Weekend Project

A few weeks ago when we were home, we rummaged through my parents garage and found a BEAUTIFUL, old front door. It use to be on my grandparents house in Ithaca, and was then passed down to my parents, and used as our front door in Sayre. NOW, Luke and I have it, and we turned it into a headboard for our spare bedroom. My mom had found an article in a magazine about turning doors into headboards, and she ripped it out and saved it for me...knowing I just LOVE crafty remodels. The doors in the magazine were more modern doors, which are much lighter, so they could just simply be hung up on picture hangers. This door weighs a gazillion and a half pounds. Which is where my handy hubby came into play. Luke stained the door black to go with our spare bedroom decor, and then added legs and a backing. Knowing we wanted to move the spare bedroom, or, the "Grandparents Suite" to the basement, we knew we would need some bulkier furniture to fill up our humungo basement. This was the perfect solution.

 Before..the throw everything you don't want room

Luke working hard!

                                The finished product...

Today, we (aka-Luke) moved the furniture downstairs and got right to work. It was a very easy transition that we are SO pleased with. I actually stood in the doorway when we were done and told Luke that I was jealous. He replied, "Jealous of your own house?" I explained that I was jealous of the space and coziness of the room and that I wanted to move down there. Now, how are we going to get rid of people when they come to stay with us? ;) A crying baby sure isn't going to do the trick, because 3 floors down, you won't hear a peep. All in all, the basement was a nice extra in our house. When we purchased the house, even our Realtor didn't know the basement was finished. 

We went to take a peek at the garage, and WA-LA! A lovely long hallway, which led to a 250 square foot surprise.

We never really intended to do anything with it, as we didn't want to buy MORE furniture just to fill up space. More furniture means more stress when it comes to moving time. The spare bedroom will now become the baby's room. Hmph, everything always seems to work out :)