Project "Reclaim That Space" Has Begun

Yesterday marked Day one of Project Reclaim that Space!! YEs, I gave it a name!! A project this big, deserves a name. By the time this project is complete it will involve 3 bedrooms, an attic, and a small library {area, and quite possibly a letter from the City complaining about the amount of trash we've put out to the curb, every week for a month} I've developed a plan of attack. 1.) Gut Tallon's room. Move Tallon's bed and some furniture into Maddy's empty room. Paint, move studio up there. Repurpose Tallon and Maddy's, no longer in use, furniture for studio. 2.)Move Tallon's guitars and music crap into music studio. Ryan can handle that room from there. 3.) Gut Maddy's room. Decide if ugly carpet stays or goes {I would prefer goes, but this is Ryans final decision, as he will need empty space in room for recording drummers and such, carpet helps with echo, but it's hideous} Gut the library area. Paint both becuz Maddy's room is open to library area and both need to be painted at same time! 4.) Move on to Attic.

Sounds simple right!! Want to see some before pictures...

Tallon's Bedroom, yes that IS a mini fridge hiding behind the chair, next to the futon!
Should have gotten more of an aerial view, so you could truly appreciate this MESS 

His closet area
If you are keeping count, yes he left several of his guitars here at home too.
 There are several more spread throughout the house

closet at the other end of the room/TV area. And laundry pile
Now I bet you are wondering what he took with him when he moved out...
ME TOO!!!
He took a few clothes, his desk, iMac, TV ~that's it.
Told me the rest, he didn't want!!

Maddy's room. She took her bed when she moved into apartment.
She still comes home every weekend and some days during the week, so part of this mess has to stay, but become organized, SOMEHOW! She will be taking dresser, to the left, in August when she moves into bigger apt. for the next year. We haven't painted this room in like 10yrs. Torn between a dark aqua colored wall or a red wall.  The rest of the room is going to be white and black.

The massive console TV{the one with the Z93 banner taped to it!} is junk{and was in Tallons room}
I will be stealing her desk for studio. And the tall dresser will either go into studio or attic for use as storage To the right of her room is the staircase and on the other side is the library area, which I forgot to take pics of. Will take some and post later this week with the In Progress Pics!!

This is the view from Tallons bedroom window... I decided the best way to get stuff out to the trash, was toss it out the window!!! 

Here is what I managed to get done in the first day. Futon will be staying, gotta figure out how to paint floor with it up here. It's too big to go anywhere else!

the busted up old window Air conditioner was too heavy for me to get out and my husband told me I could NOT toss it out window!!! Guess he didn't appreciate my work!!!

And the other angle...

Bed and side table for Maddy.

Now to choose a paint color.  I know all those whites look the same, but they are NOT.  You can't really tell in this picture though.  Painting walls is scheduled to begin Thursday mid morning~ish.

I will keep you updated on the progress of project "Reclaim That Space" Should be an interesting journey.