For four years I have wanted to change the way our loft looked.  It wasn’t working for me, but I spent too much time sewing draperies at my table so it needed to be perpendicular to the window to drape the fabrics over the table.

Then, two years ago, the day my little Apple arrived into our lives Opa brought Hubby a desk over.  My understanding was that it was mahogany and it was going to replace the black one we already had.  Hubby’s idea was that it would be his and tuck into the corner and ADD another desk to our two desks we already had in the loft.  I was still hanging out in bed so imagine the shock I got when I finally ventured out of my room.  My already irritating loft just got worse.  And the desk blocked my creativity.

This Fall, I will be watching two of my friends children after school.  Not every day, but possible every day.  We are all looking forward to it as we love these two boys and we think it will be a good experience for everyone.  But, the loft was driving me nuts.  And I was trying to imagine the boys up there doing homework on these desks that were no longer very functional, but piled with papers, boxes and junk.  And yes, that could all be put away, but I lost the inspiration to do that and Hubby just kept leaving the stuff on his desk because (and the desk that is folded down was actually under the window until Saturday when we needed it, it held a lot of stuff that is on my actual sewing table).

Saturday night was my breaking point.  Hubby was scheduled to leave on Monday for a work trip and I was down to my last week of summer to get this loft in shape.  I proposed a quick idea to Hubby that originally only involved going to Ikea and purchasing a bookshelf.  Sunday morning I realized that the wall for the bookshelf wasn’t painted and to get that done would mean removing the bookshelf another time, which of course means it would never get painted. Our new plan needed paint and a bookshelf.  Being Sunday everything opened late so we cleaned out the room then headed out.

My job was to paint the black desk white and Hubby’s was to paint the two white walls Platinum.  Within just a couple of hours we were assembling the bookshelf and loading it up.  It took a complete 24 hours to get it all done, but that includes drying time, children time and sleep time.  If I had only realized that it would only take us that long a couple of years ago I would have done it then.

And now, my creativity is back and I want to use the loft again.  And hopefully homework and playtime will be much more enjoyable, just look at that floor space!  It isn’t my complete ideal, but it is a long way from where it was and every time I walk up the stairs I am happy to see the room instead of angry at it.

*Note: the computer will move to the other white desk sometime next week, the longer we let it cure, the harder the paint will be.  Thus avoiding chips.