As of the last update, Jim and I were in the process of prepping the floors for new flooring. We tore up carpets, and I pulled out more staples than I want to know. We did this for each of the rooms that still had carpet, all three upstairs bedrooms, the living room, and the office. Last week was the big install, and the house looks amazing.
The living room is the only room that is officially done. This project has made me fall in love with that room all over again, especially now that we got rid of the TV and I was able to set up my Sonos speaker to play music for the whole house.
As you can tell, we changed the color of the bedroom and of the office. The bedroom will become Holly’s new room. The new floor is currently doubling as my closet, since in the course of preparing our bedroom for the installation, our closet organization system may have been purposefully damaged rendering it impossible to reuse. Once we get a new closet system, we will be buying Holly a new bed and officially moving her into that room.
As for my office, my wall-to-wall bookshelves are on order. I was promised five weeks. It has now been one. Yes, I am counting every one of those days. Once those are in, I can knock two rooms off the list because it means I can move my books out of the dining room. The office will require some new decor – bookish prints, new blinds, a reading chair and a new desk chair – wheels are great for carpet but not necessarily on wood floors, but there is no rush. Holly’s old bedroom will become the guest bedroom. The intention is to move our current master bedroom furniture into there after we repaint it. Again, there is absolutely no rush with this switch.
The other thing I really wanted to do was repaint each of the rooms. We priced out a painter and discovered it was a bit more than either of us was willing to spend. He is coming instead to give a much-needed fresh coat to all the trim work and doors. I imagine Jim and I will work on painting the rooms throughout the winter months.
The rest of the projects are little. Jim is in the process of replacing all of the pulls and knobs on the cabinets. We changed some of the lighting. We have a new front door on order. We will be replacing light switch plates and other little touches to spice things up a bit. We are still talking about doing solar panels on the roof, but it is looking like that will happen next year. I think both he and I just want to finish what we started on the inside, and that is okay.
It’s amazing what a difference wood floors can make – it looks so good! Can’t wait to see how your shelves turn out, since that’s definitely something I have planned for the next house.
Thanks, Shannon! You can bet there will be TONS of pictures when those shelves come in.
Wow, y’all are an inspiration. The reflooring project just looks like so much work, and also, the result is gorgeous. Way to go!
Thanks, Jenny! I’m giving all the credit to my husband. He and his brother did an amazing job.
You’ve done quite a bit. I don’t know why but I thought you were in the beginning stages.
I think perhaps because we started several projects at the same time? We didn’t just tear up the floors, we moved the kids and their bedrooms, we painted, we basically started fresh in the office, we are redoing our closet. Those are just the ongoing projects we have not yet finished. There is more we want to do during the winter months.
I love all the updates, everything is looking fantastic! Can’t wait to see what your office looks like when it’s finished.
Thanks, Brandie! Me either.
The new floors are amazing. We have wood laminate floors in all but the small two bedrooms, and I love the look and easy care. I can’t wait to see you new bookshelves….only a true bibliophile knows this love…ha ha.
Thanks! I know we should probably add throw rugs, but I know J is not too thrilled about the idea of them. Besides, the whole purpose of the floors was to make it easier to maintain with the dogs. Rugs would just be more dog hair catchers.
Two more weeks to go. Seriously, they cannot pass fast enough.