THE NEW NOOK

I have been tossing around the idea of switching up a few rooms in our house for quite some time now. 

I kept coming up with excuses as to why it wouldn't work.  

Last week, I decided to throw caution to the wind and give it a shot. 

Introducing the new "Nook".  

Yep, we have assigned an official name to the space.

You see, this space used to be our dining room/breakfast room. 

However, there was hardly any dining going on in there.

We borrowed a few pieces from our living room and office,
added two new chairs I scored at the consignment store,
and now we have a cozy little nook.  

For some strange reason, we decided to tackle this project an hour before trick or treating started. 

Good timing, right?

We moved all the big pieces, took a break to trick or treat in the freezing cold,
ate a ton of candy, and then put the house back together. 

We have this slight problem of the two lanterns now being in the way. 

Believe it or not, no one has been seriously injured yet.

I am calling the electrician this week to have them moved. 

The kids hung out in the nook all weekend.

The space had more action this past weekend that it had in the past three years. 

Let's take a little walk down memory lane to see how this space has evolved. 

This was how it looked originally (before we bought the house).

This was the state of the "nook" during renovations.

Shortly after moving in, it looked like this....

And it looked like this for the past five months.

Until last week, and now it looks like this....

If you are wondering where we will now dine, here is a sneak peek.

More on that later.  There are still some kinks to work out. 

Kinks and all, this was a good move for our family.  

I really want us to "live" in every room in our house.

 With the new changes,

we are finally doing just that. 

Do you live in every room of your home?

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