Our house that we purchased last June has been a constant work in progress. Most of our money and most of our free time has been sucked into a seemingly endless home improvement pit (kind of like The Money Pit with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long…no it’s not that bad!) that Margie and I have been undergoing over the past few months. I think we have acquired a VIP customer status with Lowe’s and Home Depot, as I have lost track of the thousands of dollars that we have generously spent to these two addictive entities. However, we are finally starting to see some fruits of our labors after many hours of blood, sweat, tears, and questioning such as “what the heck did we get ourselves into?” We are essentially finished working on the two guest bedrooms and the office, with most of the improvements coming in the form of fresh paint, new ceiling fans, new closet doors, new hardware for the interior doors, and most recently carpet. As we expected, the carpet was a great finishing touch that brought it all together.
Here’s a before and after shot of one of the bedrooms (a.k.a. the red room). The view of the pictures isn’t quite at the same angle, but you get the idea. This room was a bear! It had layers of wallpaper that had to be removed before we could paint (as visible by the brown patches in the photo), and the carpet was certainly showing some age, abuse, and neglect. Click on one of the images to see more photos of before and after.
We are quite pleased with the results, especially since we are rookies at this home improvement stuff. We just wish it wasn’t so exhausting and costly, but in the end I’m sure it’ll be worth it. It’s just hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel…we have a long ways to go to finish the remainder of the house. The master bedroom is next on the list for reconstructive surgery.
