Renovation Day 10

We are getting there!  I am on track to wrap up tomorrow, all things going well of course.  This last weekend was our weekend to finish the counters and build Hazel and Mr. T’s bed.  I was dreading the counter but looking forward to the bed project, both got done :), though, in hindsight I COULD have done a better job on the counter… next time ;-).  We got an early jump and built a lot of the bed Friday night.  Then I did solo work Saturday on the counters and finished up the bed Sunday.  Hazel was with us the whole weekend, usually my mom takes her so things took a little longer BUT she had a blast and learned how to make a bed!

My only remaining project is the shower, which is well underway at the time I write this but I will save that update to do on it’s own… in a few days, if it turns out well :), OR if it doesn’t, wither way, you’ll hear about it soon!  I think it will turn out well though… short story is I am turning my shower from Black to white, it is a sore thumb after the renovation and looks like a cave… So soon it will be bright and airy like the rest of the place!

Here are some pictures, hope you all have a safe and happy weekend!

Hazel figuring out the light and fan on the new bamboo steps.

Starting the door... I'll admit, the project got a little out of hand, there was nothing wrong with the old door other than it didnt match the new floors, and I am a bit protective of aesthetics! they are important!

Denver, being his ever helpful self

I even flipped the fan blades, convieniently the back side matches the new colors 🙂

I believe this is the very first toy I have purchased for Hazel, I hear it is the holy grail of toddler toys and I think it is. It has gotten up to 111 already this year, this water table has been AWESOME to occupy her outside while keeping things cool, and we have a nice shady yard to play in it.

She learned this trick from Denver, luckily she got to it BEFORE Denver...

Dreaming of her water table days... she likes her room, she spends a lot of time there 🙂

Starting to frame up the beds, James insisted on helping even though it was the fun part that I like (can you see my new chop saw? It was my mothers day present :))

Hazel was very content with the pack of sponges, entertained her ALL night!

And the frames, two out of 2x3's (for the actual beds) and one out of 2x2s (for storage above)

And the counters underway... I used the same bamboo and made it look like it was running up and over the counter.

While I worked on the counter James started building their storage stacks, Hazel played in all of the things... all of them.

She was really digging things going in her room!

I was concerned I wouldnt be able to peek in the door and see them because the stack may stick out too far but I can, it was a close one 🙂

AND Hazel gt her own door nobs, she always tried to go in and out by grabbing the window frame, we were at the store looking at hardware and I thought it would be nice for her to have her own pulls. She smiled SO big when they were put on!

I picked this one.

She picked this one

Shes a fan

we used one of the storage boxes that james had around to make sure things would fit, and yes, we waited until this point to verify 🙂 not positive what the plan would have been if they DIDNT fit 🙂

Mattress in

And the final trim up, had to test it out, I was WIPED OUT

Hazel, loved it!

Even being wiped out myself I put Hazel to bed and then got up to finish painting the ffirst coat so that we would stay on schedule.

Woke up, did a second coat and stated on the ladder and rails

The bottom rail is on hinges so it can open and close, its really not that far of a fall but Hazel is a bit of a sleep walker/crawler so I wanted a rail, she is learnign how to open and close it. The idea is not that she is trapped but th :)at she is safe.

And with the ladder in place.

The top bunk has a fixed rail, no one will sleep in it for a while but eventually Hazel will be there.

And that up above is storage for toys so that I can rotate them and keep things 'fresh' and new feeling.

The completed assembly

The completed assembly

I told Hazel to show us what she will do in her bed, she laid down 🙂

And then, just like that she slept all night in her own bed! I totally admit I was not ready for that and I thought it would be a more difficult transition... I nornakky ask if shes ready for bed and she climbs the steps... I asked and she ran to her room and crawled in bed like she had done it a hundred times... and then slept there, all night!

AND our new rugs came in the mail, the bamboo is really soft (Denver has already scratched it by jetting out the door after squrrels, so I got some rugs!

The rest is just shower stuff, I will do a bigger update on this once it's done, we are mid re-do right now! This is the before picture though...

I promise I was safe! 27 week belly BTW 🙂

And this is what it looks like tonight.

Some misc

this corner was tricky and the place I could have done better, I can't believe I don't have any pictures of it cone, I'll get some next time!

So nice to have some indoor storage! 🙂