For the second year in a row we used Summer to reset the kids bedrooms, and for the second year in a row we made my brother help us with the move. Last August we moved the twins from the small middle floor room into the big middle floor room, then moved the big kids into the big top floor room together, and then turned the top floor room small room into my office and the middle floor small room into Andy's office. I think. Honestly... I don't really remember.
It worked well to have Ezra and Lily share a room, it made bedtimes easier and both Andy and I were working from home so we needed two rooms to work from (I talk all the time in my job, Andy does quiet focus, it does not work for us to be in the same room).
However, Andy now works in an office, and it was becoming apparent that the big kids needed a little more of their own space. They are together A LOT.
So we said goodbye to Andy's office (which FYI does not always look this crazy but he was in the middle of some darkroom etching project when I took these photos:
And Hello to Lily's new room!
(Someday I will learn to do the same angels in each photo)
Then I said a tearful goodbye to my office:
And Hello to Ezra's new room
These rooms are still works in progress, as you can see. The "overtly Olive" paint color is my favourite color and I am a bit sad that I no longer work in a room with that accent wall, and also that the most "grown up" paint color is in each of the kids rooms now. However, it's fun for them to have their own spaces.
Our new combined office is a work in progress. I haven't quite removed all the kid stuff, as evidenced in this photo, but it's getting there:
I have intentionally taken this photo from Andy's side of the office, because his is a definite work in progress.
We didn't have enough room for my office drawers unfortunately, but I managed to consolidate the most important pieces into that
Raskog storage trolly.
Seeing my pens all the time brings me so much joy. And, I use them more! Because I can see them! and I also paint my nails more because I can see my nail polishes.
I adore an IKEA
Raskog and would have one in every room if I could.
That's all from our house updates, I love refreshing a space.
Do you repurpose rooms in your house often? What's the last space you "refreshed"?
We haven't changed room purpose in our house since we moved in, but we are considering switching around two pieces of furniture in our main room. We have a desk and a storage chest. If you're actually working at the desk in the afternoon, you get a lot of sun glare on the monitor, so we might switch the pieces around and see if the desk is more functional. Is that even remotely interesting? (Probably not.)
ReplyDeleteLove refreshing spaces! I'm more of a swap-furniture than a full-room rearranger, but it has a similar effect of making things feel new and like they will magically make everything work better in the flow of the house. Swapping rooms is a huge project and you should be so proud you all did it! -rachel
ReplyDeleteI never did that! Once I got stuff in place, it pretty much stayed there for good, and I was in my house for 10 years! I am definitely not a person who needs change. My aunt does a new revamp on her house every couple of years and it looks great but it makes me tired just thinking about it.
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