One thing leads to another

The making of the upstairs laundry area has certainly lead to other changes. Because it had to done! Our living room was/is a giant MESS!!

We're trying to remedy that tonight--well--as much as possible.......

Tom has been sweet about helping and understanding the NEED to rearrange!:} As you see, there are a lot of things that still need to find their home, but I think we're gonna like it. It certainly gives the room a different feel. The rug in front of the couch was a find--only $4.00! The colors are perfect- * sigh *--I'm so happy I found it.
Once this mess is cleaned and the room is finished I'll post a couple 'finished product' pics. Oh, the laundry area is really taking shape, too. I must admit--I'm excited !!

New laundry room

So---Tom and I have discussed moving the washer and dryer upstairs for some time now. We thought we'd sell our set, buy a stackable set and putting it in the small closet area in what is (was) my office area. After thinking some more and actually looking at stackables and even calling about a set, we decided we'd just save the money and redo the office area into the laundry area. Now, I admit, it will be a bit awkward in some ways, but well, we'll work with it. So, Tom has run the plumbing and will be laying some of the flooring today---hoping to have the washer hooked up tonight. I must say, I'm looking forward to having it upstairs! The steps to the basement are steep. Steep as in I go down sideways :} That plus lugging the baskets up and down can tend to be a bit of a pain. Tom, sweet man that he is, didn't want me having to do that anymore.
Anyhow, these are some in progress pics. I'll post some more later as we move along in this.

The office area now. For now, the unit on top is staying. It may change in appearance later.
The rest of the pics will come as soon as google gives me the option to upload from my computer!

Finally! Here's the construction in full swing.