rearranging, painting and pickin'

dave's cushy work schedule allows for a lot of time to focus on home projects.  originally, our plan was to get started on the unfinished basement but we've since turned our attention to converting our living space to be more user-friendly.  our evenings, friday afternoons, and saturdays are often consumed with rearranging, painting, and pickin'.

my first request was a face-lift for the guest bath.  we updated ugly fixtures, laughed at the week long undertaking to repair the wall after removing the builder's mirror, and happily covered up the pink footprint.

we immediately got to work after a late night brainstorming session resulted in ripping out the ugly built-in bookcase in the front room.  its cubby now perfectly fits my mother's piano and is aching for a giant mirror to reflect an expanding gallery wall.

i should mention dave's project to hardwire the internet throughout the house.  i understand nothing of this process and am likely underappreciative of what it will mean to the future of our home's technical capabilities but, rest assured, the parry home will be cutting edge.
 
we most recently began converting the dining room (which was being used as a toy room) into a family room.  and, as you can see, the hardest part of this project has been redirecting the flow of toy traffic to the basement.

next on the list is covering up that mossy, oil based paint in the study and making it a room you can work in.
look at that antique desk (lovingly rescued from abandonment by my dad) we started with!