House project Part 1

Here is the situation in our house: We have three bedrooms upstairs. Nico and Anya have their own, and Alex and Elia share a room. Now with BoBo joining our family, we had to rethink the room arrangements. The result? ALL the kids will switch rooms!!! Talk about a logistical challenge *ha*. And then Nico decided that he did not want to be the only one who HAS to be in a room by himself. Now THAT was a surprise! So we thought some more, and changed plans again.
Last week the project got under way. Elia was a great help, and all three boys loved to paint.

Here are the results of our efforts.


These are two "before" pictures. The one below shows my little helper masking off the outlets... and himself ;-))
The next three pictures show the newly painted room. It's a very "calming" feel in there now (and the three boys will need that!). I picked two different blues and the greenish color that is called Bamboo Shoot.


After the painting was done, Mike, Nico and our brother-in-law Jon put the new bunkbed together
And that night, the boys spent their first night in their new room. They were very excited. The two bunk beds are on opposite walls, and we turned Nico's bed more into of a loft bed for him (We 've had this bed for a few years already) It's very cozy in there now, and the smallest room, which is right next door, will be their playroom, so not all their belongings and toys have to be crammed into their bedroom. Anya was very tired that night, so she looks a little sad in this picture. All in all, it had only taken from Wednesday to Saturday to get this room done, so now the girls room will be next. Pictures will follow.


Only a couple hours after they went to bed, we found Elia sleeping on the floor. He has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor for a long time, so being ON a bed without a rail is new to him. I hope he will get used to it quickly :-))
Needless to say, our cat liked the new sleeping arrangment too!