We are about half-way to completion. Thanks to assistance from my boys, Rob and Brian, our bottom floor living space is completely empty. The carpet and baseboards have been removed down to the concrete slab and the rooms echo with every little sound. Chewie loves the sound of his own bark with the accompanying reverberations! Michael and I do not love it as much as he does.
Each night, when Michael gets home from work with the pups, I put their cushions on the family room floor and we bring in two lawn chairs and a side table. This is where we sit and watch TV until time to go to bed.
This inconvenience is because we chose to have all the carpet replaced with hardwood and all the walls repainted at the same time as the kitchen remodel. As I watch the painter at the top of the ladder, which is on top of the scaffolding, I am ever so grateful that we made this decision, in spite of the inconvenience.
I am posting some before pictures of the living room and family room — and please note, I did not paint the walls this brick color or the sponged yellow — so you can appreciate as much as we will, when it is all done.
I probably will not post any more pictures until it is finished, so we can do a “Big Reveal”. I am getting so excited to see the end results – should be all done by May 27th.
Family Room with our lawn chairs, like camping indoors!
A view from the front door. The carpet is still in. You can see the family room through the arches.
The opposite view – looking at the front entryway. The two-tone would not be so bad, except they weren’t consistent at the top.
The stairs going up to the Bonus Room and two bedrooms.
OMG – he is on a ladder which is on top of the scaffolding! That’s 20 feet high.
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