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Taking the Junk Room Back
by Tricia

Just finished making a lovely peach pie. Hope it tastes as good as it looks, because as of now, it's the only plan we have for dinner. I don't know why we're not losing weight.

This weekend has been pretty busy. Yesterday morning I was in the "junk room" (Scott's old office, which is now the "study") kind of trying to clean it up. Scott came in and made a comment somewhere along the lines of "How would you like it if we made this room into a room for you? A craft room where you could have your sewing machine and all that stuff?" My head immediately began to spin with ideas and excitement. We did some more clearing out (though it's NOWHERE NEAR clear of all the junk) and discussed different ideas for storage, decor, etc.

We took a jaunt to Home Depot today to look at paint colors. I was having a really hard time deciding on a color palette. Just didn't feel inspired, I suppose. Finally, I remembered seeing Mamma Mia. While I wasn't all that taken with the movie itself, I did fall in love with the scenery and colors. All of the interior rooms had this beautiful ocean-y whitewash sort of paint. So I set about looking for appropriate paint sample cards.

Now I'm waiting for Jason to come up and give me his opinion on the steps we need to take to make the room work. Painting over the current color may prove a difficult task - the walls have a base coat of mustard yellow with an orange-y-red sponged on top. Though, now that I think about it, we didn't use a sponge - we used shop rags and wal-mart bags. It's a LOT better looking that it sounds, I think. But, it's a little obnoxious for a craft room, and I want something calm and that makes me happy and feel sunshiney, even in winter.

I'm sure this project will take a while to complete, but I'm excited to have my own space. Scott's sweet though - he keeps saying he wants me to have my own room where I can play crafty lady. Though perhaps this is all a ploy for him to get rid of me so he can work...

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