A Public Service Announcement

1. NEVER, NEVER, EVER.....PUT UP WALLPAPER UNLESS YOU ARE PLANNING TO MOVE BEFORE IT HAS TO  BE REMOVED.
2. NEVER BUY HOUSE WITH SAID WALLPAPER.

THAT IS ALL.

Making Progress

Wiring for ceiling lights. Thankful for good friends!

We thought we might leave the carpet pad until after the painting was done, but the stink was too much. The floors are in AWESOME shape! I am so excited. But there was tack strip and about a million three staples that need to go.

One down, one million and two to go.

Two Days In

We closed on Thursday
Got keys on Friday
by Saturday we had quite a bit of destruction.

Carpet, pad, the outer part of the wallpaper, closet, all the red shelving, storage room shelves, garden lattice, casings, and baseboards- all out.

Mark took out all of his frustrations on that closet.

A Place of Our Own

Four and a half years ago we decided to help out Grandma and move in to her home. Even though we were happy to be able to help, we have missed having a place of our own. We decided to take the plunge and purchased......a condo! We realized that Kyle won't always be around to be the lawn mower, gutter cleaner-outer, light puter-upper and fix it man.  So we decided we don't want to do that stuff anymore. We have been there- done that  and want to enjoy more of our weekend.

So.... we bought a 2800 sq. ft, 4 bedroom, 4 bath condo with great open space and (unfinished)hardwood floors under all the gross carpet.  It's dated, but with a lot of the expensive stuff recently re-done (windows, furnace, bath vanities).

We saw great potential and are busy making it our own. Here are some "before"

Granny fixtures and wallpaper- um, no

Using the litterbox was optional for the kitties.

Groovy paneling and red shag on the walls of the basement.

closet in family room that sticks into the laundry room-gotta go!