New & Improved Guest Room

This has been kind of a different summer for me. I spent June cleaning out my room at school and then figuring out where to put 12 years of teaching stuff here at home without making a mess of the place. Oh and somewhere in there I spent hours on line searching for a new job. I'm happy to say I found one and will be a classroom assistant at a Catholic school about 5 miles from home. The best thing about that job is that for the 1st time in 12 years I have actually had time to myself this summer. Now I know many say "teachers are off all summer every year" but that is a total lie when you work at a private school and when you switch grades and classrooms every year like I did. SOOO in between a couple weekend trips I have been spending the month of July working on projects around the house. It's been so much fun to finally do things to make the house more ours after living here for a year. Logan has been a great help on his days off though I think some days he doesn't quite know what to expect when he gets home after work. My most ambitious project was to paint the downstairs guest room. I worked a couple days on my own and then Logan helped me finish it up including adding blinds. There was a 2 fold plan in working on that room- more practice before we tackle upstairs and most of all it's nice and cool in the basement and it's been really hot this summer. :)  So here are some before and after pictures. We still need some painting practice, but we're getting there. I'm still amazed what a difference just a can of paint can make.

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