I was last here in 2013, and had a really nice closet, in those years, my sister moved in and I lost the closet and the exercise room. My nephew moved into the closet, my sister moved into the family room downstairs and my mom moved into the spare room upstairs. Eventually Mom moved out, my nephew moved up to the spare room, and we where more or less happy, things changed this summer (2018) and my sister is moving out and of course taking her now teenaged son. I will be putting back together the closet, and the exercise room will be the family room in the basement, so that I have a grandbaby room, up stairs. Room for a crib and a small twin sized bed, with toys in as well.
I have 2 grandsons from my youngest son and they need a place to sleep, for naps or overnight, which we have not had before. I have 2 pseudo grandson's as well, so we have many opportunities to have them spend nights here in the future too.
No pictures to show at this time of the transformations.
But here is a picture of my pup Pepper. Just because.

I am done..
oh I wished that was true.. but its getting there, need help with a few big items, like the big dresser and the mirror on it. But my closet is moved down to the closet. Including off season and off sized stuff. I have all my shoes down and boy do I have a ton!! LOL. But this room gives me reason to buy more!! LOL. I can buy more clothes too! LOL. I love the pink wall and I am sure the little girl in side of me is dressed in her prettiest pink dress is doing twirls over and over in my mind about the pink room, she finally has. I have my purse stand all done, I do need 1 more shelf for it, not sure how or when.. We shall see. I even had a shower and got dressed and put my makeup on in the room. I feel so "girly"
I still need to get the big mirror down there and painted, the big dresser down there and painted. I want different chairs, and a different foot stool as well as hanging the mirror at the dressing table and 2 lamps (in white of course) But those will come in time.

I have the after pictures taken today with stuff in there.

I took a few days off.. just a bit burnt out, back at it today, got the final coat of paint on the three main walls, and removed most of the blue painters tape, got the handles back on the tall dresser. And got the final coat of paint on the end table. Also got my pink curtains hung and from the outside you can't see in, you can see out a bit with them closed, so am happy about that. Hubby was a dear and put together the "desk" turned makeup table, and found the chair I can use with it and found a mirror that will work in the mean time till I get the one I want, and have it painted.. to match the white theme. Might have to cover the chair in a white fabric, maybe or just maybe buy a new white chair when I find one I like.
I took after photo's of the walls before much is added back in. I am painting the pink wall tomorrow, so not much moved in yet.. soon though, goal is Sunday the 28th to move stuff in.

I am working on the room still. Today I got the second coat cut in, and the tall dresser completed, I didn't get a before of it, unfortunately. But I did get a more or less before taken of the night stand. (I did take off the drawer pulls) I have a before, and after 1 coat and after 2 coats, tomorrow.. or maybe even before bed a third coat on it.

Don't feel to bad for this dresser set, we bought it when our oldest was just under 2 and it was a floor sample and was really banged up when we bought it. It never did get repaired after we bought it and we loved it, it is really well built, no drawers are broken, no handles broken. Looked lovely in its natural state, but its going into a white room, with white accents, so it works better to have it white. And our oldest just turned 22. FYI

Got the first coat of paint on the bedroom soon to be closet. It looks fab!! I was wanting to paint 1 coat of the builder beige my hubby found, and do 1 layer of a very pale pink, and then a feature wall of a darker pink, but it turns out the builder beige has a hint of pink in it, so why bother do a coat of a "special" pink, when I have pretty much the color I wanted to use.
I have finished the tall dresser in the same color as the walls. It looks good, hard to not show any streaks, so that's why three coats to cover the dark brown it used to be. I want to get 1 of the night stands (table that will be beside the shoe chair) and the big dresser that holds my clothes that are not hung, also painted next week.
Hubby needs to move the TV out so I can finish the painting in the room..

I had him and my brother set up my workout room, and was glad to be able to use it today, 40 minutes of cardio got done. I am glad to be back at it, missed exercise. I find if my stuff is not easily to  use, I don't use it. Now I have no excuses. While its only temporarily a workout room, it's good enough now.

tomorrow is another day, I am beat!!

closet overflowing

dresser full of stuff

east wall

closet

west wall

window wall

Closet heaven!

last post was in 2008.. wow such a slacker!! LOL
I have got a job at Walmart, quit that job, and then got a new job at Sabal homes, got let go of that job in 2012. I looked after a grandbaby for a few months, and then headed back to school in April of 2013. I finished the course today (July 18) and its a 6 month course, guess I am good at computers or something! LOL

I am back at this blog, due to my empty nest and kids rooms are going to evolve from their rooms to our rooms. First the smaller of the two will go back temporarily to my workout room, till the basement rec room is finished. Once that is done it will change to a grandbaby room (nephew room as well) We will have a futon in there as well as a small crib, with toys in the closet. The larger bedroom in the basement will be come an envy worthy closet for myself. I will have my own personal bathroom across the hall. I am slowly over taking our small bedroom closet space with my shoes, and my clothes. If I can find a dream job and hoping it requires "dressy" work clothes, I will be in heaven with my girly clothes, my girly shoes and my girly room and that means it will be PINK!!!

I have taken before photos. Of the horror show our room is packed to the gills with my stuff and a nearly empty room that will become my closet. Watch for those to be posted soon.