We're Committed Now!

We've been living in an unfinished house since we moved into it in May of 2006.  We actually built the home in 2005, but it was nowhere near complete enough to move into until spring of the following year.   But since 2006, we have not finished the living room or the bedroom - two of the hardest rooms to finish.  We, that is, I, decided that "enough is enough" and I got tired of the polka dotted walls (polka dotted, as in dabs of sheetrock mud to cover drywall screws).   It was always a matter of time and money to finish projects, and then Harold got sick with multiple myeloma (bone marrow cancer) and his level of energy took a nosedive.  I have carpal tunnel issues with my hand and it is difficult for me to hold brushes and trowels without pain after a few minutes of gripping, and since Harold does an excellent job of drywall finishing we have put projects on hold until he can get to them.   We also finally scraped together enough money to finish a few things, and so here it is - 2015 and we are going to finally finish the living room!!!

Here is what the living room looks like now:

We still need to take down the rest of the ceiling fan and two more pieces of  furniture.   See the polka dotted walls?

We have furniture stashed all over the house, making it hard to get to things.  This will help us to get going!

I will post a photo or two of the finished room later on.   I am thinking of painting two walls with a pale blue and two walls with a pale beige, and putting up a wallpaper trim I bought a couple years ago that has blue and beige flowers.    The bay window will have a sheer valence curtain of either beige or blue (or both), and all window and floor trim will be painted white.   We still won't be able to afford flooring, so I'll paint the wooden sheeting floor again with a fresh coat of beige paint.  Our decor won't be magazine fabulous, more like "country eclectic".   At our age, buying new furniture seems like a waste of money (that we don't have anyway).  The finished living room will certainly be an improvement, though!  Next project will be to finish the master bedroom.   Wonder how long that will take?  This is what happens when you build your own house all by yourself without using professional contractors and you do things as you can afford them.   But, we will APPRECIATE things more!