KT's Room Update: Wainscoting

Our weekend plans to work on the nursery took a slight detour when we learned last week that Jeff's cousin, Daniel, was killed in a car accident. It was very upsetting news to say the least, particularly because he was 31 years old and left behind 2 kids and a fiancee. We spent most of our Saturday on the road to Dallas. The service was nice and there were several great remembrances from his friends, fiancee and sister. I had met Daniel only a handful of times. He was at our wedding, and the memory that I have of him is of a smiley guy that seemed like a kid at heart. He was obviously a very popular guy, if the attendance at his memorial service was any indication. My heart goes out to his family and close friends.

We got in late last night, and I decided to have mercy on Jeff and let him go golfing this morning :) - you like that? "let him" :) I hardly have that type of control, nor do I want that! But you get the idea. So when he and my Dad returned this afternoon, I decided to create the most welcoming scenario - a nice warm, chicken and dumpling meal cooking in the crock pot and some freshly baked pumpkin bread. The catch? I'm going to need some more work done on that wainscoting in the nursery. Chip chop chip (<---Gaffigan reference for the non-fans).

We still have to put in the vertical boards, but at least the top and bottom of the wainscoting is finito! Pardon the mess and also try to imagine the boards painted white. Here's some pics: