The Last Day of This:

Today is the last day before 

we move the girls 

and their things upstairs 

to their new rooms on the weekend.

And hopefully the last day of having things piled up around the house,

even in our bedroom.

The last day of having my craft desk in the dining area

closely packed in with other things

the last day of dining surrounded by too much furniture

the last day of looking at the girls' messy school stuff at meals.

And this, my friends, is why we renovated in the first place.

So much stuff, so little space.

So little room to get in and make the bed.

This will become my craft room :-)

Kitchen clutter comes and goes  on a daily basis,, but I hope  

that the kitchen can improve with the new arrangements too.

I've already been able to make some changes inside the cupboards 

which make cooking easier.

(The boxes have only appeared here today and yesterday 

as I start to unpack stuff.)

One day we might even be able to sit on those bar stools ....

The last day of a cluttered enclosed living space

The last day of chaos in the back of the living room
(although some of this chaos might stick around 

till we completely finish painting)

Living room looking back to the dining area

The study is piled up to the ceiling on two sides.

This should improve too.

And when I teach piano twice a week I won't have to 

hurriedly move all this stuff out of the room

so we can reach the piano:

Even the hall bookcase will lose a lot of its clutter:

So you can see why I'm just a tad excited!

This extension of two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs

will have massive and positive consequences for downstairs too!

Now we just have to wait another 24 hours or so before the fun begins!

Stay tuned for the "after" photos ....