some progress...

well, after being out of town almost every weekend in April, we finally had a weekend to start the process! it was a good thing we got started this last weekend, because i have been losing motivation fast. so this weekend we (with some amazing help!!) got almost all of the painting done!! :-)

*our friends lydia & lana came to help!!

*dining room primed!

*time for a break!!

we just have few trim touch ups left to do, but we are waiting on the floor...which was the LOW point of the weekend. sometimes when you pull up the carpet in an old house you get a nice surprise...& sometimes you get crap (excuse the term, but i can't think of a nice way to put it.). we were hoping for a nice surprise. we knew the floor the would need a little t.l.c. because i had pulled up a couple corners to try to get a glimpse of what we would have to work with. but once we started ripping away the carpet we found a ruined floor. :-( so now we are trying to find a new wood floor to lay down...& our knees are hurting at the thought (we installed a wood floor for my aunt & were soooo sore!) but we keep envisioning what it will look like once it's done...

here are some pics of the floor now. isn't it fabulous?

*all the dust from the carpet pad that basically disintegrated in parts

*the amazing random cut outs. (all the little dark circles are screws...)

so this is where we are at the moment. we are researching flooring right now. it's going to put an unexpected dent in our budget, but that's what happens with old houses. i just keep thinking of how nice it will look & how long it will last once we get it done! :-)

starting point...

i needed a starting point. so here we go! we are redoing our living room & dining room of our house. it should be fun!

a little background...

here are some pictures from when we first bought the house. the living room & dining room looked like this...

then after we stripped all the wall paper, painted, & recovered the chairs...it looked like this...

BUT! now we are ready for a change. we are tired of the red (it was nice for a while, but now it has to go). we also sold the dining set & couches. we bought a new couch & a different dining table (which are both in storage) so right now we have a big empty room & plenty of space to create! :) our plan is to paint the walls & rip up the carpet & refinish the wood floors.

here are some pics of the furniture we have bought so far. (we really enjoy thrift stores, sales, auctions, craigslist, etc...so only our couch is brand new...)

*the table (a craigslist find!!) expands to a square with the leaf in...which is something we really like...
*we got an amazing deal at NFM...the couch was on sale big time...let's just say the chair the that goes with the set was more than the couch! crazyness...& we actually liked it! :) points for the NFM!
*i plan to refinish this piece (another craigslist gem!! & practically a steal!)...the people who had it before tried to do a special finish on it, but it didn't really work...

anyway. this is where we are & what we are working on at the moment. the next couple weekends are super busy for us, so not sure we will be getting much done. but we are excited about our new project. :)