Before and After...It Was Worth It All...

Doing home daycare...it seems when it rains, it pours.

We go through dry spells...when the number of clients drops dramatically.

And then, all of a sudden we have phonecalls coming in like crazy!

This was the case during the month of March.

Our daycare grew dramatically...which is good.

And so, we needed more space.

We decided to move our FAMILY'S space/living area downstairs to the family room.

It's a bit smaller, but big enough for us.

The living room upstairs is much larger, which will accomodate our growing number of children in the daycare.

We decided we would paint our family's living area and start afresh before we moved our good furniture down there.

So last weekend was a horrendous weekend of painting and moving furniture.

But...the hubs and I prevailed and made it, LOL!

The first two pictures are the "BEFORE" pictures.

The walls were a "burnt orange"/"brick red" type of color.

VERY OUT.

For our new color in our family room, we went with a color called "RAFFIA".

It's in between a tan and a gold.

Very neutral.

I really like the way it coordinates with the toss pillows on our couch/love-seat and also our chair.

We didn't have any major "incidences".

A few touch-ups have to be done.

But things are in living/working order now and we and the boys are really enjoying our new space.

This area is for OUR FAMILY ONLY.

No daycare children.

This chair is what Nate refers to as "the reading chair".

It got this name because it's not angled correctly to see the tv.

So the only thing he thought proper was "the reading chair".

We do have a valance up on the window (you can't see it).

But we are still looking for some longer sheers to go along with it for a little more privacy.

I feel like the whole world is staring in at me, especially at night.

I'm silly that way.

It was a LOT of work...and we were VERY sore the next day...but it was well worth it.

We love our new family room!