This time last year, I was just beginning the great adventure of turning a storage bin Library into a welcoming and functional place. This week, we about got the final physical changes down that I've been waiting to complete. The library last year looked like this: Below shows the space as empty as possible. Our fabulous custodial staff put as many of the tables as possible in the corner for carpet cleaning. It's an amazingly large space. [gallery ids="6570,6562,6563,6561,6560,6566" type="rectangular"] Now, the last little challenge is computers. The desktops are in front of the SmartBoard. I didn't take a great picture of this terrible arrangement, but you can kind of see it here. I tried and tried to get a rug in front of the board, but it was not going to happen! I've been chipping away at them computer by computer. This is the next incarnation, and there is now space for a rug. There are computers hidden on those tables. Really ;) This meant we ...

I've been working in the new digs for three weeks now - four days a week, 10 hours many days. I'm estimating that the library is about half way to where I'd like it to be. Completed: Week 1 - made decisions on items to keep or clear out.  Find a place to put items to keep. Clear the walls. Week 2 - organize items kept as best as possible. This is ongoing. Ron and I have joked time and time again about how we are having to move items to move items to a place that might make sense for a new home. Some cabinets are full of items that will just have to wait. Clear some more items out. This is tricky. If you move out too many things at once, you risk losing something of value. So some things you walk around and think about longer. Week 3 - reorganize fiction into genres. Move magazines and make a reading nook. Clear some more items. Upcoming: Week 4 - reorganize easy. Weeks 5 & beyond - reorganize nonfiction. Because you can only deal with books for so many h...