Saturday, October 20, 2007

Before & After Living Room

BEFORE


AFTER
























This room was a labor of love for Pete.

1) Remove Popcorn Ceiling
2) Rip up carpet
3) Get rid of the panelling
4) Sand down the glue from panelling
5) Paint (twice) I changed my mind on the paint color
6) Patch ceiling
7) Texture Ceiling
8) Paint Ceiling
9) Crown molding
10) Chair Rail
11) Re-Finish floors
12) New Windows
13) New can lighting
14) New light fixture


We still need to do some touch-ups and need to get more furniture for the room, but It looks ..grrrEEAAATT! Way to go PETE :-)

8 comments:

Buffy said...

It looks beautiful!!! Way to go Pete is right. I love the paint color. :D What a difference your hard work made! I love it. I'm so happy for you guys. I can't wait to see more pics.

Cannon Fam said...

Way to go! Looks good! We just bought another fixer here in Boulder too. Lots to looks forward to!
Deb Cannon

Cathie said...

Really GREAT work! I saw your blog on Deb's and I love seeing you and little Phillip. CRAZY that he is TWO! I bearly saw him as an infant! Fun times going visiting teaching when you were 9 months pregnant! SO CUTE!

Cathy said...

Thanks for all of the great feedback. I'll have to pass it on to Pete because I didn't do a thing. :-) It's great being pregnant during a re-model b/c I have a good excuse for not helping! (BTW, I'm 5 months pregnant w/ a little girl, due Valentines day) :-) Yay!

Cannon Fam said...

You're pregnant!! I wondered when you'd be having another one! Congratulations!! We're also having another (last one!!)- in April. That's awesome that you're having a girl! I'm really happy for you.

Buffy said...

Yay!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!! I am so excited for you guys. How fun to be having a little girl. So sweet. Phillip will be such a cute big brother. How are you feeling?? I can't wait! I get so excited for others to be having babies. :D

Alyssa said...

The house looks great...Pete's a pro! CONGRATS on the baby!! How fun! Hope you are feeling good! YAY!

Melissa said...

Cathy-
We just got your christmas card today. Thanks for thinking of us! I was so excited to find out that you guys have a blog. Sounds like you have been very busy with work and the house remodel. It looks awesome! We just finished our basement. House projects (esp with a little one) are a lot of work, but WOW, the hard work sure pays off! Congrats on being pregnant! Tell Pete hi and we'll have to get together soon (maybe after Christmas?) Love,Missy PS-you can chekc our blog out at www.planetgiles.blogspot.com