Moving on Up

The kitchen was done.

The living room was done.

The backyard was done.

So what was left? Or, rather, what was next? Apparently, it was time to move upstairs.

Yes, upstairs, the land of three severely neglected rooms. The land with one wall that is still unfinished (at least we put the sheetrock back up; not seen here). We did not choose to start in that room. Instead, we started with the bedroom.

One thing we've learned is that we're terrible at "before" shots. This is the best we've got:

In it you'll notice three things: 1) a 4 drawer dresser; 2) a shelf that was lower than we wanted; and 3) very light-colored and shiny walls. In order to be able to get both of our clothes to fit in this closet, we needed to raise the shelf (and the clothes bar that sat beneath it) and lower the height of the dresser. Did you know that you can cut the bottom drawer off an IKEA dresser?

You can. Step #2, raising the shelf and bar (pun intented), was fairly easy:

And voila:

Next up was the wall. First we tested colors:

After deciding on 173 (upper right), we thought that as long we were going to paint the wall, that this might be a good time to add a little sound-proofing, since we share the wall with a three-year-old who likes to wake up early and cry. We brought in our new contractor friend Roger to add a layer of QuietRock:

It was then spackled and (unfortunately) textured to match the rest of the room. And then it was time to paint. Seth painted the ceiling:

Ilana painted the walls and removed the old yucky blinds:

And Leone (Seth's mom) came in to continue her streak of being a part of every room-painting project we've done so far:

And now, with the addition of the new headboard, some new bedding, and the new wall color, we have a much more attractive bedroom:

We're currently working on our curtain options for both the closet and the window, and Seth is preparing for another turn at crown moulding.

Here is a bonus picture of Seymour, once again, not helping: