The Grand Reveal | Part 1

Readers, before this new year gets too far out of the gate, we wanted to reveal all we did at the close of the last, as promised. This all started with a desire to get some of the bambini's toys out of great big bins which Clara, in particular, often wouldn't paw down to the bottom of, to give them another area in which to play, and--selfishly--to make the living area look a little more adult-friendly as well. Such is cottage living, where pretty much every room and everything does double and triple duty.

Truth be told though, we probably wouldn't have done as much as we did if Julie hadn't asked Ted to rehang the ill-hung-seven-years-ago-and-it's-fine-and-we're-leaving-it!!!!! curtain rod in the dining room as she replaced the aforementioned gray-nee-white drapes in that room. Once the drapes were down, one could see how horrid the window frames looked, which led Ted to scrape and repaint them. Well, if you've got the paint out, you might as well do the bathroom window that's been mocking you for at least a year, and get after the windows in the bambini's room, too. All told, five windows were repainted.

A similar logic led us to repaint the bambini's room. We repainted it the same color so one doesn't get the same thrill that comes with seeing a new color go up, but one does get the but-we-don't-have-to-prime! thrill, which is not to be lightly dismissed.

So here are the bambini's new digs, replete with more toy storage, a rug in the living room (no doubt Berenice will have dispatched it before the month is out), a rug in their room (Berenice' February project), and more room to play. It's like the fairies came.

No pictures yet! Imagine pictures.

The snuggly little bed.

The new armoire-y cabinet-y things.

Inside one of the armoire-y cabinet-y things. (Green bins here and above all repurposed!)