of Mice and Men, often go astray". Which in my case means, no matter how carefully you plan the perfect scrap room, something can go wrong and there better be a Plan B. Of which I don't have one, YET!
For some reason my husband was standing in my room this morning looking and thinking. Very dangerous for me!
It seems he does not like the way I have the counters laid out. Not really that he has a problem with the counters, but with the floor, and the little problem we had, which we ignored.
Let me explain, when we ripped up the carpet in the room, we saw that one small area, right by the bedroom door, along the wall next to the door, was sunken. Not a problem, my husband researched it, got cement and started to build it up to meet the higher part. Not a problem so we thought. While doing that, he actually realized, the floor didn't sink, the part in front of the door came up, no amount of nails, screws, hamering or pounding would bring it down, which means the beams under the floor have warped to push it up like that. We are talking about an inch, maybe less.
Back to the cement, he leveled it out best he could, and when we laid the floor we put shims under it and gradually made it meet. It is a little soft under that part, but really, no one would ever step in that area.
Unfortunately, this is also the area where one part of my paper tower rests. Which brings us back to this morning, and my husband staring at my room. He does not think it's wise to put the paper tower there, we all know how heavy paper and books are, so we all know that basically, he's right. Unfortunately, that means I now lose my corner sitting area to work on the Cricut, my television will no longer be centered on the wall across from me, and I now have a "dead" corner, where nothing can be put, nor reached if I do put something there.
All of this is not a major problem, just a little blip on the plans that have to be changed, and they will, because better to have an off centered television than a crack in the floor!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Floor
YAY! My floor is in! It warms the room up so much. Not heat wise, but in the feeling when I walk into it. I'm getting even more excited now that I am seeing my vision come to life.
I went with a wood look laminate finish by Mohawk. My husband and I put it down together. It was much easier to do then when we put the wood floor in downstairs. These pieces are about 6 inches by 4 foot and they kind of just click together!
We didn't waste any pieces and even had one box left over!
As soon as the floor was down my husband couldn't wait to start building the counter top. He got some brace pieces up, and we moved some cubes in, just to see how they look!
Meanwhile I am plugging away at organizing as much as I can so I can move in and start scrapping!
I went with a wood look laminate finish by Mohawk. My husband and I put it down together. It was much easier to do then when we put the wood floor in downstairs. These pieces are about 6 inches by 4 foot and they kind of just click together!
We didn't waste any pieces and even had one box left over!
As soon as the floor was down my husband couldn't wait to start building the counter top. He got some brace pieces up, and we moved some cubes in, just to see how they look!
Meanwhile I am plugging away at organizing as much as I can so I can move in and start scrapping!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
A little of this...A little of that
I have not stopped working on this room, it's a nonstop adventure! My husband thought it would be a good idea to move the Memory Making Embellishment Centers into the new room while there was nothing obstructing us. Only problem was, they were loaded to the gills! So in the midst of this mess, I started to take things down...
As with everything involving this room, it wasn't just a matter of removing the embellishments, it meant taking things off the shelf above it so that could be removed! Due to my husband's fear of things falling off the wall, he used the embellishment centers as a brace underneath the shelves that held my paper and books.
Now that meant I had to empty the shelves also! We are not talking about much room up here!!
At first it was an overwhelming feeling, where do you start? I just sat and stared for quite some time. Eventually I got up and moved, started by boxing the ribbon, then the embellishments, then realized, I might as well just leave the flowers around my desk so I can see what I have when it's time to put it all back.
Then I put all the paper from one shelf on the floor, when the center was taken down, I just moved the stuff from the other shelf onto it. Problem now was just what my husband thought, the shelves were starting to sag!
Meanwhile he decided to start putting together the paper storage unit he is building. While he did that I thought, why not save time and start organizing cardstock.
I guess you can imagine that disaster. Is it red or pink, is it blue or green, or maybe grey. How about orange, yellow, gold or even brown? Worst of all is WHITE! Is it white, or is it cream?
It took two days, but I cleaned it up, stored it back in the Cropper Hopper Holders, with scraps in the small ones with labels on front telling me what color is inside.
While concentrating on what color is what my husband decided to put up the embellishment centers. Now I know that two hangers on the back of an item can make it stronger, but do you know how hard it is to get that up on the wall, times three! Increase the problem by making the hooks on the back different on each one, including different heights on the same center! Paper had to wait as the two of us spend the next two hours attempting to get them up, centered, and level!
The end result was a little off center, but really, I'm just relieved to have it done!
As with everything involving this room, it wasn't just a matter of removing the embellishments, it meant taking things off the shelf above it so that could be removed! Due to my husband's fear of things falling off the wall, he used the embellishment centers as a brace underneath the shelves that held my paper and books.
Now that meant I had to empty the shelves also! We are not talking about much room up here!!
At first it was an overwhelming feeling, where do you start? I just sat and stared for quite some time. Eventually I got up and moved, started by boxing the ribbon, then the embellishments, then realized, I might as well just leave the flowers around my desk so I can see what I have when it's time to put it all back.
Then I put all the paper from one shelf on the floor, when the center was taken down, I just moved the stuff from the other shelf onto it. Problem now was just what my husband thought, the shelves were starting to sag!
Meanwhile he decided to start putting together the paper storage unit he is building. While he did that I thought, why not save time and start organizing cardstock.
I guess you can imagine that disaster. Is it red or pink, is it blue or green, or maybe grey. How about orange, yellow, gold or even brown? Worst of all is WHITE! Is it white, or is it cream?
It took two days, but I cleaned it up, stored it back in the Cropper Hopper Holders, with scraps in the small ones with labels on front telling me what color is inside.
While concentrating on what color is what my husband decided to put up the embellishment centers. Now I know that two hangers on the back of an item can make it stronger, but do you know how hard it is to get that up on the wall, times three! Increase the problem by making the hooks on the back different on each one, including different heights on the same center! Paper had to wait as the two of us spend the next two hours attempting to get them up, centered, and level!
The end result was a little off center, but really, I'm just relieved to have it done!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Things are Happening!
Whew, things are happening at a nice speed now. Problem is I have too much on my mind! My daughter threw a monkey wrench into my life by telling me she is coming home to work on her wedding in June instead of August like I had thought. This means I have a lot on my plate, but I have a determined husband, and a big mess here, so I am continuing with the room.
Today we designed the unit to hold my paper. I had actually already designed it, so today we ran the numbers, figured the wood, the cuts, everything. Then headed out to Home Depot where a very patient young man spent quite some time making all the cuts we needed.
Next step is painting it.
The floor was ordered this morning. We went with a laminate meant to hold up under wheeling back and forth (me in my new chair).
This evening a friend came by to discuss the formica countertop. The decision was that my husband will actually build the countertop out of plywood, and then the two of then will cover it with formica. Sounds complicated to me, but he said it would be easy, and less costly this way. Besides, it's not a kitchen, it's my scraprooom, upstairs in my house, where except for pictures online, I will be the only person in the room, ever!
Today we designed the unit to hold my paper. I had actually already designed it, so today we ran the numbers, figured the wood, the cuts, everything. Then headed out to Home Depot where a very patient young man spent quite some time making all the cuts we needed.
Next step is painting it.
The floor was ordered this morning. We went with a laminate meant to hold up under wheeling back and forth (me in my new chair).
This evening a friend came by to discuss the formica countertop. The decision was that my husband will actually build the countertop out of plywood, and then the two of then will cover it with formica. Sounds complicated to me, but he said it would be easy, and less costly this way. Besides, it's not a kitchen, it's my scraprooom, upstairs in my house, where except for pictures online, I will be the only person in the room, ever!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Moving Along
Happy Easter/Happy Passover, we celebrate both here, to some extent.
I think I've solved the chair issue. Although I still can't find one in white I am going to order this one from officechairs.com.
Don't get nervous, not in that print! They actually have a nice shade of pink and they even sent me a sample of it!
For the years I have been planning this room, paper storage has been my main issue! I hate the way I have it now, I ruin pages and find it hard and heavy to lift it. My patterned paper is lying flat in the Jetmax Paper Cubes from Michaels. My cardstock is in the plastic holders from Cropper Hopper. The plastic storage does not stand upright for me and keeps falling over. The cube holds so much paper in one section I spend an hour just looking for something.
In my research I had come across Amanda's Scraproom many times...
In her room Amanda says her dad made her paper storage, which sent my mind reeling.
Finally I came across Display Dynamics, http://www.displaydynamics.net/mobile/index.html. What a great site! They have paper storage systems, shelves, anything you can think of!
I decided to order just the stackable shelves, forty of them, they come in cartons of 10 each. My husband will then build a cabinet around it, which of course, I have already designed!
I signed up on Display Dynamics Facebook page and was thrilled to see how responsive they were to questions from customers. After questioning them, they gave me a great buy on the 4 cartons I am ordering, and also some drawer dividers. They were very helpful and I hope to do business with them in the future!
I think I've solved the chair issue. Although I still can't find one in white I am going to order this one from officechairs.com.
Don't get nervous, not in that print! They actually have a nice shade of pink and they even sent me a sample of it!
For the years I have been planning this room, paper storage has been my main issue! I hate the way I have it now, I ruin pages and find it hard and heavy to lift it. My patterned paper is lying flat in the Jetmax Paper Cubes from Michaels. My cardstock is in the plastic holders from Cropper Hopper. The plastic storage does not stand upright for me and keeps falling over. The cube holds so much paper in one section I spend an hour just looking for something.
In my research I had come across Amanda's Scraproom many times...
In her room Amanda says her dad made her paper storage, which sent my mind reeling.
Finally I came across Display Dynamics, http://www.displaydynamics.net/mobile/index.html. What a great site! They have paper storage systems, shelves, anything you can think of!
I decided to order just the stackable shelves, forty of them, they come in cartons of 10 each. My husband will then build a cabinet around it, which of course, I have already designed!
I signed up on Display Dynamics Facebook page and was thrilled to see how responsive they were to questions from customers. After questioning them, they gave me a great buy on the 4 cartons I am ordering, and also some drawer dividers. They were very helpful and I hope to do business with them in the future!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
UPDATE
Hours of research and agonizing over which chair to order. Finally decided on the Rooms To Go chair for 149.99. Typing in all my information, agreeing to a very weird delivery schedule, get to page three, where they figure in the delivery charges and taxes. Are you ready for this....$249.99 delivery and set-up! For a chair!! Taxes are then another 35.50. For a grand total of $435.50!! FOR A PLAIN WOOD CHAIR! Needless to say, it's back to the drawing board for me!
Googling my Fingers Off
Wow, I am spending more time on the computer, than working on my room. Good thing I have this amazing husband who is painting for me!
I had decided that I wanted the room a nice deep grass green. Then I would decorate with pink and purple. Make it look like a garden. Also, since the room was originally green, the younger daughter's favorite color, I would keep it in a color she liked and add her older sister's favorite color, purple.
I picked out what I thought was a nice deep green. My husband started to paint and the first thing I noticed was that my daughter's room was not really green before!
(color in picture is a little off)
Her paint was custom made to match her wallpaper and bedding, and for years we said she had a green room, but now I was really making it green!
When the first coat dried, it was a little bit startling at first, but I liked it. My husband on the other hand, did not!
Even though he will never step foot in this room, I decided to go a little darker. Off to Home Depot, where the young man there added something to the paint and made it a shade darker. Which takes us to now, with my husband upstairs painting the room a darker shade on the second coat.
Back to Google and what I have been doing for the last two days! RESEARCHING desks, chairs, paper storage and my last important thing, something for my window.
I saved so many pictures of scraprooms I liked and a lot of them had some beautiful desks in them.
While researching I knew I wanted something in white, and something with nice legs. I found these two desks at Pottery Barn Teens.
Loved them both! Unfortunately, at around $400 each for a 4ft x 2ft desk, I couldn't bring myself to ordering one of them. After talking with my husband a light bulb went off in my head. I had asked him if we saved my old kitchen table, I liked the shape of it, and maybe he could just add legs. We didn't save it. That's when I decided to do a search on kitchen tables, and came up with this one that I ordered from Walmart!
It got a lot of rave reviews, and a lot of people actually used it in Craft Rooms.
Next the search was on for the perfect chair. Do you know they do not make many white office chairs? I found one by, Kathy Ireland, again another item at $400.00 I thought it was a little too much, besides the color of the material was all wrong. Then I found these on Pottery Barn Teens.
These chairs are all around $300.00, not sure they look all that comfortable for the amount of time I will be spending in it!
Somehow I landed on Rooms To Go Kids and found these chairs. The first one, I only paid attention to because it was called the Hannah Montana chair, and I am probably the only woman in the world that has a 27 year old daughter who likes Hannah Montana!
This one caught my eye because it was called the Disney Princess Chair. I think I'm a little too old for this one.
Finally, at Rooms To Go Kids, I found this one...
I know I will now need some sort of pad for it, but hopefully I can match up some material to the room and make it at a later date, like when I get a new sewing machine!
Tomorrow on to the paper storage search....
I had decided that I wanted the room a nice deep grass green. Then I would decorate with pink and purple. Make it look like a garden. Also, since the room was originally green, the younger daughter's favorite color, I would keep it in a color she liked and add her older sister's favorite color, purple.
I picked out what I thought was a nice deep green. My husband started to paint and the first thing I noticed was that my daughter's room was not really green before!
(color in picture is a little off)
Her paint was custom made to match her wallpaper and bedding, and for years we said she had a green room, but now I was really making it green!
When the first coat dried, it was a little bit startling at first, but I liked it. My husband on the other hand, did not!
Even though he will never step foot in this room, I decided to go a little darker. Off to Home Depot, where the young man there added something to the paint and made it a shade darker. Which takes us to now, with my husband upstairs painting the room a darker shade on the second coat.
Back to Google and what I have been doing for the last two days! RESEARCHING desks, chairs, paper storage and my last important thing, something for my window.
I saved so many pictures of scraprooms I liked and a lot of them had some beautiful desks in them.
While researching I knew I wanted something in white, and something with nice legs. I found these two desks at Pottery Barn Teens.
Loved them both! Unfortunately, at around $400 each for a 4ft x 2ft desk, I couldn't bring myself to ordering one of them. After talking with my husband a light bulb went off in my head. I had asked him if we saved my old kitchen table, I liked the shape of it, and maybe he could just add legs. We didn't save it. That's when I decided to do a search on kitchen tables, and came up with this one that I ordered from Walmart!
It got a lot of rave reviews, and a lot of people actually used it in Craft Rooms.
Next the search was on for the perfect chair. Do you know they do not make many white office chairs? I found one by, Kathy Ireland, again another item at $400.00 I thought it was a little too much, besides the color of the material was all wrong. Then I found these on Pottery Barn Teens.
These chairs are all around $300.00, not sure they look all that comfortable for the amount of time I will be spending in it!
Somehow I landed on Rooms To Go Kids and found these chairs. The first one, I only paid attention to because it was called the Hannah Montana chair, and I am probably the only woman in the world that has a 27 year old daughter who likes Hannah Montana!
This one caught my eye because it was called the Disney Princess Chair. I think I'm a little too old for this one.
Finally, at Rooms To Go Kids, I found this one...
I know I will now need some sort of pad for it, but hopefully I can match up some material to the room and make it at a later date, like when I get a new sewing machine!
Tomorrow on to the paper storage search....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)