Home Improvement Continues

On Wednesday, the DH and I both took the day off to WORK on our living room. We were busy, busy making it more modern. We said goodbye to our 1970's orange carpet and our vertical blinds. It was a sad, sad farewell! LOL. We said hello to the hardwood floors underneath and a new window treatment!

After I had my morning coffee, I began my day at 8:30! I started with painting the wall around the front window. Then DH and I began removing the carpet around 12:00. It was quite yucky and thankfully we were wearing masks! Then DH worked on removing the wood planks around the walls while I pulled up those darn staples. As he continued, I put up the second coat of paint. This took us until 4:00. He left me to go work on he daily reports for work while I cleaned up and swept the floor about 6 times.

We took a break to go out to dinner for some yummy pasta. Then we returned home and put up the new curtain rod with these pretty cranberry thermal curtains. Today, we added sheers in the middle pane. It looks so nice. I just LOVE it!

Tomorrow we are going to scrub the floor and make it shiny! Now comes the search for two new area rugs! ( The carpet was in the dining room, too.This will take some time considering the DH and I have opposite tastes when it comes to decorating. LOL. Isn't that usually the case with all married couples? We also plan to have the floors refinished!

AHHH... Here's to home improvement!