You are all aware of the troubles that I have been having being satisfied with my house. I have rearranged, changed color about 5 times, and I have still don't have that comfortable, settled feeling in each room. Out of 11 rooms in our home, I am totally happy with one (my bedroom).
Well, tonight (being childless for two nights in a row!!), M and I decided to head over to Home Depot to do some looking around (and because we have over $200 in gift cards burning a hole in our pockets). We picked up a few color chips for the kitchen and dining room. Secretly I was looking into ideas for my living room as well. We were also pricing new floors.
After complete frustration, we headed home. As soon as we walked in the door, we changed into tee shirts and flannel pants...AND... we TORE OUT THE CARPET IN THE LIVING ROOM. That in itself, revealed REAL, TRUE hard wood floors (yes we knew they were there but we were taking a chance on them being workable). There are a few boards that will need to be replaced, but it's gorgeous. Now we have REAL, TRUE hardwood floors in both the dining room and living (oh, and the hallway too). Upon riping up the carpet in the hall, we discovered that H and S both have REAL, TRUE hardwood in their bedrooms as well!!!!
I am a little more pleased with the living room now. It looks better with the "rustic" look that we are into right now. I also rearranged the furniture so it feels a little new and exciting to me!!
Next, we will decide colors for the dining room. Paint it.
Decide on a color scheme for the kitchen and go from there. We are redoing cabinets, counter top, floor, and EVERYTHING. The only thing staying the same will be the appliances. Keep in mind that we gutted the kitchen exactly 3 years ago and bought everything brand new. Therefore, we will NOT be spending thousands of dollars more for new appliances, we will have to work with what we have.
I'll post pictures as soon as I get around to downloading them to this computer.
Love to you all!!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Project - Living Room
Posted by Jamie at 12/29/2007 11:18:00 PM
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WOW - hardwood floors under all that carpet?! That is so exciting and would make such an immediate change - I would be thrilled. Good for you for being so energetic and I too want to make some changes after the New Year. I hope I have as much luck as you. See you soon. Kellan
Hey girl! HOpe the holidays were good to you this year! WE had a blast with Brennan, soo much fun. When did you get into photoshop? I would love to get that program but itsooo expensive. I have downloaded trials and it seems so dang hard to figure out! They offer classes online to take..I would like to one day. Are you still in wf?
Congrats to you for finding such a treasure (and being childless for 2 whole nights)! One thing that we noticed when we got rid of the carpet in 90% of our house is how much less our allergies bother us. Hope it works that way for you guys too!
I'm sure it was like Christmas...finding the hardwoods in good shape.
Can't wait to see the pictures!!!
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