Day 222: A Major Project

We are in the midst of a major project at our house. Traditionally, we have done a trip or tickets to something for the kids for Christmas--not so much an option this year. We also usually travel for the holidays, but this year we will be home. All of this combined meant we needed a new plan for Christmas. After a family meeting, we decided our family gift this year would be to redo the landing and make it into functional family space. Originally, we thought we would do the project over the break, but then we decided to do it now so we could actually enjoy it and have a break!

We've been planning for a few weeks, including two trips to IKEA to choose and then order furniture. All of that will arrive on November 21, so last weekend we started the actual prep work. The room had been full of spare project parts and building toys on shelves. Those were culled and reassigned, so we have a wide open room:

The board games were also culled, but they will stay on the landing:

We moved the Legos and the cat box to the hall closet and removed the door:

Brad is also very excited that the wallpaper border is gone:

Inks is very excited we removed a cabinet door to make a blanket cubby:

The couch will overlap the cabinet by a couple of inches, so this seemed like a good solution!

Next up will be painting! It has been a fun family project so far, and it's another opportunity for us to make lemonade from lemons and create more enjoyable, cozy space for the family while we are hibernating.