Again...

this is what happens when your husband gets bored. there are more photos on my flickr site, but this is the gist of it.
good news? he's installed all new insulation and is moving drywall in as we speak. i'll take a few photos later tonite and post. the secret to speedy working? tell him it's for the nugget. see, we're revamping that space into her play area. we've moved downstairs (for now) to the guest bedroom and we're very comfortable. seeing as how this is not our dream end-all-be-all home, we don't need the lavish master bedroom that we (read: i) plan to have (yes, i have the floorplan already sketched out and ready to go for when we build) in the next or next next house.
what i'm hoping to also come out of this is a new office space. right now i'm in two spots: the basement and the guest bedroom (yes, our bedroom). it works and i'm happy if that's how it ends up working out, but my hope is the new insulation and the new drywall will regulate the temperature up there so that it's not at it's highest or lowest degree (it's sweltering up there in the summer and freezing in the winter). we have a window unit to cool things off in the summer and really, it's not all that bad up there in winter, but i want to make sure we do this right. we have our walk-in closet up there (it's behind the dresser in the photo above), so in doing this, i think it will make it easier for me to get ready in the morning... i can take her upstairs to play while i pick out my wardrobe- i.e. jeans and shirt- for the day and not worry about her being alone downstairs.
after i see the space drywalled and "finished" (i use that term lightly because nothing is every finished around here), i'll be able to layout some floorplans... and of course i'll share them! i'm going to be using a lot of what we already have and anything that we do buy i'm going to make sure can be used in the future. we'll be moving a TV up there, the current "entertainment center" that is downstairs and i have a rug that we'll put up there so nugget can crawl around without worrying about eating a pound of dog hair (the dogs will be off-limits unless we're up there).
i'll be sharing the pieces that will be going up there soon. i'm also going to be putting some thought into the closet and how to make it more efficient. i need to assess what we have, what we need and how to go about pulling it all together.