Transforming Dingy

Update** We are on day three of no dairy, and the rash seems much better. And by seems much better, I can say that we got a full night of sleep last night for the first time in a week. I am thanking the allergy gods for this one, because good lord mama needed her some sleep.

I have realized that I haven't updated on our new house situation, well, at all. The house is coming along beautifully (and well, it should be since papajama and my dad have been spending a good portion of their lives there). I am so pleased with the progress so far. Sadly, I don't think I can get the "before" pictures of the interior to upload onto this computer, but I'll try and create a little visual for you.

The living room and dining room are what one sees when you first enter our new home. When work began, the first thing that greeted you was a stale smell, and stained light blue carpet throughout. The living room and dining room walls were mostly papered with a light pink and blue floral wall paper that had just a hint of a metallic sheen to it (I'm guessing it was circa 1989). There were a couple of walls that had been painted blue (I'm guessing as accent walls) to match the paper. Oh, and all of the paper was browned and icky from cigarette smoke. Okay, that's not just the front rooms either. The ceilings had an awful texture on them that looked like it could impale someone if they were able to hang out up there. And the whole house was a bit dingy from years of cigarette smoke.

From the lovely dining room, you can enter the kitchen. The cabinets are simple, and have a nice finish to them, but again, there was the choice of wall paper. A pink, blue, and off-white confetti pattern (complete with texture) greeted the eye in the tiny kitchen.

Down the hall and straight ahead is the children's room...well it's babyjama's room for now, but we plan to let the kids share it for a couple of years. It's walls were bright blue with disgustingly discolored white trim. The remainder of the rooms were painted a white or off white color that wasn't so bad, but like I said, the whole place had been discolored from all of the cigarette smoke.

Now, 8 days until move-in day, there has been quite a bit of progress. The entire downstairs has been repainted. My sister-in-law makes fun of me because I use the actual names of the paint colors to describe them. Our livingroom and diningroom and downstairs hall have been painted in "baked brie"...which is basically a yellowish off-white. It just looked white until the trim got painted white.

The children's room is a light green, to go with either boy or girl things. On a side note, I've been searching and searching for a new bedspread for babyjama so that she can have a coordinated room.

The master bedroom is painted a deep gray that I LOVE. It is such a soothing gray, and I can't wait to wake up in the morning surrounded in it.

Oh yeah, and the kitchen hasn't been painted yet. It will be a dark blue, and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Now that the bulk of the painting has been finished, attention is shifting to the floors. All the carpets have been pulled out, and the floors are being prepared to be refinished this weekend. It's like a new house every time I walk into our place. Honestly, it doesn't look...or smell anything like it did when we bought it. I'm so glad that we were able to look past the UUUUgly and see the charm of this house. We're going to be very happy there, and I can't see us moving again for a VERY long time.