I'm so HAPPY!!!

Yeah...the floor is finally going in! The original plan was to finish all the painting first and then start the floor, but we ran into a few glitches. The kitchen wall was a mess and needed to be sanded, puttied, sanded and repainted. The Family Room had a few spots too so that still needs a nother coat after a few repairs. Dal also got pretty burned out, so we needed a break from painting. We made sure the hall was done and since the Living Room doesn't have to be painted, we were good to do that side of the house.



Thanks to our friends, the Espinosas, we got all the hall laid and about 1/3 of the Living Room. Wahoo! I can actually envision what it will look like now. It was so exciting A big Thank You to the Espinosas for all their help. Before they got here last night, we had no clue where to even start. Now it looks like it might be possible and we might even get it done before all our visitors at the end of the month!

So Dal actually has tomorrow off work so I think we should be able to make some good progress. We are hoping to get the LIving Room floor done, finish all the painting, knock out the fireplace and maybe do a few other odds and ends. I an taking a tiling class at the Home Depot on Saturday to try to figure out what we are doing with the fireplace. Any suggestions are welcome. Wish us luck!

It's Painting Day!

After much deliberation, we decided to paint the kitchen and Famiyl Room ro match the Living Room...keep it neutral. We taped, primed and painted our little hearts out. This picture shows how we finally convinced Dal to paint the wood wall behind the fireplace. I stand by that decision, but as you can see, we now have to redo the fireplace because that pink tile just doesn't match anymore. Dang!



Bead board will be going up on the lower half of the kitchen wall, so I thought I would leave a little something for whoever redoes the kitchen next time. Precious! When Tyson saw my grafitti in the morning, he was quite upset that he was not represented. The wall looks a little different now with the addition of Tyson's and Kelsie's names

Oh yeah...we painted the same color down the hall...doesn't it look great?

Sorry for the Delay...

Okay...so the whole blogging our progress each day didn't quite work out. Sorry about that. Where did I leave off? We had to plastic all the walls in the house while the ceiling texture was put on and then painted. We hited somebody to texture and Dal and I painted it ourselves. It looks really good. There are a few areas where the paint didn't go on quite as smoothly as we would have liked, but we are okay with it. Please refrain from pointing these spots out when you visit us...we are fully aware of each and every one.

We were so excited to finally take the plastic down. We had to duck underneath it to enter or exit the house, duck as we walked in and out of rooms and it kept me from being able to get into a several of my cupboards. Happy Day that it is down. Now comes the fun part...