Other Projects

One thing we've learned from a Very Visionary Husband and Daddy is to keep other projects going so we don't rearrange his:) 

When he staggers in under armfuls of books, films, his laptop and road atlas, it's tempting to do something (anything?) more than just carry things for him.

Last weekend I was still thinking up plane tickets he needed to book and made the mistake of peeling (ever so slightly, of course) the kitchen wallpaper. 

It just seemed so rowdy with all those funny butterflies, fruits and flowers everywhere:) 

Everyone was so cheerful with their little napkins and cookies that I peeled again, which was the infamous beginning of Project 1. 

 
Though we managed to un-wallpaper and repaint the whole kitchen before the campers returned the next day:) it still looks suspiciously like an operating room. 

So, Carolina made a lovely canvas for the space, 4 feet tall with the chorus to "He Giveth More Grace". So fitting. 

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All that scraping the walls at midnight gave me time to think, which led to Project 2.... the Family Closet. 

This is really great.
 
The girls kindly donated their room to the cause, because after searching the house for space....this was all we could find.

 
Everybody's clothes are in one central location...labeled in bins (we never fold anyway) or hanging. And WAHOOO! The other spots this has freed up are amazing.

And the men in the family got to drill holes. 

Who could ask for more?

(Well, the girls might: they set up shop in the living room until we move the school room to the porch so they can move in. Have I mentioned they are sooooo flexible?) 

 
But it was wonderful to think of hangers, hooks and what to do with the white in the kitchen all week. 

Praise the Lord for other projects!

I know my husband is most grateful, too:)