The End is in Sight

A few weeks ago we reached a milestone event in our 2+ year remodel of the bedroom, bathroom, closets, family room, and hallways.  NEW CARPET!!  The old aqua carpet in the bedroom was gross but we lived with it while we built the new closest and remodeled the bathroom.  With all of the major (and dirty) renovation work complete we finally ripped out all of the old carpet in the bedroom and upstairs hallway.

Removing the old carpet exposed the hardwood floors and before you all gasp in horror that we covered them back up with carpet the floors really weren't in good condition closeup.

It didn't take us as long as we thought it would to remove the carpet and all of the old staples.  We spent the night on the air mattress in the living room since our bed was temporarily stored in the office.

 

The next day two workers came and installed all of the new carpet in about 2 hours.  It was wonderful.  I may or may not have gone in and laid on the carpet as soon as they left. 

We never had carpet in the new closets so this was a nice addition.

We have a different plan for a runner on the steps so the carpet stops at the top of the first step.  Andy was concerned about how it would look because of all of the repairs and trim work he had to do but we are very pleased with the result.  As soon as we find time to finish the steps the Phase 1 Renovation will be DONE!!

It's come a long way since this!

Rolling On

Andy and I both took some extra time off around New Year's to focus on getting the bedroom and hall painted in preparation for new carpet.

We want to add some color to the rooms (no more contractor cream or builder beige) and we have big plans for some bold color (coming soon) but in the bedroom we decided to keep it simple.  We decided on Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige. 

The current painting projects include EVERYTHING -- ceiling, walls, and trim (oh, how I hate painting ceilings!), so it's a multi-day process for us.

The first day we removed all of the old carpet in the hall to make painting the new trim easier. First this happened.

 And then this happened because Kodak is somewhat terrified of hardwood floor and wouldn't come upstairs. What you can't see is that I even had to put a non-slip mat under the rugs to get him to come up.

The real prepwork started early the following day. We moved the furniture and tested some paint on the area where the border used to be.  Andy had to use vinegar and some sanding to remove the residual glue. We painted the ceiling and trim the same day.

And the next day were were finally able to paint the walls and reclaim our bedroom.