Our Next Project: The Playroom!

Carriage House 2nd Floor, a photo by Athens Nikita on Flickr.

See this dark hellhole, with ammunition rolling all over the floor?

This is our carriage floor attic/bonus room/whatever. As of right now it's been used to load ammo and house a teenage boy on weekends. It has jalousie windows. It's a little low and close. But it's out there, and would make a pretty good playroom if we clean it up.

So, next up -- fixing it!

Just a few things on the docket:

1. Replacing those horrible, no good, terrible, awful, completely inefficient, COLD windows. Seriously, what crazy person would install these IN PENNSYLVANIA?

2. Putting down play mats, or maybe even new flooring. What's there is cute, but it's kind of damaged.

3. Enclosing the staircase and putting a gate on it. Baby boy is actually pretty good with stairs, but why risk it?

4. Some electrical upgrades. The lights flicker up there. ...NOT GOOD.

5. PAINT! What do you guys say to some green walls with some chalkboard segments?

6. Finally, decor and furnishings -- right now Hal has a pack & play up there for quiet nap times and privacy from the dog. But we can do better.