Thanks for making that post, witchiepoo. It gives all of us pointers and a guide to go by if/when similar things happen in our own households. Keep us up with how it goes and give us pointers along the way!

Re your DS's room. . .if it is going to be a while before it is ready, is there a way you might paint a Trompe L'oiel on one wall. . .isn't that the illusion thing? You could paint it like a wall with a large window overlooking the outdoors. Another thing that might brighten up his current space is something I saw on one of those house fixing shows on tv. They hung colored (would also work great with clear) lights that dangled from the ceiling . . .like Christmas lights strung back and forth across the ceiling, but all you noticed was a jillion tiny lights hanging overhead.

Even a couple packs of those glow in the dark stars you can buy in the toy department of stores, stuck on the ceiling with bits of tacky tape, are great for cheering up a room and taking away some of the "darkness" one would have in a cellar, especially when the lights are out. Just don't mention the toy department to the teen My niece and nephew had those on their ceilings when they were 15/16 and loved them.