Geting There

A couple days after we moved in we had fresh paint on the walls, clean floors and plenty of space. It took 3 days for my sister and I to clean the beatup original 1956 hardwood floors before we moved in. There's nothing worse then grimy wood floors {yucky}. Most of the wood in our home came back shiney. It's a simple and quick fix, untill we refinish them.

Clean Up Time

new paint and clean floors

A better view, yeah the tag is still on the coach

View from the front door

We brought our sofa a few months before we closed on our house, it fit snug in our apartment, but needed friends in our new living room. Temporary fix, dining room chairs!

(please excuse the blurry pictures and mess!)

Drab Living Room

Along with cleaning our house with TSP Cleaner from top to bottom, I knew we needed to paint our living room before we even moved in. The walls and ceiling were all a funky green color, the baseboards were natural wood - not our style. We hated the ceiling fan, it looked oh so cheap. Our original 1956 hardwood floors were thrashed from years of neglect. We loved the original front door, but the glass panel was broken, yet anther thing to fix. We had challenges to face, but I could see good bones under all the drabness (is that a word). Oh and we had a lovely air condition wall unit in the living room, the previous owners left the unit in after they upgraded the home to central unit heat and air.

Thrashed Floors

Cheap Ceiling Fan

Time to Prime

Mr. CHL priming the walls & the lovely wall unit (cringe)