An Office Fit For a King and Queen!

This entry has been long overdue. Some of you may remember in one of my first few entries that I mentioned Paul was working on converting part of our laundry room into an office in our basement. It's finally done and I absolutely love it! It took awhile to get started but once Paul got the ball rolling it went surprisingly fast. The hardest part for Paul was that he had to redo all the electrical wiring and put a whole new breaker box in. What a challenge. And to find that some of our wires were not grounded was a little scary. I'm just glad Paul was able to fix it before we had a fire. A huge thank you to Rus Lawrence for helping point Paul in the right direction, letting him borrow tools, and helping him get this project started.


This is what the laundry room looked like before Paul started (sort of). Imagine a washer and dryer in the corner where all the wood is and the shelves filled with cans and boxes of food.


This is the other end of the room that is being transformed into an office. Look at the wonderful framing job Paul did. And the insulation makes a huge difference.

The framing job took a little while for Paul to get done because he had to use a nail gun and of course it made a loud noise. I only let Paul work on it when I wasn't around. If it wasn't for my fear of loud noises the framing would have been done in half the time. Sorry Paul.


This is a picture of the drywall that Paul put up in about 1 weekend, thanks to the help of a friend. Thanks Ben!


Carrying drywall down the stairs is not an easy task by yourself. Luckily Paul has strong muscles.


The drywall is done!


This is a picture of Paul while he was in the middle of sanding all the joint compound on the drywall. It smelled awful and made a huge mess.


For some reason I didn't take any pictures of Paul painting the walls. I think the smell was really bother some and I was always up stairs.


This is a picture of Paul putting in the Pergo floor. It was pretty easy to do and only took a day.


Here is the office almost done. At this point the walls were painted, the doors were hung, and the floor was finished. All that was left to do was paint and hang the trim.
Try to imagine behind the door you see in the picture our washer and dryer.

The office is finally done!

This is a picture of my side of the room. Look at this awesome scrapbook desk. It's like my own little corner of heaven! I love it!


This is Paul's side of the room. He has the computer desk and all his "gadgets" on his side.


This is a view looking toward the closet. The closet hides the stairs and other "junk" we didn't know where to store.

A special thank you to Paul for making this wonderful office for us. I can't say enough how impressed I am with all of his handy work. Having done this huge project, raising a child should be a piece of cake (I'm really wishing).

Now on to the baby's room. That story will have to wait until another day.

TAG Scattegories

TAG scattegories...{it's harder than it looks}use the first letter of your name to answer the following. they have to be real places, things, names...nothing made up! try to use different answers if the person who tagged you had the same first initial. you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

what is your name? Kelly

4 letter word: kick

sports team: Knicks (New York)

celebrity/band: Kate Voegele

vehicle: Kia

tv show: Kids in the Hall

city: Kansas City

boy name: Kim

girl name: Kylee

occupation: Kinesiology

something you wear: kilt

something you throw away: kelp (I hate seaweed)

food: Kidney Beans

something found in a bathroom: kaopectate

reason for being late: keys were lost

something you shout: Kill that spider!!

People I am tagging: Laura, Shannon, Sarah and Adam

Lucky Winner!

A few weeks ago I was spending way too much time on the internet looking at blogs. I've become a blog junkie. I love reading about all the fun things, new ideas and lately anything to do with babies. I came across this blog called "What's That Smell?"-the adventures in life and parenting of two accidental mommies. (see their blog button below on the right side). They are having this awesome contest called a virtual baby shower. They couldn't have done it at a more perfect time.

Each week they are having contest giveaways on many great baby products. Many of which you'd probably never buy for your self because they are so expensive. On one of the postings there was a giveaway link to a blog called Hip Mama Blog. The prize was for a DVD set about childbirth, newborn baby care and breastfeeding by Sheri Bayles. I thought this looked like a great DVD set, and being new parents Paul and I can use all the help we can get. For most of the contest all you have to do to enter is leave a comment on the blog entry and that's it. The winner of this particular contest was chosen using random.org. To my surprise I received a comment on my blog today that out of 33 entries I was the big winner!!! I can't believe this, me a winner! I hardly ever win anything. I am very unlucky when it comes to contests and winning prizes. An the fact that this was all a random winning was amazing. Thanks Hip Mama (or should I say random.org) for picking me as the winner. I guess being pregnant has changed my lucky streak.
Check out Hip Mama's blog and the virtual baby shower if you get a chance.