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My Aunt And Uncle Are In Town…

May 9th, 2008

Yea, so my Aunt and Uncle from California are in town. How do I know this? Well instead of calling, they just decided to stop by yesterday after they picked up their rental car. Oh super. I mean, I totally do not mind the drop in, except that they came by without calling. Great. I was still in the middle of cleaning up my living room, so the place was still a complete mess. Thankfully they didn’t come inside, but I was still annoyed.

I suppose I am almost half way done with my room. I finally put away half my laundry which had been strewn about the floor for awhile. Whoops. Now I just need to get rid of these off organizer units my Grandma got years ago which take up a lot of space in the room.

But I am not quite sure what to do next though. I really would like to paint the room, but I’ve never painted a room that had carpeting in it. I also would love to paint my furniture something a bit more “modern,” but the pieces are all metal and therefore a bit inconvenient to get outside to sand and paint.

I also have no idea what I am going to use for curtains. I kind of think that hospital curtains would work well since the ceiling tracks are pretty inexpensive, but then I think I would have to make my own curtains since hospital curtains aren’t very “cool” looking. Then again, I think I would love to use wire rope like I saw over at Splatgirl’s blog a little while ago. She made a really good tutorial on how to use steel cable and turnbuckles to make “curtain rods.”  I am just really uncertain if my walls can take it though. I wonder if there are L shaped turnbuckles. In theory they don’t sound very stable, but I am sure they could work. I guess I’ll be heading to City Mill or Home Depot pretty soon.

I need to get a new light fixture anyway. The one in my room is just way to 70’s elegance for me. I suppose it is a little kitschy, but not over the top enough for it to really “work” for me anymore.

One good plus about cleaning up is that I will finally have some space to work on some art/craft projects I have been putting off forever. I finally have all of my materials to start working with resin! Woot!

I am so freaking tired right now. I really should pass out and get up early and finish cleaning up, but I think I am actually going to get drunk and watch a movie instead.

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