here we go again

our decorator came over yesterday to give us ideas on rearranging and decorating the basement (and i use the word 'decorator' loosely; she IS a decorator but we rely on her to help us plan spaces and pick out paint colors. nothing hoity toity.).

anyway, diana came over yesterday and had some fabulous ideas for redoing the basement. right now the basement is finished but is just one big open space. now that we've moved all the kids' toys down there, we need it to function more as a play room and media room than just a storage space for all the stuff we don't know what to do with. the kids are starting to have friends over to play and we'd love to have a space for them to go to instead of tearing up our family room.

so here we go again. i swore last spring, when we finished some major renovations in the house, that i was THROUGH with remodeling and contractors and workmen in my house.

i think i'm a sucker for pain. oy.