The basement is coming right along. We have our contractor busy down there every day now, and he should finish up next week. See that area under the stairs? That will be a reading nook. And the color swatches on the post are some colors we were considering. We decided to go with the lighter one on the bottom.
And we'll probably leave this longer area free of furniture (except maybe some rugs?) for now to allow the kids to run laps. It's amazing how much warmer it is already down there with some insulation and drywall.
The area behind that reading nook will become our little storage closet. I'm loving this new layout. Everything is much more accessible and open and practical. I think we're going to get a lot of use out of our new basement.
And this is completely unrelated, but I wanted to share Nora's first little -ism here (I'm not sure she needs her own column yet). Paul was reading her that Richard Scarry story where Charlie Chipmunk is feeding Big Hilda Hippo her alphabet. He asked Nora if she would prefer eating an apple or an automobile. Nora chose "Apple."
"A bed or a banana?"
"Banana."
"A clock or a carrot?"
"Clock."
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather eat a carrot?"
"No. Bleh."
I laughed when I heard that because that's exactly what she says every night when she sees what's for dinner. She's definitely my pickiest eater so far!
basements are the BEST! so excited for yours!
ReplyDeletei've been working on getting ours snazzed up a little more and it is really taking shape!
Hooray! Thanks for the progress report--it looks like it's really going to be great.
ReplyDeleteThat little Nora is such a cutie. Picky eating is a struggle. Sam asks me frequently why on earth dinnertime is considered almost a punishment for our children (well, at least for Emily) instead of a pleasure. Sigh. I guess Natalie and Lucy are starting to grow out of that...but it seems like it's been more of a battle than we bargained for when we signed up for parenting!