Husband - gone fishing and camping for the night
Daughter - with my parents for the night
Me - time to do stuff around the house!
So my plan was a little more ambitious than I thought...
I had planned to do much more things around the house during my day alone, but everything took a little longer than expected.
First I tackled our daughter's room to be. When we moved into our new house, we decided to set her up in the spare room upstairs so we could work on her room right away. Well we've lived in the house for 3 months now and things weren't moving as quickly as I would have liked... so I've been bugging J - my husband - to do his half so I could get to mine!
I woke up this morning to the sound of sanding... yes... after spending several hours in the garage last night with a few guys and some refreshments he crawled into bed around 2am and was up at 7am sanding that room (he had done the mudding a few days ago). I knew he was going to do it today... but didn't expect him to be up so early doing it! Turns out there was a catch! He was leaving for that camping/fishing trip an hour and a half later!! lol!! At least he kept his word and got it done so I could finally prime the walls while he was gone!
So... that being said... I primed the walls and the ceiling! As you can see from the before and after pics... it's already that much better! Took me about two hours as I had to vacuum all the dust my hubby had left behind after his sanding job! Job done and I'm satisfied!
Before
Before
After
After
About the floors... we know there are hardwood floors under all the carpet in our house. But the carpet is in good condition and we aren't ready to splurge on new hardwoods yet... so do I take a chance and take the carpet out anyway?
I had planned to do much more things around the house during my day alone, but everything took a little longer than expected.
First I tackled our daughter's room to be. When we moved into our new house, we decided to set her up in the spare room upstairs so we could work on her room right away. Well we've lived in the house for 3 months now and things weren't moving as quickly as I would have liked... so I've been bugging J - my husband - to do his half so I could get to mine!
I woke up this morning to the sound of sanding... yes... after spending several hours in the garage last night with a few guys and some refreshments he crawled into bed around 2am and was up at 7am sanding that room (he had done the mudding a few days ago). I knew he was going to do it today... but didn't expect him to be up so early doing it! Turns out there was a catch! He was leaving for that camping/fishing trip an hour and a half later!! lol!! At least he kept his word and got it done so I could finally prime the walls while he was gone!
So... that being said... I primed the walls and the ceiling! As you can see from the before and after pics... it's already that much better! Took me about two hours as I had to vacuum all the dust my hubby had left behind after his sanding job! Job done and I'm satisfied!
Before
Before
After 
After About the floors... we know there are hardwood floors under all the carpet in our house. But the carpet is in good condition and we aren't ready to splurge on new hardwoods yet... so do I take a chance and take the carpet out anyway?
I took a peek just to see what I could see!
OMG!!! They are beautiful!!
The varnish is still all there!
The varnish is still all there!
I'm in complete aww!! So I'm making the executive decision - we are definitely taking the carpets out ASAP!
So once J gets back from his grizzly adventure, he'll be able to fix the few spots that aren't so perfect with the mud, sand them and then I'll paint the walls! After all the work is done on the walls and ceiling... we will be uncovering that gorgeous hidden floor!!
So once J gets back from his grizzly adventure, he'll be able to fix the few spots that aren't so perfect with the mud, sand them and then I'll paint the walls! After all the work is done on the walls and ceiling... we will be uncovering that gorgeous hidden floor!!
Hopefully the renovation process continues to be a positive experience!! :o)
