Photographic Proof

I was at conferences all last week, so I didn’t get a chance to post this earlier.  We were able to finish up the painting in the living room right before I had to leave, which was exciting!  It was nice to come home to a functional living room, that’s for sure.  I still need to paint all the trim at some point, but that’s not a very high priority at the moment.

As a visual reminder, I’m re-posting some of the images from early on, so you can see how much nicer it is now!  Up first is a back to back comparison of then and now.

Ugly carpet, bad color, half-completed moulding

Pretty hardwood, pretty color, happy kitties

First we ripped up the carpet.  We knew there were nice floors underneath, but I had no idea what a huge difference it would make in the feel of the room!

You can see the half-done crown moulding here

Next up, ripping out the crown moulding.  After that was done, we had a contractor come in and help us do massive amounts of patchwork on the walls.  We ended up re-texturing one wall because the previous texture job was so hideous.

New textured wall

We lived with it looking like this for longer than I would have liked, but finally I got a chance to get in and primer the whole thing.

After one coat of primer

And finally, with the creamy yellow color (Behr - Provence Creme) and the cats happy on the new (to us) furniture.  A new color, AND a place to sit, it’s almost like this is turning into a real place to live!

Creamy yellow + sunlight = happy room!