I have a “spare room” which means it has been the dumping ground for a LOT of stuff. Unfortunately, part of the reason this room became a “spare room” rather than my art studio (what it once was) was that it had a huge flood of water. Actually two or three floods. Since then, we’ve had our roof and our pipes fixed (knock on wood this cold snap won’t cause any… um, wait, I won’t say it, don’t want to jinx myself.)

Alas, the spare room, formerly my studio, has been pretty bleak for oh, say, 3 years. In fact, it was so bleak that we decided to put a sign up on the door in order to warn any unsuspecting visitors that they should not enter the room.

This is the room where Cammy, our soon-to-be-nanny (wow, I feel so fancy saying that!) will be staying. So, three weeks ago, when we hatched a plan for Cammy to come and nann for the kiddos, I realized I’d better get my butt in gear and clear that room out.

For fun, I decided to take some before and after pictures. It is really hard to photograph a smallish room, but at least you get the idea.

Ah, lovely clutter in the hallway leading up to the room. (Actually, the hallway is still quite cluttered, but it will be empty by tomorrow.)

An aerial view. Notice the awful white plaster dust over everything. That’s from when the ceiling was replaced.

And that’s the lovely hole in the ceiling before the ceiling fan and light was installed.

Here’s the closet where it’s super cluttered.

Here’s the same room now! New rug. New curtains. New paint on the walls!

Here’s the bed. Notice new striped stained glass light on wall. I installed it myself!

Wow, cool! A ceiling fan and light!

All in all, I am really thrilled about how the room turned out. I emptied half the closet (sorry, Cammy, just could not get the whole thing empty!) but it’s a pretty big closet, so hopefully it will be enough room. The shelving / cabinet (pictured above) is empty and ready for Cammy’s stuff.

In fact, this room is SO nice now, it is basically the nicest room in the house. Now, which room should I renovate next?