We said goodbye to Heather at 5:00 pm on Friday.  As soon as the car was out of sight, we started working.  I was hoping that Heather didn’t forget anything and decide to come back for it—not sure what story I would have told, lol.  This is My daughter Heidi with her friend JJ and little sister Bea (names changed to protect the girls.)  What a pretty crew!

Bea is one of Heather’s closest friends.  She called not long after Heather left to see if Heather could walk down the street to play.  I told her the sad news that Heather would be out of town for the week, and then told her why.  She said, “Why didn’t you tell me!!!! This is a huge surprise.  If someone did this for me, I would die!”  Then she rushed over with big sister support to lend a hand.

Here’s Heather’s room before:

It’s a big room–15 x 11.5 feet.  With a small walk in closet (door above) for storage and a 6 foot traditional hallway closet leading into the room where Heather puts her clothes.

Here’s a close up of the toy eating orange shag.  In it’s defense, it is super soft and I’m sure it’s super cool.  Only I’m not cool enough to appreciate it….

Bea assured me it IS super cool.  She said, “You’re getting rid of this carpet?!!!!! I LOVE this carpet.  Can I have it for MY room?”  Sorry, Bea, but it fell apart in the removal process—it is 43 years old you know.

The pretty crew had Heather’s room packed up and empty in 30 minutes.

We stacked all the stuff across the hall in a corner of brother Caleb’s room.  He was not thrilled.  It’s only for 6 days, Caleb.  Deep breath.  (Yep his room is original to the house too.  Red shag and check out that wall paper.  He loved it when we first moved in, but is ready for a change too. Only I can’t talk about that right now….too many projects going on.)

Darren ran out to get McDonalds, because I had hives already just thinking about the next 6 days.  I spent the rest of the evening cutting, hemming, ruffling, pinning and sewing on ruffles for Heather’s duvet cover.  I finally called it quits at midnight.  That’s a lot of ruffles….

When I’m done, it will look something like this–only in ombre:

Duvet originally from Urban Outfitters, but discontinued.

That’s the end of the short day 1.  Tomorrow I’ll show you day 2.