Big Summer Update

Well summer is almost coming to an end and we have lots to share! We finally have some before and after pictures of our new house. We bought our little piece of work the end of March, and moved in the first part of April. She may not look like much with the red brick walls and green roof but were making it our own and have given quite a face lift on the inside.

First off the kitchen... this lovely green hexagonal carpet took my poor hubby 6 hours to scrape off.

This is me in the kitchen, obviously way to happy... not realizing the house "fun" had not even started haha

Lloyd's brothers came to help install the tile and it turned out great!

We owe a big thanks to Dewight, Randy, and Russel for their help with the tile. We couldn't have done it with out you all!

Second we have the upstairs Living room. You can't see it here, but instead of this hard wood floor we had a light mint green carpet that we moved downstairs because it was actually nicer then the green orange puke carpet that was in the downstairs living area.

So we refinished the hardwood floors and painted one brown wall and the rest a light tan, after we ripped off that wood paneling behind the fireplace

This is the back wall of the living room with a few decorations

After about 2 months we finally got our new furniture, and this is a shot of the mostly finished living room.

The only thing missing from the living room now is... the mantle of the fire place. We had a slight mishap when pulling off the paneling. We weren't aware it was cemented behind the fireplace, and had a sacrificed mantle in the processes

Next for the bedrooms!

Spare bedroom with fire red and orange, 3 inch shag carpet! And don't forget the matching carpet!

We painted the walls and installed new carpet and turned this into Lloyd's office

The lovely master bedroom with such high fashion carpeting!!

We fixed that right up with a fresh coat of paint, new carpet and some curtains!

These last two bedrooms are downstairs, and we haven't made any changes to them yet. It will come with time, but for now they are a GREAT conversation piece when friends come over

And Yes.... that is quilted pieces of carpet... just take it all in :)

We had so much help from all our family and friends, so thank you to all of you! We are lucky to have you!

This is just a good taste of the how much fun we have ahead of us still... taking a look down stairs. That is lime green walls and 3 different retro carpets by the time you reach the basement!

And for our bathrooms... Downstairs its dark blue carpet with pink coutertops

And upstairs its fake brown tile with turquoise counter tops. And yes, its the REALLY fancy kind with gold sparkles in it!!

We are so lucky to have this house, and are loving living in Shelley. It is so fun to have such a big project to make our own.

Well we have more updates to come about vacation and family reunion, but figured this was a big enough novel for tonight! More to come soon!