FINALLY!! WE HAVE CARPET!! AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

OK, sorry for yelling, but I am REALLY excited.

Want a peek?

Eeeeeeek!! I love it! Obviously, the room still needs trim and the baseboards need to be installed, which will look really cool. But for now, we have carpet!

The cats were hilarious. After about two years of pining at the closed doorway, Ferris was finally allowed to venture into the promise land. He was pretty funny. He cased the joint by walking the perimeter.

He would take a couple of steps, and then look back at the stairs, then a couple more steps, and a glance back at the stairs. Cats always need to know they have an exit.

And just as he was finished checking out the room perimeter, Simone peeked her head around the corner. She’s more timid than Ferris.

Simone was very skittish. She walked with her tail practically between her legs and always had at least one eye on the stairs, so that she could run away at a moment’s notice.

And just when I thought she was through, our little climber monkey spotted Neal’s pride and joy – the half wall.

And then Neal got home, and the cats seemed to be completely comfortable in the new room. Simone christened the room with a patented back jump.

HAHA.

So the first thing Neal and I did was take apart the bed and carry each piece upstairs. I have no pictures of this, as we were kind of preoccupied. I will tell you that the cats were NO help at all. Simone kept jumping up on the mattress and box spring while it was on its end in the hallway. Grrr.

I’ll also tell you that Neal and I claimed  MAJOR victory, as we were able to get all parts of the bed upstairs. That’s a pretty big deal, because due to the curve of the landing, it’s very hard to get large pieces of furniture to fit up there. We were not terribly optimistic, but we got it!

However, the box spring was definitely a challenge. For a couple of minutes, we weren’t sure it was going to fit. But with several very strong pulls (Neal) and one smashed finger (Megan), we were successful. For now, we’ll just have to ignore the large gashes on the wall. Ooops!

We set up the bed. Again, the cats were no help, haha.

Simone thought the box spring was the PERFECT place to give herself a bath.

And finally, we have a bedroom!

Simone made a home under the bed.

And Ferris hid under the covers. I think it’s hilarious because he had his paw poking out from under the comforter.

HAHA!

So, anyway, that’s that! Neal’s parents and brother are coming up Friday to help us move our dressers, since Neal and I are unable to do that ourselves. We still have to hang the curtain rods in the closets. But we are able to sleep up there now and enjoy the AC, so that’s pretty exciting! I love the room to pieces and am so excited it’s finished. There were times I thought it’d never be done!

I’ll post more pics of the room as we finish it up. Thanks to everyone who’s been following this home improvement project with me on the blog. I appreciate all the blog and facebook comments of encouragement. I’ve needed it!

And obviously, thanks to Neal’s parents for their blood, sweat and tears on helping us finish this room. We could NEVER have done it without them!