Can you hear that? Oh yes, that is the wind of change...and it is blowing from the Goddard home. I finally convinced Jeff that we had to replace our old, nasty, stained, matted carpet and replace it with something indestructible and easy to clean. So in October we started ripping our house apart in preparation for some new laminate flooring. ( I know...some of you are shuddering at the thought of laminate, but I could not take my chances with real wood! We would have destroyed it in record time!)
Not only did we get new floor, but we figured it was time for our whole house to get a little face lift. (We have been here over 7 years!) That included new paint, staining and painting the cabinets, and patching and filling a lot of little dings in the walls.
I had no idea that it was going to be such a long, drawn-out, nightmare! Just deciding on the color to paint the wall took six different samples of green before we found one we both liked.
Jeff and I spent weeks up until the wee hours of the night working on the house. He was sick of his wife nagging, and I was sick of my house looking like a war zone.
These were my favorite quotes from family and friends during our renovation:
"You know the root word of paint? Pain."
-Shah Brionez
"I've heard if your marriage can survive a renovation, it can survive anything."
-Mark Fetzer
We aren't finished yet, but at least things are to the point of manageable!
Old stairs
Kitchen mid-paint
Torn-up living room
Our cabinets were like this for several weeks.
Old living room
NEW LIVING ROOM...sans decorations
Jeff's biggest project...THE STAIRS! Don't they look great?
Even thought it's still blue, we repainted down in the family room too.
Everything feels better now!
4 comments:
Wow! That looks so good! I love the green color. :)
Looks great! Also looks like a lot of work... What did you do to the kitchen? Darker or lighter cabinets? Good workers. :)
Love it!! I'll need to come see it in person soon!
Wow! Great job. These look awesome!!!
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