I would love nothing more than to be able to have everything organized and ready to go before all the school papers and projects start coming home!
So first things first, we have to do a little demo work.
I snapped a few shots of the room before we began...

The other thing about this room is that it had no lighting! NONE! Why you ask ;-) Well because when Dustin and I where having the house built, we said "it's just gonna be a storage room." So apparently that meant that we were fine with stumbling around in the dark. I LOVE our thought process sometimes! So for about 2 years now, we walk in and flip the light switch on expecting something to happen. Like it would miraculously turn on one day.
Since the wires didn't naturally connect like we assumed ;-) We decided to have 4 recessed lights and 1 pendant light put in.

The light I went with is the Allen and Roth Edison Pendant Light from Lowes.





Let's get started...







We cut and installed some smaller 2 x 4's to finish of the frame of the entryway.







The left wall of the room will be where we set up all of the Ikea pieces to create a desk area for both kiddos to get there homework done. Or at least there is a place where I can try to send them to do homework. I can dream right?


When I woke up the next morning, I came downstairs to all of this natural light in the hallway! It was such a dark narrow space before and now it's bright and open.
Still to Do:
-Pull out the hallway linoleum and put the 1/2 backer board down on the floor. -Put down the tile flooring and grout -Trim out the window and entryway -Put in a thick base board -Paint the room and ceiling -Put together all the Ikea pieces for the desk area -Put together the mudroom furniture pieces
Have a great rest of the weekend! I am off to play some Monopoly :)

