Boy's Room/Bunk House

Some befores and afters ... the first picture is the closet ... which was an open eve to the house until 2 weeks ago. The back wall was not there ... just opened into the rest of the attic (a little scary if you're of that persuasion) ... and the inside was merely studded out, no walls or shelves, etc. So Paul, the genius and maker of closets around here, fixed the boys right up with a closet that can double as a fort if need be! The rest of the room was a complete mess as we finally tackled it! There were acoustic ceiling tiles all over the ceiling and walls,(2nd pic above) which were installed over some paneling, which was installed over some wallpaper and cardboard backing, which was glued on with some wicked glue that stained and completely (and so sadly) ruined the beautiful tongue and groove walls that were originally built. And this room was apparently built in 1930, because the builder of this house (D.K. Jobe) signed it (carved his name and the date in the wall we couldn't paint so we wouldn't lose the signature) by the bedroom door and the closet. Other than that little wall, we stripped, scrapped, scrubbed and painted most of it. Paul replaced some paneling that was abused (just the right size for a fist to have gone through some of the places!) that was around the area where we installed the bunks. There are now bunk beds along one wall and a single bed on the opposite wall from that in the little alcove ... However, even though everyone had their own bed when the boys were here ... they all played musical beds and mostly found a bunk mate. :-) It would've been interesting to see who woke up where, but they were always awake before us! Only Cade gave me the pleasure of waking him up one morning ... at 10:40 AM!!!! That morning everyone slept until after 10 AM. It was GREAT!!! I still need to trim out the room (paint the trim and door knob - can't seem to get rid of that horrible pepto-bismo pink!) and get some kind of window treatment up in there - not to mention some posters and wall hangings. We were trying to get the guys to help us out with what they're "in to" ... but there was little to no suggestion there! We laid some carpeting for the noise factor ... and it all seemed to be just perfect for our little guys! So, one more project off the list. But I'm sure the paneling will eventually be painted and the room will look much more "together" in the years to come. With the fellas being so young, they were thrilled ---the room will grow with them, I suppose! I'm REALLY hoping the bath tub will be the next thing to come off of the "to do" list(as well as off of the front porch - good grief!) ... my fingers are crossed! Then maybe we can put up a porch swing and join in the swinging summer evening fun!!! I think we're in for some real down to earth fun this coming weekend with all the July 4th stuff coming up. Everyone around here is getting real excited about it and there are fireworks displays advertised every where. Paul wants to go up on top of Carver's Gap and watch from there ... panoramic fireworks!!!

Our afternoon and evening thunder storms have been very reminiscent of Florida's weather ... just about 20 degrees cooler! I'm hoping Paul will actually get to golf this weekend ... and have a moment of relaxation and joy! Then I can talk to him about the tub! Anyway, the rain is supposed to let up and go completely away for a few days. We needed it so desperately that we daren't complain, but it's getting soggy now! So, dry for a couple of days would be delightful!

Hope everyone is well and happy and enjoying a bit of summer time fun! Paul & Cheri