of all the tough spots on this huge undertaking this part was the hardest. not necessarily because of what I had to do, which was a challenge, but more because of the mental state I was in. when it came time to put up the side walls of our loft bedroom I struggled to get through it because I was just so over this whole thing.
I was mentally drained from continually figuring out how to complete the tasks in front of me, I was so freakin' tired of climbing up the ladder 500 times a day, I was sick of looking at every tool we owned living in our bedroom and my body ached from working in a tiny little space where I couldn't stand up fully. plus, there was a tiny little voice inside of my head that kept suggesting that this project would never end and I'd be working on the loft until next winter...not motivating.
[above: I removed the old side walls to replace with new so that the walls would be plumb, square and cohesive looking with the headboard ledge wall. framing up with an angled ceiling was a learning curve with lots of brain powered required.]
spoiler alert, I powered through and rocked it out, but this was not all rainbow and butterflies. truthfully, not a lot of this loft project was the instagram style diy I'm so used to seeing, where its sunny in the background all the time and the project gets done in 27 seconds. that's false advertising and I'm not here for that.
I'm not complaining about the project I chose to do, I'm being honest. this project took way, way longer than I anticipated and there were lots of parts that sucked...AND these were the exact things that I needed to experience to remind me how awesome I already am.
