Room shift

Our house has undergone a massive shift.  The need for transition began because the boys destroyed their room every night.  I woke up each morning to EVERY toy dumped out, clothes thrown out of drawers, curtains pulled off the walls, sheets ripped off of beds...DISASTER! (see above)  It got so bad that C. hasn't been allowed to sleep in there for the past five months or so since he was the primary offender. I preferred him sleeping in the pack-n-play in the living room to cleaning that room up everyday! And before you say, "Those boys just need a good spanking!"-we've been there and done that. Didn't help.

  

In addition, we have a new addition coming our way this year and there is no way new baby is sleeping in the boy's room!  He or she needs a much more gentle environment.  So, we needed a new room.

Our grand plan?  Move ALL the toys from the boy's room into what used to be my study (above). All that is left now in the boy's room is the bed and their clothes.  What used to be my study is now a play room with a crib for the new baby-see below:

But...my study needed a new home.  So, we converted the screened in porch (that was primed and never painted and missing three screens from the dog) into a new study for me. We found a wonderful contractor who did an amazing job. We hired him to put in storm doors, a patio and a fence too! It took less than two weeks, and I love it!  It's off the kitchen and dining room and is painted the perfect "avacado" shade of green.  The electrician even got my my grandma's old telephone installed and working.

Here are some of my favorite parts: 

I'd like to say that all is well now, but the boys are having a very difficult time adjusting to sleeping in the same room again.  HOPEFULLY, after a week or two it will be smoother.  But on the bright side, C. is out of the living room, new baby has a bed, and I have a study.  

All we need now is the baby!