Taking Shape

Hauling away the last of the dirt

When I came home from school today, I got my first really good look of what the new rooms are going to look like. There wasn't too much there, no walls or windows or anything like that. But the foundation had been cleaned up, the dirt had been removed, and suddenly I could see the big picture. I stood in the middle of the dirt that will eventually be the new crawl space and I said to Grace, "This is my new bedroom, this is my bathroom, there's my closet, there's the reading nook and over here is the new spare bedroom." I'm not sure why it felt so different today, except that maybe now it doesn't look so much like a demolition site and more like a building site. I can visualize the new rooms, and it's exciting.

Here's the outline of our new bedroom

The odd thing is that when I stand in the middle of the outline of my new bedroom, it feels so small. In fact, I got the tape measure and measured my current bedroom, then measured this new room to verify that it really is the correct size. Maybe it's because the current ceiling is the sky and the walls are non-existent that the space seems small.

One thing that I'm super excited about is having a bathroom that I don't have to share with a teen and a pre-teen. Honestly, getting ready for school in the mornings is becoming harder and harder. Now that all three of us leave at the same time, I'm finding I have to wake up 30 minutes earlier just so that I get some mirror time. But I really shouldn't complain. I appreciate the fact that Julia finally takes an interest in her appearance and is willing to style her hair. Grace . . . that's another story. Julia has often brought a hairbrush in the car with her just to make sure Grace's hair is somewhat tidy so that she doesn't embarrass her big sister at school.

The master bathroom and closet go here

I'm also looking forward to the new walk-in closet. I'm not a clothes fiend (no matter what Darryl will tell you), but I like to be able to look in the closet and see all of my clothes, instead of just the ones hanging in the front. I envision a whole new fashion look for me simply based on the fact that I'll put all of my clothes into rotation. Look out Vogue - save some pages just for me!