While You Were Out
Okay, you know the basic concept of the show... you lure someone out of town and then madly work to make-over a room in their house. Janelle, my sister-in-law, and I decided to take on this challenge when our mother-in-law Vickie went for a quick trip to Santa Fe. We did some of the shopping the day before she left and then hit the ground running when she pulled out of the driveway at 11:30 on Thursday. Oh, let me add another twist to our challenge: we had two children with us the entire time. Let me give you an outline of what we did and then I'll try to describe the room beyond the picture.
Thursday:
11:30- begin to unload the room (wow, there was a LOT of stuff in this room)
12:30- attempt to remove wallpaper, had to resort to using a steamer. At one point myself, Janelle, Garren, and Jake were all peeling wallpaper
1:30- tear down cracked tape and bed from corner and begin to patch
2:00- paint, 3 walls mocha, 1 wall chocolate brown
6:00- drive to Combine to get Tony's tools
8:00- begin sewing drapes (doesn't get far b/c we don't have thread, pin and iron only)
8:45- Tony and Brandon start making headboard
9:30- go home and show Tony pregnancy test.... that's right if you haven't heard the news we're expecting
Friday:
8-10:00- shopping, Garden Ridge and Wal-mart
10:00- last minute paint and more patch in cracked corner
11:00- drive to Rockwall (home depot, tj maxx, kirklands, wal-mart) Again remember that we had 2 small children with us.)
3:00- attach foam to headboard, start to put room back together and organize clothes, shoes, memorobilia
5:00- Tony built cornice board, we upholstered headboard, Tony attached
8:00- Tony puts shelves up in 2 closets
11:30- finally go to sleep at Vickie's instead of our house b/c we have so much to clean in the morning before they get home
Saturday:
8:00- all up and cleaning house
10:00- finally able to sit down and rest
11:45- Tony and Jake leave for Rockwall
12:30- Vickie and Lila get home, mill around, and then finally she goes to her room and proceeds to scream with shock/delight. Tears abound and we have so much fun telling her about everything we did. She loves it!!
Thursday:
11:30- begin to unload the room (wow, there was a LOT of stuff in this room)
12:30- attempt to remove wallpaper, had to resort to using a steamer. At one point myself, Janelle, Garren, and Jake were all peeling wallpaper
1:30- tear down cracked tape and bed from corner and begin to patch
2:00- paint, 3 walls mocha, 1 wall chocolate brown
6:00- drive to Combine to get Tony's tools
8:00- begin sewing drapes (doesn't get far b/c we don't have thread, pin and iron only)
8:45- Tony and Brandon start making headboard
9:30- go home and show Tony pregnancy test.... that's right if you haven't heard the news we're expecting
Friday:
8-10:00- shopping, Garden Ridge and Wal-mart
10:00- last minute paint and more patch in cracked corner
11:00- drive to Rockwall (home depot, tj maxx, kirklands, wal-mart) Again remember that we had 2 small children with us.)
3:00- attach foam to headboard, start to put room back together and organize clothes, shoes, memorobilia
5:00- Tony built cornice board, we upholstered headboard, Tony attached
8:00- Tony puts shelves up in 2 closets
11:30- finally go to sleep at Vickie's instead of our house b/c we have so much to clean in the morning before they get home
Saturday:
8:00- all up and cleaning house
10:00- finally able to sit down and rest
11:45- Tony and Jake leave for Rockwall
12:30- Vickie and Lila get home, mill around, and then finally she goes to her room and proceeds to scream with shock/delight. Tears abound and we have so much fun telling her about everything we did. She loves it!!
posted by Teach at 7:31 PM
2 Comments:
And what a surprise it was. It is beautiful; I have two wonderful and talented daughters –in-laws. And a big thanks to the boys for the brawn. Love ya'll Vickie
DANG GIRLS!! I hope my mother-in-law doesn't click on the link to this blog. HAHA! Y'all did a fabulous job!
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