The Guestroom

The second project for the summer/fall is moving the guestroom.  Currently, the guestroom is located on the main floor of the house; however, Calleigh will be moving downstairs into that room and we need a new place for all of the wonderful visitors we get to stay.  Calleigh currently resides in the room opposite of our bedroom upstairs.  I'm not really sure what to call that room, but it is large and open and on the way to the upstairs bathroom. (I'll try to get a picture up later to help explain it). Both of the kids have spent time up there; Calleigh may have stayed a little longer than Cooper, but then again, he basically kicked her out.

At lunch today, Christi asked if I had pictures of the new guestroom prior to doing anything.  I do not.  Most of the basement has become storage for all kinds of things; things we probably should hang on to, things we didn't have time to go through and decide to keep or trash, things we put down there with the intention of taking it to the trash...you get the picture.  Needless to say, all kinds of things were in that room and other rooms of the basement.

Our basement has four large rooms, is partially finished, and has direct outside access.  All of these things are somewhat unusual for York.

To begin the project, I had to clean out the room to be finished.  Arrangements had already been made for the kids for the anticipated start date for detasseling, but that was delayed by a couple of days.  We sent the kids anyway, I spent most of two mornings cleaning out, throwing out, finding items a new home, and utilizing the attic space in the garage.  I spent about 10 hours over these two days doing this and probably another 5 to 10 hours at other times cleaning it out.  Some of the other rooms in the basement took a hit, but we will attack those rooms after the remodel.