Construction Has Begun

This weekend Alex and I started working on the baby's room. We have tried to spread out everything that we need to get done before the arrival so that we don't get too overwhelmed in the home stretch. And with only four more months to go, there is still a lot to be done! The room was our first obstacle. We looked at so many color choices I thought I might go color blind. But we did manage to agree on a color scheme and headed out to Lowes to get all of the necessary supplies. At the last minute we thought that putting up some crown moulding would be a really cute accent to the entire room. We went down the aisle, carefully selecting the trim that appeared to look the most "nursery like".

The next morning we were up bright and early ready to tackle our project. Alex decided it made the most sense to put up the crown moulding and chair rail first, before we began painting. Since I am not the construction half of our union I was directed to "stand there and hold the nails". For the next THREE HOURS I sat and watched as Alex climbed up the ladder, measured, climbed down, cut the wood, climbed back up the ladder, swore because the angles were not right, and repeat. (Apparently the angles in the room were not really 90 degrees and this was presenting problems.) Meanwhile Snoopy and I sat down, still holding the nails, and did a crossword puzzle. Finally, the trim was all set and ready to go, and Alex was moderately happy with the results. (He's a slight perfectionist when it comes to this kind of stuff.)

After my nail holding expertise was no longer needed, I was put in charge of caulking. Then I was quickly relieved of that position. So I went back to the crossword puzzle. When the caulk dried we were able to start painting. I was handed a paint brush and happily started slapping the glossy white all over the trim. And my darling husband lovingly followed behind me and "touched up" all of my hard work. The end result of day one of construction was a success I think, I'll be interested to see how day two turns out.