Holy shit, I ordered furniture. Gulp.  I ordered the two pieces in black, the triple dresser and vanity chest.  I waffled on getting both for a while, but then was like, well, fuck it.  Because half of the money was gift money, I couldn’t count that, and by putting 75% down (they have to order it, of course, my furniture guy gets a kick out of me, I think, because I NEVER get stock) I figured it was like making 2 payments, not spending that much at once. Right?  And thinking of it as 2 payments from 2 paychecks makes it okay. It still makes my stomach lurch to spend that much money, but we have no debts other than the house and car, and my student loans (but like THAT counts right now) and we have savings and I CAN afford to do it…. plus, as I told Dave, it’s not like a headboard or something decorative.  By buying these two pieces, it’s almost like adding a walk in closet.  We will have trimmed down our bedroom furniture by one piece, and it will look GOOD.  And while yes, most of our time in there is spent with our eyes closed (as Dave likes to argue) having this room DONE will be SO NICE. 

We’ve stripped all of the paper on three walls, and will do the fourth after supper, and tomorrow we will spackle, tape and prime.  In a week or so, we will do the final painting, and add a chair rail, and then when the furniture is in, I’ll have it delivered. Cannot. Freaking. Wait.  After our room is Done, all that’s left is the hallway, which, whatever, we need a ladder to do it (for the stairwell) and we don’t have the right one yet.  The bathroom, eventually, will get an update, but it’s not HORRIBLE. Not crazy LSD circus tent fugly like our room has been, anyway.  CAN’T WAIT.

And as much as Dave sort of hems and haws about spending money on our bedroom, even he is looking at the three stripped walls and saying "THIS even looks better than it did before."  He likes the colors, too, he picked them, so he’ll like it when it’s done. I KNOW he will.  And yes, while we do spend most of our time asleep in there, we do other things too, ahem, and it will be so nice to have the setting be a romantic room instead of an abandoned yard sale.  Just sayin.