I've spent over 2 weeks hunting down curtains for every room other than Hannah's room. I now only have the breakfast nook left to find. Hannah and I started our day at Target looking at curtains. I bought 3 different colors, and the one I liked most (you'll have to wait till the reveal to see what colors I'm doing) was a shade off from my dish towel. So later in the day we returned the panels. Since I knew what color I wanted this time, I brought my dish towel to use as a swatch for matching purposes. I chose the shade that was the closest. When I brought them home I asked Sergio his opinion, and he vetoed it as too bold. So the curtain hunting continues.
Inbetween trips to Target, I decided Hannah needed a break from all the house craze and some good ol' fashion summer time fun: swimming and icecream.
She decided half way through her icecream bar she wanted to trade me for my drumstick.
Sergio worked at 7am, and came home at about 4pm. Since he was home "early", I took advantage of the man power and we shifted our attention to the garage. I really wish I had before pictures because it was scary! You know the scene from Home Alone when he is in the basement and the furnace scares him? That was me in our garage. We had made some progress several weeks back, with unpacking all the boxes. I posted the boxes and packing paper free on craigslist. Luckily that was all taken away several weeks ago. With Sergio working everyday the garage just sat neglected after that. Of course it only seemed to become even more of a disaster. Not to mention the creepy spiders that I imagined lurking around in dark places.
We began by putting everything on the driveway so we could lay down carpets we have. We have 2 AstroTurf carpets that we had from our yard in Virginia. Since we do not need them here because of our lovely patios, we decided to use them in the garage. We also had a carpet remnant we bought in Mississippi for Hannah's room when she started to crawl which we now placed in front of our washer and dryer.
Your tour guide.
We divided the garage into zones.
On the left wall is our trash cans, Sergio's work bench (our old baker's rack), and storage bins. The pile on the floor in front of the bins is garage sale and recycle boxes. Once we have our garage sale I can park my car in the garage.
On the right is the man garage, since we don't have a man cave. We were going to sale the furniture from our FROG in Virginia. Since our garage is completely drywalled we decided to keep it and set up an area. It already proved useful while we were working yesterday. Hannah loves running around in the space. We figured we could back the car into the driveway and she would have a whole area to ride her cars safely, since we live on a busy corner.
The mess in the corner is a broken gazebo. A Virginian storm swept it across our yard. We brought it out west hoping to order new parts and use it here. However we don't have a need for it, so instead we will be hauling it to the dump. Once it is gone, the crib and large baby items will be nicely stacked in the corner.
In the back of our garage is the laundry area. I have some future plans to add shelves and artwork to give the space some function and personality.
For now the garage is a huge improvement and I don't need to be scared anymore while doing laundry.
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