(almost) Spring Cleaning

While the weather here in OKC waffles between winter and spring, we are starting to get into some spring cleaning at The 3220. Prepping for an exciting vacation this summer, out of town guests in a few weeks, and trying to have a baby (since forever it feels like some days) gets a girl into nesting mode, I guess. So we have been tearing down, reorganizing, storing, un-storing, cleaning, and sorting for the last couple of weeks. It has been extremely productive - and there is still so much more to do. When you choose to move into a historic home with decently small square footage, you have to get creative.

As we begin to hope and pray more fervently for a baby to be on the way, we have begun to clear the room we plan on making the nursery. That room has up until a few days ago housed all of my knitting and crochet supplies (yarn, hooks, needles, current stock, books, etc). But it takes up A LOT of space. So eventually, when The Nursery is a nursery, Crochet Central will need to be moved. And I thought, "No time like the present!"

So I got the chance to clear a space in our upstairs that I lovingly call The Book Nook. The Book Nook is the space above our living room and below the highest peak on our roof. So we are talking narrow width, sloped ceilings, tons of built in shelving and a tiny window that overlooks our lovely street. It is quite charming.

Years ago, our upstairs was cut into and changed from attic space to a medium sized room, a bathroom (that used to be a very tight full bath and now we are changing it to a normal sized half bath), and The Book Nook. We spend very little time up there. Partially because it is a little messy...but also because we have a great sized living room and bedrooms downstairs...we just don't make it up there very often. But I have a sneaky feeling I will be venturing up there a little more now...because The Book Nook IS NOW CROCHET CENTRAL!!!! Hooray!

The only thing it is missing is some legit seating...so, don't worry - a massive 7 foot bean bag love seat is on it's way to my house and my heart. Adam wanted to know if he would ever see me again after I got it.

I told him I didn't know.

 

I have also squeezed some time in between all the boxing and unboxing and reorganization to crochet a little. I whipped this guy up after watching a popular Pixar film and being inspired by a funny little monster :-)

 

 

Then my loyal Facebook fans started ordering away and I rocked out three earwarmer headwraps and a beanie in a few short days and got them sent away to blustery Indiana.

 

 

I know Miss Courtney will look so cute wearing this all over the IU campus in Bloomington...or as my brother and all his cool friends say, "B-Town."

 

 

...Wanetta and Kathryn, enjoy your earwarmers. I pray the best for your friend and hope she enjoys her cozy beanie. I went for the cheeriest colors I could find!

 

I also just sent a sweet sweater and earflap hat to my cousin in Indiana. She will send it along to a new little family member being born in May in Argentina! Dani...please send pics of this precious little one in her crocheted cuteness!

 

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