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

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Patching - Early stages

In the living room, we had a few places that needed patching.  Millou (our agent) recommended Peter as the master texture/patching guy.  He came by on Thursday, and I showed him what needed to be done.

On Friday I left him in the house and when I came back, I found a lot more patching than I realized was required.  (Our sheet rock is starting to buckle and seperate, and these places needed to be scraped and patched.)

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Today I decided I couldn’t deal with smelling the carpets anymore so I started ripping them out. I’m not sure my back will forgive me for all the time I spent on the floor taking staples out of the hardwood.

Before:

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