The House

So as many of you know we bought our house a 1 1/2 years ago and have since that time been remodeling. It is a slow ......S-L-O-W process but we have made some head way. Our to do list included replacing the awful pink carpet through out the house, painting, replacing bathroom flooring, tiling the front entryway, replace the fireplace, and remodel the down stairs bathroom. Yikes! So it started last January and has been steadily plodding along. We now have wonderful new flooring in the kitchen and living room. The walls are painted.... after a few scary paint jobs (apparently Brad and I don't have great design sense). The trim is back in place, half of my stairs have been turned in to beautiful hardwood, the title entry way is wonderful, and we have a functional vanity with drawers in the down stairs bathroom. I am so excited!!! so here are a few pictures (okay alot actually) of before, during, and after.

Painting

Lovely white walls.... with a slight pink tint from the refection of the carpet.....


This was the awful color selection that we made... I swear it did not look like that on the samples.



The nice neutral tan walls. This was after a couple more disasters of trying to make the previous wall work. Although the walls look awful still with the pink carpet.


While we were painting the walls we found out that none of the ceiling had EVER been painted. So that added a few extra nights to paint those.

The kitchen got a nice shade of green. Although it looks pretty bright in the picture it really is darker more muted green.

Tan walls without the pink carpet. And I love the shelf with the stacked pictures... click to see it closer. I probably like it so much because it took me 3 months to get it filled !


Carpet/ Flooring



Pink carpet.... everywhere. even under the dining room table.

Don't mind Brad... we find him like this a lot.


Kitchen floor (sorry it was the only one I could find) Ignore the onions, but enjoy the little cutie who now isn't so little.

Then the tear out begins


Tearing out the 15 year old carpet WAS NASTY!!! Fine silt dirt was everywhere underneath it.

Bye bye kitchen floor


After we pulled out the pink monstrosity we found out that the back sliding door was leaking and had been for some time. So Brad had to replace some of the floor boards. We had the door out for one whole night we were so glad it didn't rain!

Our fridge was in the living room for a few days.

But it was all worth it. Don't ya think?

Hallway

Dinning area & kitchen

And new carpet in the living room.

Ahh so much better!

The Stairs

Before. (along with a cute little munchkin) once again the pink carpet.


The tear down

View of the entry way and yes the door was even painted pink

Then the hard work began. Staining, sanding, and varnishing all the stair treads. This was my garage for about 4 months.



Brad snapped this when we were doing the tile in the entryway. It was a late night.



Sealed and finished

Nice black door.


The final product of the top stairs. I loooove them. It makes me so happy!
The bottom set is still in progress. I'm hoping this spring.


So all and all it has been a productive year or so for our house anyway. Now on to the shower, carpet in the bedrooms.... does it ever end???