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The Monster 6-Room Tackle

August 6, 2007 by Susan

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Yes, between our two houses, we’re redecorating 6 rooms!

Hey Ladies, this is Susan here…

Janice is again away and I am here trying to tackle. Hopefully this is Janice’s last trip until the babies have arrived and learned to sit-up and crawl! (Well, maybe not quite sitting and crawling… her husband does tend to like to take their family away for long weekends and even a newborn may not stop that. But, I’ll tell myself that at least… Life is tougher for me when she’s away.)

Anyway, in last week’s tackle, Janice wrote about how she’s converting the office space upstairs in her house into Jackson’s new bedroom.

Well, that is actually only part of a much larger tackle that is going on around here.

Between Janice’s house and my house, we are actually redecorating 6 Rooms!

Here’s what’s happening…

At Janice’s house:

  1. We’re getting rid of the old office that is no longer used and building a new room for Jackson. That new room obviously needs decorating and new furniture.
  2. Converting Jackson’s room into a nursery for her new baby. Again new furniture, bedding etc.
  3. Building a new room in her basement playroom area into a room for her new Au Pair. Again new furniture, bedding etc.

At Susan’s house:

  1. We’re moving our office (where my mom spends most of her time managing customer service for our stores) down to our basement. Currently our basement is a spare room that also has become a catch-all storage area. It’s actually a ground floor room that is quite large and opens to our patio, so it’s not like we’re sending our mom to a dungeon or anything. It will be twice as large as our current office space.
    But for this room, we have to hire a contractor to build a door since it’s currently just an open room. (The sound of screaming babies and children doesn’t make good background noise when you’re on the phone with a customer.) We’re also pulling out the carpet and putting in laminate flooring. And again more furniture is needed as we’re adding a second desk and workspace.
  2. Converting our existing office into a bedroom for our Au Pair. Again new furniture, bedding etc.
  3. Finally, we’re modifying Julia’s nursery into a combined room with a crib for the new baby and an extra bed for whoever ends up sleeping there. Julia never actually slept in her nursery as she co-sleeps with us. But, I think we may try to have the new baby sleep in a crib and have either Rob or me sleep in the spare bed there to look after her in the early months. Who knows what will actually happen with our sleep arrangements… but we thought we’d try this plan. But again… more furniture and bedding etc.

If you noticed in that list, each room requires new furniture and bedding… yikes… costly and time consuming.

So, my mom and I spent the last two days at IKEA getting the necessities to equip all these rooms.

We were quite a sight… I wish I’d had a camera with me.

My mom messed up her ankle about a month ago and she still can’t really walk. So she was in a wheelchair with Julia either riding on her lap or running ahead wearing her teddy bear harness pulling the wheelchair while I pushed. We told her she was the engine of the train. She had so much fun. (She wasn’t exactly ‘pulling’ much, but she thought she was.)

Julia was a star shopper. We were out for 8 hours on Saturday — she even missed her nap — and she never cried or fussed once. Then on Sunday we had to return to finish the job.

We managed to figure out and purchase most of the furniture and some of the bedding. We found a good bed for Jackson too, but we didn’t purchase that yet as Janice and he will have to check it out first.

So… part of the monster 6-room tackle is done. But oh… there is so much left. And I’m sure Janice will tell you more in next week’s tackle.

But enough about us… What are you tackling? Link up and let us know.

Join Us For Tackle It Tuesday

We’re making housework blog-able!

Each week on Tuesday, we are posting before and after pictures of a project or trouble area that we tackled this week.

The project can be little or big – whatever you want. Basically, Tackle It Tuesday is about giving ourselves incentive, deadlines and satisfaction in getting our household tasks done. (It doesn’t even have to be housework… just whatever is on your To Do list.)

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36 Comments

  1. Erna says

    August 9, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    You ladies are quite busy getting your “nests” ready for your new babies, as well as all the other changes going on in your homes. Wow! I’m impressed!

    I haven’t been posting my Tackles for a while but I did reorganize a bunch of ideas gathered from my days as an Early Childhood Educator. Let’s just say my files are VERY FULL! Otherwise, my new tackle is gathering dresses for children in India, spurred on by my daughter’s desire to give dresses to poor people. So, that’s what I’ll be working on the next while . . . any tips on how to get companies to donate dresses? You ladies always have great stuff going on here. :0)

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  2. Pam says

    August 9, 2007 at 9:08 am

    I completed my first Tackle It Tuesday project this week. I’m a little behind in blogging about it. But it is up!

    Reply
  3. swirlingnotions says

    August 7, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    Good for you guys! My project this week (and last weekend) was getting my daughter to fall asleep alone in her crib. So far, so good. Three nights of 12 hour sleep and a giggly, smiley baby upon waking!

    Reply
  4. Mama Pajama says

    August 7, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    Wow, that’s a lot! You guys are so busy! Good luck with getting everything accomplished!

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  5. Karen (Pediascribe) says

    August 7, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Mr. Linky is all goofed up. I’m sure I signed up earlier, but as far as I can tell, I’m not showing up. So I signed up again. Weird!

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  6. Laura says

    August 7, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    Mine is up!
    http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/08/tackle-it-tuesday-taming-chaos.html

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  7. marye says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Well I decided to join in , but I am not sure mine is *official* LOL!

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  8. oh amanda says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Did my first TIT today! It’s a doozy!

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  9. Dawn says

    August 7, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    That sounds like a lot. At least it includes shopping, though, which isn’t all bad.

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  10. Misslionheart says

    August 7, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Loading pics as I write…….

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  11. Shera says

    August 7, 2007 at 11:48 am

    My tackle this week is all about getting back on track with a schedule for the remainder of the summer. It is so easy for things to get out of control – scheduling the boys is my way of trying to tame the madness!

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  12. Shari says

    August 7, 2007 at 11:24 am

    Wow, and I thought I was brave with three rooms – way to go!

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  13. Wendy says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:57 am

    I’m in with my very first tackle! This is such a great idea, I’m glad I found out about it. 🙂

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  14. dawn says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:51 am

    Where’s Mr. Linky today?? He was here earlier!

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  15. Sara says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:41 am

    If it weren’t so much to do it would sound like fun. Good luck!

    I’m just moving files, you make my tackle sound relaxing!

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  16. Raesmom says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:40 am

    8 hours of shopping? ugh. that makes me tired just reading that.

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  17. Dawn says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:38 am

    Yikes! What a job! I’ve got my first tackle up this week!

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  18. Bren says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:30 am

    That is a BIG tackle. My tackle was done yesterday since my boys were both here to provide the muscle!!

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  19. Deb says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:14 am

    Wow, that’s a huge tackle! Good luck! It reminds me of all of the shuffling we did in our old house when I was pregnant with our second daughter.

    I’m tackling my coat/broom closet today!

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  20. Jana (sidetrack'd) says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:09 am

    Wow, that’s quite an undertaking!

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  21. WeaverMom says

    August 7, 2007 at 9:48 am

    Wow – that is a LOT!

    I tackled my playroom recently. I can’t find Mr. Linky (?), so here is my link: http://weavermomof2.blogspot.com/2007/08/playroom-tackle.html

    Reply
  22. Sarah says

    August 7, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Looks like a whole lot to do!! Wow! I actually had fun with my tackle. 😉

    http://tomotherhoodandbeyond.blogspot.com/2007/08/tackling-baking.html

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  23. Cara's Coffee Break says

    August 7, 2007 at 9:32 am

    You guys are busy, busy, busy!
    I have alot to tackle, so I think today I’ll juwt tackle my to-do list and prioritize!!

    Reply
  24. Erin says

    August 7, 2007 at 9:24 am

    Wow that is alot of tackling!
    We seem to have an unplanned whole house makeover going on at my house. My tackle is posted but not finished, yet. Hope to have after pictures up this afternoon.

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  25. *Debbie* 6 Tackle It Tuesday says

    August 7, 2007 at 9:03 am

    I’ve gotten mine up, a nice list of To-Do’s. Now, I’m off to do the yard work. Stop by and say Hi.

    Debbie

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  26. Millennium Mommy says

    August 7, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Good luck!!

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  27. Karen (Pediascribe) says

    August 7, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Wow! That is like 6 tackles all at once!

    I don’t have a specific area I’m tackling today. Just a list of undone things that need to get finished. The dh and kids are away, so I am going to use this time and be productive! 🙂

    Reply
  28. Jen says

    August 7, 2007 at 8:03 am

    My tackle looks fated to go unfinished today. Dotter 2 is vomiting and having diarrhea.

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  29. mummifiedx5 says

    August 7, 2007 at 5:53 am

    You’re so brave!! Good luck!

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  30. Jodi says

    August 7, 2007 at 5:22 am

    WoW!! You gals are going to be busy! Good luck with it all!

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  31. Twisted Cinderella says

    August 7, 2007 at 4:33 am

    Wow that is a huge tackle! My tackle was big this week too. Good luck and have fun with it! decorating can be a lot of fun!

    Reply
  32. Irreverent, Barefoot Ragamuffins says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:11 am

    Just a few more things to tackle before baby #6 arrives next Tuesday!

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  33. :: Suzanne :: says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:09 am

    first time tacklee here

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  34. Karen says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:06 am

    WOW!!! 6 rooms! My tackles this week pale in comparison. I know who I’m gonna think about when I get discouraged – “At least I don’t have 6 rooms to redecorate – on a deadline!”

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  35. Jenn says

    August 7, 2007 at 12:16 am

    OMG wow – 6 rooms you all are VERY brave woman! And au pares (Spd) wow your gonna have some help for those little kiddo’s – good for you, you two are soo busy!!!

    Reply
  36. The Pumkin Patch says

    August 7, 2007 at 12:12 am

    Whew! Sounds like y’all are busy bees!

    Reply

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