A Place to Call Home: If You Build it, They Will Come

Tomorrow my father arrives for a visit and I am quite excited! In addition to simply spending time together (and attending soccer games), he plans to help us with a couple of major projects around the house. These are things that Nick could most likely figure out how to do himself if push came to shove, but it would take longer and be more difficult. My father has the experience, the know-how, and most importantly, the willingness to lend a hand, and we are more than willing to take advantage of it!

The menfolk are planning to install an overhead fan/heater unit in our tiny master bathroom; it currently doesn't have one and so it tends to stay more damp than we'd like for too long after showers. Even more important is the overhead lighting they'll be installing in our living room (or den, as Nick calls it). It's the room connected to the kitchen where we watch TV and socialize. There are two skylights but there is no built-in lighting, and even with lamps the room gets depressingly dark at night. In the wintertime this means it's dark before 5 PM, which is just depressing. Conversely, it gets rather warm on a hot day because the nearest window is in the kitchen. So we're going to install a light/ceiling fan fixture, and potentially additional lighting. Huzzah!

We're also hoping to get my father's help fixing a broken outdoor water faucet, and if he has time I'm enlisting him to help me build my chalkboard doors, but we'll see.

Of course, in order to prepare for his visit, we had to finish the guest room. Which means...the bed is done - my husband rocks! Doesn't it look great? The Hollingsworth Green on the walls looks overly yellow in the photographs, but in person it's a nice green-gray that works nicely with our old quilt. I'm also pleased with the new sheets I found on sale (at Target, no less), as the color is perfect, they are nice and soft, and the fitted sheet has very deep pockets that fits this pillowtop mattress well.

Check out this bed - it's awesome!