Almost There!

I've had folks ask me how the living room project is coming along.  It was almost 6 weeks ago that we tore apart the living room and began work on it.  We pretty much have it done except for putting on baseboard trim (we're making our own out of 1 x 4's), getting some things hung back up on the walls, and putting up the window scarves I bought.   These little details won't take long.  The hardest part was Harold and I (a couple of old people!), moving all the furniture back into the room!  Moving the furniture out was no problem because we weren't concerned about scratching the floor.   But after we re-painted the floor, we certainly didn't want to scratch it!  We solved that problem by putting old rugs and bedspreads under the furniture and dragging it into place.

If you recall, here was the "before" picture:

Before

And here is an after photo of what we have done so far:

After (but we still have a little to do yet!)

Other side of the room

Painting the big bay window

Close up of the trim

When everything is done, I'll post an updated photo.   Our living room may not be like in the magazines, but we are simple folks and we do our own interior decorating on a very limited budget.  It's just SO nice to have a room with color and organization again.

If we can eke out a couple weeks before the gardening season begins, we hope to finish the bedroom also.   From April to the end of October we are incredibly busy with yard and garden work and being one of the key vendors at the weekly farmer's market in town.  It may have taken us a long time to finish the living room, but we sure appreciate it now!