I promised these pictures many months ago and I am FINALLY being true to my word. :) The following pictures will give you a peek into the transformation of Steven's room. Unfortunately, I can't find any before pictures, so, you will just have to trust me that it was indeed a transformation. Hehe! The project, like every perfectly planned project goes in your head, was going to be an easy one and the plan was to spend approximately 2 weeks to complete it however, we forgot to take in to consideration the fact that life happens. Our complications included; two indecisive people trying to make decisions, those same two people also happened to be cursed with interior-decorating-challenge-itis and then the most serious of all was when my Dad ended up in the hospital because of chest pain. Prior to my Dad's chest pains my Mom and I were able to sand all the trim, decide on the colors for the room, 
and begin the process of painting the walls and trim. During the 2nd coat on the walls and the 3rd coat on the trim (I sanded the trim a little too well which made it so the wood soaked up the paint, I believe we had to paint a total of 4 coats on all the trim!) we came to a screeching halt. My Dad ended up in the hospital with a serious heart attack and was immediately taken into surgery to have a stint put in. Praise the Lord the surgery was a success and my Dad felt a big difference hours afterwards, if it was up to him he would have gone back to work the next day but, thankfully, upon doctors orders, he was recommended to take at least 2 weeks off, needless to say we were all very happy he complied. With our focus on making Dad comfortable (maybe almost to an annoyance for him ;) ) the room sat patiently waiting for completion* ( *A big word in our home and yet, this time it was 
different and we were determined to finish.) After 4 or so days of rest my Dad started to get antsy and so, with the help of my Mom, Steven and myself to do all the heavy lifting we started to build the wall. In order to comfort my Mom's heart and not stress my Dad's heart we took our time with the wall so, between putting up the studs (thanks to Steven and Daniel for their help) and the dry wall it took about a week. After the wall went up my Mom and I went to work once again with our skills in interior design and took another 2 or 3 days to pick out the crown moulding, once the decision was made my parents went and picked it up and the next few days were spent painting, again! Then it was time for my Dad to be put to work again (not much of a rest, eh?) cutting each piece so it fit snugly in each corner. Overall 
from clearing the room out to throwing the last pillow on the bed, the night before The Kevin Morris Family arrived, it took us over 3 weeks to finish. I will spare you the details about our shopping experience to pick out the bedspread/pillows/curtains and curtain rods for the room, oh my! :)
The project is 99.9% complete (minus the floor board along the new wall) and we are all very satisfied. There are pictures below for you to admire our work...and please do, we'll take any happy comments you can come up with to motivate us to tackle the next room hanging over our head....the Bathroom!!!!
Brent and Ali's first field trip to the De Jager Farm! Mrs. De Jager was kind enough to give Brent a tour of the farm, ride on the gator and jump in cotton seed. Although it was wet and muddy and very chilly, we managed to have a good time and look forward to the summer visit. :)
Brent and Luke (Jessie's grandson) checking how they milk the cows.
Staying warm with Grandma while getting the tour of the farm.
Brent enjoy looking at the cows from a distance, his true passion just happens to be tractors, and there were plenty to be seen. Jessie was kind enough to let us ride around and get the more pleasant tour of the De Jager Farm.
Riiiiight here!!
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