Saturday has been busy and yet relaxing at the same time.
We enjoyed a slow start to the day as we had no specific plans and no where to be. I decided that as the weather was dry, sunny and pleasantly mild it was the perfect time to have a bit of a shed sort out.
To be honest there was a very good reason for venturing into the garden shed because hidden away were some boxes that belonged to preschool. When we had moved premises just over two years ago I'd taken the old paperwork to my house for storage as we had no where for it to go at our new premises and it wouldn't be needed. Two years on and with my looming departure, coupled with actual storage space now available at preschool, it was time to dig it out and get it ready for taking to work.
But because the contents of the boxes were old files I first needed to go through each box and determine what we needed to keep and what needed to be destroyed. By the time I'd finished I had 5 boxes full of paperwork and 1 empty box. Simon set up the fire pit and despite a bit of a breeze was able to get all the old, and no longer needed, stuff destroyed. It did mean that we both smelt rather smoky by the time we'd finished which necessitated a shower and all our clothes going in the wash!
But not only did we get the boxes sorted but we also cleared out the shed of a few other random bits that we had accumulated and no longer needed. We now have a much emptier and tidy shed...otherwise known as our Christmas decoration storage unit!!!
After a shower and a spot of lunch we decided to see if we could start planning out the bedroom formally known as Molly's room that is now going to become our study/craft room. We know that we need a sofa bed in there as it will double as a guest room and I also want a filing cabinet so that I can reorganise all our paperwork and only keep what we actually need rather than what we have at the moment!
Using Simon's design and technical skills we loaded up 'SketchUp' onto my laptop...okay I said 'we' but what I actually meant was 'Simon'! We were then able to put all the relevant measurements of the room into 'SketchUp' so that we could begin to play around with how we wanted it to look.
It was then a case of going through lots of websites, although mainly Ikea, for various different solutions for storage, work surfaces and a sofa bed. We then needed to take all the measurements for the various items that we found and put them into the 'SketchUp' model. After a few hours, lots of web searching, mind changing, re-measuring, estimating and planning we think we may have reached a design we are happy with. We wanted to be able to make best use of the space available whilst ensuring we still have sufficient storage but also making it an appealing place to be. First draft is done and a filing cabinet has been ordered, so we will see where we go from there.
And with all that I think it is time for some food and to catch-up with some TV.
See you tomorrow.
xx
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