Shawn's room gets a new window

As I write this, Bob is installing a new window in Shawn's room. Finally the old, hard to open window is gone and in it's place is a new one that matches the others in the house. It's the kind that is energy efficient, you can flip the windows down in front for easy cleaning and it is easy to open. I could never open the old one myself. It was always stuck shut. Bob or Shawn had to pry it open. And once it was opened, it wouldn't stay that way without being propped open.

Once the window is installed, Bob can hang the blinds we already have for it.

The next step in Shawn's room is to paint it. We already have the paint. Once we get it painted, we can move on to finding trunks I want to put on either side of the bed. I want to store Shawn's stuff in the trunks and use the tops of them for end tables. We also want to get a new bed. Right now we just have an air matress on top of a futon matress. I'd like to keep those for company, but, I want a real bed in the room.

A few months ago we found a dresser at the flea market. It was in good shape and only $20.00
We bought that and put it in the garage for now. It is in good shape, but has some scratches in the wood. Bob wants to take those out. Then we can put the dresser in Shawn's room. Again, I want to use it for storage. I want to put a TV/DVD player on top for Shawn/guests.

The final thing we want to find for his room is a bench that opens. I can store blankets, etc. inside and the bench will be a great seat or place for company to set suitcases.

We have a lot of plastic bins in there now with Shawn's stuff. I want to get those out of there. Eventually I hope he gets his stuff out. But, in the meantime, at least we will have better looking storage stuff in the room and it will be a good looking room for Shawn/guests.

Once he sorts through and moves his stuff, the storage space will be good for me. I can save some of the drawers for guests. I will be able to put all the Christmas overflow in there instead of having it stashed all over the house. I will also be able to put some of the older photo albums in there, pictures and so on.

Once we get it done, I will post some pictures.