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December 20, 2006
Home Improvements
Where to start, well we started ripping up carpet quite a few months back and thought we could live with that. But it didn't rip up so easy and where we pulled up the tackboards it chipped the linoleum and the concrete and left all of the edges looking pretty yucky. So we decided to go ahead with our renovation plans. Then we knocked down a wall. What wall you may ask? Why the half wall with the 1970's jail bars of course! We had been saying that wall was coming down since we first saw the house over 3 years ago. Man, it really opens things up and gives us so much room!
wall
no wall
old floor
new floor and a view of the paint job in the living room
last of the floor going in and a view of the paint job for the dining room
all new crown molding, and new beadboard wainscotting in the hallway (now painted navy blue.)
a little helper
So this is all one of the many reasons you haven't been seeing much activity around the Lesbourgeoisie cyberspace. We have been pulling lots of late nights for several weeks now trying to work on all of this. Brad and crew (thank you so much all of you for your hard work) put in the hardwood floors. We also got new carpet from Lowes put in the bedrooms last week. It has felt like a war zone around here. Stirring my coffee with a paint stick and picking pacifiers out of plates of nails and hinges and stuffs! All of us were coming down sick and realized that Christmas was fast approaching. So while we have lots of finishing touches to work on have put away our gear and tools until after the New Year in order to get back in touch as a family and get ready for Christmas. I will post more finished pictures later.
photographs | By adrienne | 11:30 PM
Comments
I like the way the dining room is same color as the living room but striped. And don't you love laminate flooring! It really looks great.
Posted by: emily at December 21, 2006 08:51 AM
stripes! i've been wanting to do stripes just like that in my place, but i haven't gotten up my nerve yet (also the walls aren't quite plumb, yay crappy 60 year old plaster!).
Posted by: Sara at December 24, 2006 12:43 AM