Let the Nesting Begin!

Whew! Stage I complete. We have finished the remodel on what was our guest bedroom and is now the boys' new bedroom. Our house was built in the 1920's and this room was added on in recent years by a previous owner. It had a set of french doors that went out to the backyard and another door that went out to the driveway. The room has its own bathroom, which is nice, but the only closet for the room was a tiny one in the bathroom. Also it had a large set of windows on one wall. This room is on the back of our house (the west side) and gets a lot of afternoon sun, so it was hard to keep it cool. Needless to say, not only was it not a very functional room, but definitely not for a kids room. So, we made a few changes.

We completely removed the french doors and walled that in. We walled in where the other exterior door was and made that area a closet. We removed the large set of windows and replaced them with 2 smaller ones. Lastly, we removed the carpet, added wood, a ceiling fan and a fresh coat of paint. Along with some new furniture, the room is complete. There is even more room than I anticipated! It never ceases to amaze me how rooms look bigger once you move the furniture in than they do when they are empty. The boys love their new space.

Now we have approximately 2 months to get the nursery (boys' old room) ready for Baby Girl Norris. Yes, we do have a name, but we always like to keep it to ourselves until the big day. We will post pictures of the finished product on the nursery when its done.



I forgot to take a before pictures, so this is actually from right after we bought the house. It was the only one could find.



After, same view. The room was empty for a few weeks while we waited for furniture and the boys loved playing (and yelling) in here. Ollie loved the echoes and sweeping.



New closet, sorry I forgot to flip this before posting it.


Since we would like to keep Ollie in a crib as long as possible, we borrowed this crib from our friend Ann and kept our crib in the nursery. Thanks Ann!!




Between the closet, new dressers and new shelving unit, we have a lot more storage space.