Monday, August 19, 2013

The Wood Floors!

We had several people tell us what a big job it was going to be to refinish the original wood floors on the 2nd level.....but we had no idea! We rented the sander on Sat, thinking it would be a few hours and we'd be done. Nope. We returned it Sunday night after many many hours of hard labor.

This morning (Mon) I went to work on the edges with my little hand sander and started putting on the varnish.

To be able to show off this home's beautiful cedar floors will all be worth it when we are done. Here are some pictures of the progress....

BEFORE....

 DURING.....



 AFTER:
 This is Natalie and Anna's room after 2 coats...WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!
 This is Emma's room after 1 coat...



Thursday, August 8, 2013

A Little Paint

I must admit to being a bad blogger lately. I promise I have been working hard every day so more pics are coming! But here's a few of the light fixtures downstairs and the paint upstairs. Also, my sink should be coming soon so I should have my kitchen next week! It can't come soon enough!

These first 2 pics are of the upstairs family room/office area. I still need to pain the ceilings, but a little neutral tan paint can go a long way. Our new, big window really lights it up in the morning.



This is Natalie and Anna's room. They like blue, so we did one wall in the light blue from downstairs.


This is Emily's room. 1 pink wall and it's a very light, subtle pink.  I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. It kind of reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream. :)

I know this is supposed to be an outside fixture, but it was so cute, I wanted to be able to see it from the inside!

The chandelier over the dining table. Love it! 
 Most of our lights will look like this, with a few exceptions.

 This is the ceiling fan in the living room. We also put up new, bright white mini blinds and they give the room a crisp look.