The "Library"

Remember last week, I did this to my entryway? Well I changed it again. It didn't thrill me anyway. Now it looks like this.....It looks better in person. I am much happier with it this way.

This morning a strong storm blew in and the skies were so dark it looked like night. Instead of heading to church in the pouring rain (which we should have done!), we decided to move things around. That is always dangerous. We have a formal living room that is not very large. It is stuffed full of furniture and is wasted space. We never use it. Sweetheart calls it "The Old Lady Room". He is right....it looks like a room belonging to an old Grandma.It is one of the first rooms seen as you enter my house and can not be closed off, so I really want it to look nice, but I also want it to be functional. I would have LOVED to have it be my studio, but Sweetheart has nixed that idea countless times....I keep trying. We knew it needed to be thinned out, furniture wise. The piano would stay, but everything else went. My thought was, of course, a school room. I knew Sweetheart would not go for that....unleeeeeess.....I called it a "Library". He went for it!!! Manipulation??? NO WAY! Just a change of title. He thinks it will be a wonderful place for the children to do their school work.
We moved the piano to the big wall....there is nothing else there. Eventually one end will hold a large bookcase. We put a small table with a lamp and 2 hard backed chairs in front of the window. On the other wall there is a hutch (from my bedroom) which will house all the kids school supplies and workbooks underneath.
It won't be long before that hutch is moved down and a small table and 2 chairs stand between it and the lamp. Yard sales, here I come!!!
All this was accomplished with the help of my oldest....thank you Bud!!....and only 2 injuries!!! It sure feels alot more open and de-cluttered. On top of that, I can get rid of the curtains and paint the room any color I want. I think all the Libby Quilts will go on the big wall over the piano. Any color suggestions for a classroom library??? Green is out....Sweetheart banned me from more green. Guess I can't paint it any color I want......
Here is a Sunday funny, that is not really all that funny if you think about it!