First, a few work-in-progress pics...
Mike taping behind the fridge. We definitely decided that prepping for painting is waaaay worse than the actual painting!
Another wonderful part of prepping- spackling! With lots of different people living in our house before we bought it (including me!), there were LOTS of holes to patch! Now we don't even want to rehang stuff and put new holes in it!
In case you were wondering, you can actually fit a 20 ft extension ladder into a minivan... though I don't recommend going very far! Turns out, the ladder was actually TOO long to use!
Truman was quite disturbed during the whole process- moving lots of furniture, new people, yucky paint smells... not so much a cat's favorite thing!
The bedroom, ready to paint!
Jess & I, mid-bedroom painting! Actually, we ended up having to do two coats in the bedroom, which was a little annoying. Turns out Behr paint really is the best! :)
The great rearranging... what's the fun of painting if you don't rearrange your furniture at the same time?! Jess was a huge help, because I have no flair for decorating or arranging furniture. It was actually fun, though... picture the scene from Because I Said So when the mom and the daughter rearrange her living room 46 times!
And the final arrangement... I love that it is more open, it makes the room feel so much bigger!
The kitchen, rearranged just a little, but MUCH nicer color-wise! We're not quite done here, we are still going to replace the fixture that is hanging above the table. As much as I love the shiny gold chandelier, I think it needs to go the way of the fruit wallpaper!
More shiny gold gone- we replaced the outdated kitchen knobs with some darker ones. It's amazing what a difference it actually makes in the kitchen. Can't wait to get the light fixture replaced, too!
New knobs in the bathroom, too (again with the shiny gold), but we still have to replace the bath mats, etc- we're going with a dark brown set.
And the final project was the blue room, which Ruthie came and helped me paint last week. It's not quite as blue as this picture looks, but it's pretty blue! I really like the color, too. It's a mess still, obviously, because I haven't had a chance to put everything back away. But the painting is done! 
The great rearranging... what's the fun of painting if you don't rearrange your furniture at the same time?! Jess was a huge help, because I have no flair for decorating or arranging furniture. It was actually fun, though... picture the scene from Because I Said So when the mom and the daughter rearrange her living room 46 times!
And the final arrangement... I love that it is more open, it makes the room feel so much bigger!
The kitchen, rearranged just a little, but MUCH nicer color-wise! We're not quite done here, we are still going to replace the fixture that is hanging above the table. As much as I love the shiny gold chandelier, I think it needs to go the way of the fruit wallpaper!
More shiny gold gone- we replaced the outdated kitchen knobs with some darker ones. It's amazing what a difference it actually makes in the kitchen. Can't wait to get the light fixture replaced, too!
The bedroom, painted and rearranged, but obviously nothing up on the walls yet.
New knobs in the bathroom, too (again with the shiny gold), but we still have to replace the bath mats, etc- we're going with a dark brown set.
And the final project was the blue room, which Ruthie came and helped me paint last week. It's not quite as blue as this picture looks, but it's pretty blue! I really like the color, too. It's a mess still, obviously, because I haven't had a chance to put everything back away. But the painting is done! Anyway, so there are some mostly done pics. True "After" pics will have to wait until we get things hung back up on the wall (a little delayed now, since Josh is gone on World Changers), and we are waiting for a new towel rack for the bathroom, and the light fixture to come in. Then I will post real after pics, but thought these would hold you over for now!
2 comments:
Everything looks awesome....still loving the living room arrangement! It really looks great, and soooo much more often. Can't wait to see the final pix with everything back up on the walls.
it looks great liz!!! i am glad you had jess and mike to help you guys, that is a lot of work. i love paint, but hate to paint!!! the knobs make a big difference too. you have a new house!!! please give laney some candy from her aunt jane!!!!!
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