Harris 5: Reading Nook Re-Do

Monday, October 26, 2009

Reading Nook Re-Do

While Andrew is away, Julie will PLAY... or redecorate, that is! Normally when Andrew goes out of town, I plan a project to keep myself busy so I don't miss him too much. I usually paint. (remember the RED family room, or the GREEN kids room??) Well, Andrew left on a business trip last night and I'm just too tired to paint. So what to do???

Our "reading nook" usually looks like this:

Or better yet, like THIS:

After a trip to the home improvement store with Emma, 20 minutes with a drill, level, and screwdriver, it now looks like THIS:

Ta Dah!!!

You'll never guess what material I used...RAIN GUTTERS!!!

I LOVE IT!!! Hopefully it will keep our books off the floor. And really, it only took me 20 minutes!!! So I guess I'll need to find another project for the remaining days he's gone... any ideas?

I got my inspiration and instructions here.

7 comments:

Rachel B.October 26, 2009 at 9:08 PM
That is awesome, Julie! I really like it!
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HillaryOctober 26, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Love, love, love it! :)
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MelanieOctober 28, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I LOVE that! I may have to copy you!!
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OliviaOctober 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Look at you... being all creative again. What a cute idea. I saw this blog where a friend made a little girls dress out of a mans dress shirt. It turned out so cute. Or you could make headbands for Emma... same blog. Just and idea.
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Kevin and EmilyOctober 29, 2009 at 1:27 AM
What a great idea Julie- I love it!
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BonnieOctober 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM
CUTE!!
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MelanieDecember 16, 2009 at 12:37 AM
that is incredible! pure gen.i.us! I love that it looks so classy and is still so functional . . . and at kid height!!! way to go, Julie! loves!
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Quotable Quotes

(Nate) Mom, I can't sleep. I'm scared. (Julie) Dad and I are here, we'll protect you. (Nate) I'm still scared. There are monsters upstairs. (Julie) Nate, monsters aren't real. They are only on tv. Have you ever SEEN a monster? (Nate) YES! UPSTAIRS! 1/22/10

(Andrew) You need to learn to lose sometimes. (Nathan) YOU need to learn to MAKE me WIN sometimes!! 1/19/10

(Julie) Bye Emma, I'm leaving. (trying to get Emma to get in the car when asked.) (Emma) Mom, YOU are on the NAUGHTY list for trying to leave me! 11/16/09

(Emma) When the baby comes, I will teach him lots of things. I will teach him that monsters aren't real.

(Julie) Nate, did you have fun with the babysitter last night? (Nate) Yeah, but I tried to use the force on her, but it didn't work. 10/10/09

(Nate) Mom, I wish you were little so you could ride the bus home with me. It is SO FUN! 10/08/09

(Nate) Kindergarten was not fun. I had to put my head on my desk for quiet time. (he did actually like the day overall though!)

(Nate) Dad, when I get big like you do I have to go to work too?
(Andrew) Yep. (Nate) I don't want to get big.

(Andrew) (after Andrew and Julie were discussing who Emma looks like in the family) Emma, who do you think you look like? (Emma) Cinderella.

(Emma) Mom, am I pretty...like Grandma?

(Emma) Mom, you know what you need to look out for? Ogres! They will come inside our house and eat our cookies while we are sleeping. (said matter-of-factly)

(Nate) (after he said family prayer with a light saber attached to his waist) Mom, Jedis LOVE to say prayer!

(Emma) I love to shake my bottom when I dance. Look.

(Nate) (at 7:15 am Eastern time, 4:15 am Pacific) Mom! Its grandma's birthday. We need to call Grandpa and tell him to make her breakfast in bed!

(Julie) (after showing Nate the baby pic I posted on his bday)
Nate, weren't you a cute baby? (Nate) (after hesitating) Umm,
not with the silly hat on!

(Emma) "When I grow up I want to be a grandma."