A YEAR ago Thanksgiving weekend, John and I were discussing Stewart’s asthma and how it had seemingly been getting worse.  Was it is busy college schedule?  Was he not eating well?  Sleeping well?  And then, as I stood at the stove, stirring dinner, it was 100% clear.

“He’s been in his new room since summer and that room still has the original carpet!”  What is more, that room had a rabbit in it when we visited [in 2007] to inspect the house.  Stewart is allergic to rabbits.

So – we ripped out the carpet that weekend and he’s had nothing but an area rug over the subfloor ever since.

We decided to use some of John’s vacation time to have him spend two days doing the new floor.

Mama could hardly stand to look at that empty room with a new floor and old paint!  So she convinced everyone to let her paint the room.

Tab helped me prep it.

And a quick paint job it was.  From here on out, I’ve decreed that bedrooms for anyone over 12 years old just get a neutral color!  I believe we will have musical bedrooms for the next 10 years as kids come and go to college!