June 28th

Welcome back to a Special Edition of Extreme Home Makeover!! Watch as we transform this ordinary office, into something extraordinary!!

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(Before: Corner of the office shows the dark blue bottom wallpaper below, and the green paint above a dark, brown chair rail. NOTE: For all you ghost theorists out there, Becky just swept, hence the inclusion of "orbs.")


(Before: Just down from the last picture, you can see the rest of the wall and the old CD rack on the right side...)


(Before: Here is a frontal view of the CD rack and wall.)

Now the "demolition" begins. I use the term loosely, as the only thing we tore down was the wallpaper. (NOTE: By "we" I mean my mom and I. The homeowner, Becky, was not allowed to participate in this project. Hey, wait, I'm a homeowner, too!! I guess this is less Extreme Home Makeover, and more While You Were Out, except Becky knew about it...whatev.)

Here are some pics of the walls sans wallpaper. I kinda dug the pink at the bottom, but alas, it didn't fit in with the designers scheme, so we had to paint over it.







As you can see from the below photos, the job was coming along nicely, once we added the primer to the walls.






(Our Super Supervisor, D-Bear, watches the action from the open window.)

And then, the paint went up.







We added some border, and a few accessories, and voila!!! We actually colormatched the blue from a bib, and the green from an outfit to get the colors (both were a part of the Carter's John Lennon Collection.) Most of the below items actually came from the Carter's John Lennon collection.


(After: Corner of new nursery includes crib, wall hanging, quilt, rug, and huge turtle.)


(After: Close up of the wall hanging.)


(After: Close up of the quilt.)


(After: Here is a photo of the bookcase which houses some of the stuff we've acquired. Detailed photos at the bottom of this post if interested!)


(After: We framed some John Lennon artwork up, to add to the John Lennon feel in the room.)


(After: This is a poem that I wrote that Becky framed along with a few ultrasound photos.)


(After: Entry Rug.)


(Photo of the walker, stroller, and bouncy seat.)


(Photo of the Pack-n-Play.)


(Photo of the lamp, night light and diaper stacker. The bear just matches, but is not a John Lennon. Still cute!!)


(Two Diaper Bags.)


(Bookends, pacifiers, booties, and elephant rattle.)


(Heirloom Pillow)


(Music playing Elephant.)

For those of you not in the know, and haven't figured it out yet, Becky and I are expecting our first child on June 28th. We are having a boy!! We are super excited, of course, but still a bit nervous. What better to shake off those baby nerves than lots of presents via a baby shower, am I right?!? If you are interested in attending, or just want to send us cash or, you know, whatever, let me know!!

(PS, I'm only kidding about the gifts and cash and stuff...but Becky's not.)