The Forge: new frontiers in whole life carbon reduction

I was so thrilled earlier this Fall when Kennedy started begging me constantly to make some apple crisp for her.

Oh and a little bit of circa-who-knows-when dusty rose wallpaper peeking out from the closet.That was Kennedy’s room!

The Forge: new frontiers in whole life carbon reduction

Believe it or not, she made herself right at home there when we moved in and didn’t make a fuss.We’re so glad to have been able to finally give her the room of her dreams now though and to have it be something she can really use and enjoy everyday.Let’s do a little before and after tour, shall we?.

The Forge: new frontiers in whole life carbon reduction

So here are those scary dark blue walls I mentioned:.As far as navy blues go, that was a fairly nice one.

The Forge: new frontiers in whole life carbon reduction

The walls were really banged up though and the color was a little too much on all the walls.

Plus the creepy red curtains and yellow carpeting really did make things feel pretty creepy.Here’s the basement before again:.

This picture doesn’t even really capture the disaster that was our basement.How did we let this happen?

We’re smart people!.Anyway, here it is now!.