Under the wire...

With my mom coming in this weekend to stay before we head south to Nebraska for Kyle's wedding, Robyn and I were down to the wire to finish up the bedroom we were getting ready for her stay. 

Friday, we finished putting up the ceiling paneling.  We were delayed a day because I didn't want to go back into the house to get my tape measure to measure a piece 7' 7 1/2" long so  instead I used the t-square to measure off a 16 1/2 inches to cut off the short end.  Of course, it was a foot too short.  Tino helped us get the new mattresses up the stairs.  Because of the two 90 degree turns and narrow widths, carrying larger items can be a bit of a challenge.

Using the wall paneling to create a beaded board look on the ceiling didn't come out quite as good appearance-wise as we hoped...

But with the new light fixture, was still a significant improvement over the old ceiling treatment.

Saturday, we volunteered from 9:30am to 2:30 pm at the Irish Fest.  Here's a shot from Harriet Island, on the south side of the Mississippi, across the river looking on to the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Once we finished up there, back to the house to move start putting the bed together and replace some defective wall outlets with newer, safer one. 

Saturday evening, we headed out to the drive-in for a couple of movies.  I'm glad I had just stuffed my jackets behind the seat because they were definitely needed for a night in the low-60's.  Robyn was even smarter and had brought a small quilt.

Sunday, we headed off to the Mall of America for some shopping for a dress for Robyn to wear to the wedding.  If we hadn't gotten our workout already for the weekend, we definitely did during that trip.  After a short stop at Wally World to pick up blinds and bolts to bolt the headboard to the bed frame (a Craigslist find), we stopped by our storage unit to pick up a few items to complete the room furnishings.  With the finishing up of this bedroom, it looks like we'll be able to get all of our items out of storage finally.

Sunday around 7:00 pm, we finally finished up.  Here are the results for the 3rd bedroom.

As soon as the bed was made, Angel and Lucy were giving it a test.  (Angel is between and underneath the pillows. 

In addition to the found headboard we distressed and the thrift store lamp and found cabinet, You can recognize some of our other finds in the next few photos.

Everything appears to have met with Angel's approval.