Nursery/Office Renovation Step 1

I’ve finally got off of the lazy train and managed to get some work done around the nursery yesterday.

I started by pulling off the baseboards that need stripped, revealing 100 years worth of dirt and dust and one 1956 baseball card from the Washington Senators worth approximately $.99 on ebay. I moved several books, files, papers, etc. down to the dining room and with the fortuitous timing of a Billy and Michele drop-by we got the bookshelf and filing cabinet down as well. Then I tore out the bar and filthy shelves in the closet. Turns out much of the wood was walled in so its removal exposed missing lathe and resulted in about a three inch wide and half inch deep gap in the plaster running the perimeter of the closet. Not to be deterred I proceeded to nail in a few scraps of wood we had (including a yard stick much to Clint’s chagrin) and slapped almost an entire bucket of plaster in there. Once that dries (say around 2010) I’ll put a few more coats of plaster, wet sand and paint. Tonight I’m headed to the container store where they’re having one of two annual elfa sales to design our daughter or son’s future closet. Organization here is going to be key because the toy storage available in our house is frighteningly minimal. We’re thinking that surely children’s clothes cannot take up THAT much room, so if we can pull off a few drawers in the closet for toy storage we’ll be set.
So once again we’re on track to have an awesome closet, and a room that’s an eternal work in progress. I think we gravitate to the small areas because we can’t resist that instant gratification that comes so seldom in renovation work.