Preparations for a New Arrival ...

 

A fresh coat of paint and a new ceiling light.

 

The paint color is called Linen.  It's a creamy white.  The trim is a high gloss left over from doing the living / dining room a few years ago -- That color is called Golf Ball. 

 

 

This photo gives you an idea of what it was before ...  Eeesh!

My kid moved out in May to start his professional life as a Microbiologist in another city, leaving a vacuum in his old room ...

So I washed the walls and painted the room.  My husband helped with the base boards and the ceiling.  Amazing what a new coat of paint will do to lighten and brighten!  [Funny that it's much easier to do things like paint when the kid no longer lives here.  Does he really take up that much space, time, and attention?]

A new area rug, picked up on FB Marketplace.  Kinda fun to have these little local adventures to pick up these treasures every weekend -- Like cheap date night!

A vintage piano bench ...  needed some fortifications before my wide bottom starts using it.  

Good thing my husband was up to the task of re-gluing all the joints and adding some corner brackets:

A stool  purchased at Target. For some reason, it was too hard and complicated to get just 1 of these stools on Marketplace.  This was not hard to assemble, and it seems very sturdy.

And for lighting:

• a new overhead light - This one is already installed, and is a great improvement over what was there before.
  
• And for task lighting, a 3-headed floor lamp -- I bought one at Target (See photo above) that seems to be working well for my needs.
  

A narrow library cart for a side table / work bench.  It's on wheels so easily moved out of the way when I need to tinker with the object of my affection. [Deb K: Does this look familiar? ;-) ]

A bookshelf (not pictured yet).

A quilt-hanging wrack for displaying coverlets!  There will also be a curtain rod / Quilt Display Bar up above for  inspiration and/or design wall.

 

Small Desk that had been on the porch for years.  I was using it back when I was making a lot of surface design textures.

Any ideas as to what the centerpiece of these preparations will be? 

Stay tuned ...