I have to admit I am running your Dad through the house repair/improvement gamut. I just feel like everything has to be perfect for you. I am probably being a bit crazy… I’m being fairly crazy… I’m acting like a f*cking clinically insane person.
"We" (your Dad and some of our friends/your Uncle) started by adding a walk in closet. It took awhile as "we" had to put up a new wall and tear out and reconstruct three walls and a ceiling with drywall (they were all formerly covered with paneling - we are not fans of the paneling - its the lazy/very unstylish man’s wall covering). Then "we" had to install lighting and an electrical outlet (curtesy of our electrically trained friend Jeff), install base boards and window trim, install new flooring, and paint the walls/ceiling and previously mentioned trims.
After that was more or less complete (its presently acting as storage for things we need to move around as we paint - it doesn’t actually have any clothes or other “closet things” in it), we began painting. We started with the living room - it was a burnt orange color, but I felt like it was too dark and really limited our selection in decor - its now a color called “ginger root”, its a lot brighter and I love it. Our friends Daisy, Lesley, Tim, and Shannon helped out with this task (its awesome having so many people who are willing to help out).
… And, today we worked on your lair. I was pretty low on the energies today as I haven’t been sleeping super well the past few nights. Your Dad, on the other hand, has pretty much been a huge glowing ball of energies. He is presently (its almost 11:00 PM) working on building a box to put the new air conditioning duct inside…
So, “we” are also moving the air conditioning intake duct. It is currently in the floor in the living room and is a huge hassle when arranging furniture/ I recently found out the dogs apparently think its cool to pee in it. We also don’t want you to have to learn to navigate around it once you are mobile as it will no doubt hurt your little baby knees. We are moving it to the front of the house and putting it in the wall. Your Dad thinks he can do it himself… he’s watched many an online tutorial - I’m pretty confident he can do it… we will find out soon.
"We" still have to finish your room, paint the hall, paint the trim in the bedroom and the bathroom, and possibly paint the front room (your Dad now thinks I am crazy for wanting to do this as I just repainted it last year, but the color (dandelion yellow) feels like too much and is not matching the color flow of the rest of the house). Eh. We’ll see. I might change my mind. I do that quite a lot these days. "We" then get to install the new flooring (well, we are having a professional install it), finish the closet, build and install book/DVD shelves, install a TV wall mount, buy a new sofa and area rug, and possibly paint the kitchen and laundry room…
…all in the next three months…
Its needless to say, our weekends are pretty full, but It will all be worth it - that is, if I can ever make up my mind about paint colors.
P.S. - (Yeah, we’ll keep that up.) It seems like I always intend to sit down and only type up a few words here, but I end up almost writing enough for a short story… I’m insanely wordy when it comes to the writing… not so much in conversation… I’ve always been that way. And I’m doing it again now.
An aside from the aside, you’ve been wiggling around quite a lot this evening - it feels so strange, like little bubbles popping on my insides… keep it up kiddo. (Your Dad has yet to feel you move, you always stop when he tries to feel for you - we’ll keep it between us for now.)
