The Living Room

Well, it has now been four long months since we finished our remodel project, and I'll admit, I have been VERY lazy these last four months. I have never finished cleaning up and putting things away, and so have never taken pictures to show the final product. The only other time that I got my living room clean enough to take pictures of it was the day that we put up the tree, which made a disaster all over again.

Here is the before picture, although I think that the wall paper
has been stripped off the far wall by the time I took this picture.

This is an "in the process" picture of the wall that had wallpaper on it.

And this is the finished product.

Our living room did not have a light in it, and we have had to use lamps. I have always hated that. But from the time that we moved here, there was a light switch in the living room that went to nothing. Not even an outlet. So Brian was able to use that switch, and put in an overhead light and a switch that controlled one outlet that we have been able to use for a lamp and the Christmas tree lights. I love it.

This is the entry from my living room/stair/hallway area into the kitchen/dining room. Again, I have never loved it. I think that a room needs a real doorway, not just a place where the wall ends.

So we built and installed an arch to fill in the space, and make the doorway look finished. It was frustrating, heavy, and even caused a few days of not talking to each other, but in the end, I won, we built it and I LOVE IT!

You can see it on the left in this picture from the other end of the living room.

There is still several little things that need done to finish up. We have a few molding pieces that need tacked in place because we had to wait until the carpet was in to know exact placement. We also ran out of time and money to finish the banister, so for now my couch is filling in. And I didn't get to replace the chandelier over the entry, but that shouldn't be far off. I am also not in love with my curtains. I am not good at decorating, and not sure how to do it, but I will keep playing.

I will continue to post other pictures as each room is ready, but with the Holidays coming, I'm not sure if that will be soon, or not.