Last day of staycation

Sigh...tomorrow Niels will return to work and our staycation will be over. But at least it was a productive one. Here's what we did today.

We put the shelves in, and started to fill them up.

We were too tired to start putting books up. And we learned that we need a few more shelves. Guess we'll be headed back to Ikea eventually.

We installed my cook book shelves (2 long Ribba photo shelves) and dust buster.  I also have my appliance shelf all pretty and organized.

More Ribba shelves for the contribution charts.

We hung a cool wire frame that I'm using for project lists and photos. 

We hung the rack for our central vac hose in the mudroom closet.

We also hung the hose in the garage.

We found and put up a clock in D and Marissa's bathroom.

We put up a mirror in D and Marissa's bathroom. 

We hung up the photo shelf in the powder room to hold our verjaardagkalendar (Dutch birthday calender).

 And lastly...

We hung up the key hook for guests in our foyer.

We made one last run to Target for the next round of projects, but for now, we will enjoy the process we made and relax for a few days.

Staycation Projects

A few months back, we made the decision that instead of going back to the Netherlands this summer--it's been 18 months since we've seen Niels' family--we needed to stay home and recover a bit financially from the building process.  Since Independence Day fell on a Wednesday this year, Niels was able to make it a five day weekend. Between the 100 degree heat and D picking up a viral infection, it was easy to decide to stay put and enjoy our cool, comfortable new home.

Since we finally had some time on our hands, we were able to get a few projects done (separate posts to follow). Here's the quick look at what we've been doing.

Master bedroom closet organization.

Installed photo shelf for "I Love You" board

D's book nook.

New table and chairs for D.

Art displayed above Marissa's bed.

Assembled new desk and chair for Marissa's room

Hung homemade bathroom art.

Made a bike rack out of a pallet.

Built 8 bookshelves, a desk, a door, and a shelving unit in Niels' office.

Made art for D's room.

Made art for the laundry room.

Plus, we spent a day driving to and from Ikea, and spent several hours sorting through papers and boxes. One more day to go. I think we will be taking it easy!