OK, breathe.

The appraiser just came, after our crazy Thursday night of putting up the rest of the ceiling then cleaning the whole house. Phew! We're just getting it an appraisal for a refi - don't worry, we're not abandoning the bungalow.

So, we have a minute to catch our breath. Here's how the study ended up, so far. We still have a lot to do, but it was together enough to look like a funtional room.

Eddy loves the new (bargain) rug. He does yoga on every rug in the house several times a day.

The bookshelf is newer - we bought it from a woman down the street who was moving. She said a friend's dad in Minnesota was a furniture maker, and he had made it for her. She couldn't take it wherever she was going, so we got it for a steal. It's solid oak, and giant! It's about 6' long! Luckily she lived REALLY close by, because we had to put it on the roof of the little Subaru & drive real slow.

Did we ever tell you about this desk? Craigslist find. We don't have as good luck as Jason the Craigslist Jedi Master - but this one worked out. It was 2 hours south of here, but we had to be there anyways for an appointment, so it worked out. It's a partners-type desk - one drawer on each side opens and they each have a lid and an inkwell hole. It's not the greatest design or construction (the legs aren't done in a way Stickley would have done it), but I love it anyways. And - we didn't have to strip any paint!

This weekend, we'll be mostly taking it easy (finally). Maybe I'll strip the window header. Maybe not.

And in an hour or so, a wallpaper guy is coming to see if it's at all affordable for us to - gasp - hire someone else to hang our Bradbury & Bradbury border in the study. More on that soon...