THE NEW JBS SOUTH EDITION

When we moved to The Villages in April of 2008 we had quite a lot of work to do to cover up some pretty horrible colors.  The picture at left is actually kind of peach which was mild compared to the dreamsicle orange we had in the kitchen.  The kitchen was our first line of attack because I couldn't stand it.  The cabinets were "shabby sheik" and it was just horrible. I called it shabby shit.   We painted the cabinets and it looks good for now. 

For those of you who used to come to Vista del Lago to visit us you will recall that we had a guest room that was theme oriented.  It was kind of an inside out garden room.  Picture things you'd see on the outside of a house on the inside.  Awnings going in instead of out, etc.  When we sold the house the new owners told us to please leave that room the way it was. 

That being said we could not go without a theme room in our house in The Villages.   After a ton of laughs and ideas, we came up with a beach theme.  Not too original but nice nonetheless.  Steve spent hours building the headboard from paddle boards and painted the room blue.  You will see the basic idea here,

As time went on we began to realize that not having an office to work in was a problem.  I worked on the small desk in the living room and Steve on the dining room table.  Not so good.   We assessed the number of visitors we had coming down in the foreseeable future and thought that changing it into an office was the right thing to do so that's what we did.  It is still a work in progress as you can see.  I found a gorgeous picture for behind the desk but I will never pay $300 for one picture.  Keep in mind, it killed me to spend $27 on new "non Velcro" sneakers.  I am adjusting well. 

So, here is the work in progress.  We have some things to get for the wall and my matching file cabinet arrives tomorrow.  I am in to ring binders and hanging file folders so I will be ready to roll.  

Notice the bands around the drapes.  I shocked Steve when I said I could simply not deal with them not hanging straight down so I asked him to make some bands for the drapes so we can train them to hang straight.   He was shocked I would ask for such an anal action but there you have it.

Quite the change if you ask me.  We used to have two printers in the master bedroom closet so every time we'd want to print something we'd have to go from the living room, into the bedroom, into the bathroom and then into the closet.  A real pain.  All the printers are now in the closet to the right.  Where you see the white blob to the left will be where my new file cabinet goes.   Being tax time, I have spent so much time in here you have no idea.  Some more finishing touches and we're ready until we buy a bigger house.