photo jason berg make life comfortable nice two-story addition back house back yard plenty planned floor gain half bath expanded dream kitchen cozy fireplace upstairs master bedroom bath lots storage way-too-much-stuff home's bathroom surely make smile mornings short life perfect happen we're throes economy savings account padded daughters college funds non-existent we're making phrase immediately takes back house prairie books ingalls queen making paper parcel white sugar white flour apples cellar happen kill rabbit home fields laura mary scavenge scraps paper pretty decorate table voila feast worst times pa's fiddle music make festive struggles similar tactics hard romanticize family's attempts make romanticized ingalls family harsh prairie general approach similar involves taking stock determining takes creativity ingenuity planning pitching ideas time sweat equity rewarding imagine people find ways bathroom problem deserve capitalization biggest issue house girls share bedroom write post great siblings experience sharing bedroom write post makes ideal point five-member family three-bedroom house share period jason fine stepping volunteering share room figure divvy girls make bedroom belong girl work cobbled temporary solution jason daughter moved middle oldest girls shared devised plan year switched things biggest littlest girls shared working sort devising plan passing -year-old increasingly thrilled english fairy wallpaper border bought house eight-year-old wanted friends space room toys play jason realized dream addition happen knew bedroom situation sustainable long-term heads sketched plan looked catalogs ideas kids rooms over-the-top perfect they're laughable find great color combinations things paint money cool ikea freestanding shelving unit serve partial room divider giving girl sense space painting weekend felt good low-budget methodical project rewarding results love working side-by-side jason listening music telling stories past sitting back long admiring work today girls painting clothes involved thought drive turned eager learn paintbrush techniques happy part transformation taking place real hardships important lessons people making make we're enduring real hardships belittle struggles glad things children learning process they're learning problem solving brainstorming sketch ideas they're learning wallpaper remove skillfully working paintbrush roller they're learning working project family exciting game night richer bonding experience they're learning dream perfect fine thing addition house choose re-engineer concept perfection make resources feel richer 