I realize I live in Georgia, but....

It is WAY too hot here right now, and it's only going to get worse this weekend! 

I LOVE summer, I love being home during the day to watch Days of Our Lives, and just having the entire day to do whatever I want to do!  I imagine this is what it will be like to be a stay at home mom, and I can't wait until that day. 

Here are some before and after pictures of the front two rooms of our house, it's amazing how different they look.

          Living Room Before                                    

Living Room After - No furniture, but still a difference

  

             Dining Room Before

             Dining Room After

The half bathroom is almost done, I am just waiting for someone to hang the mirror:)

          

It all went down!

We finally got our wood floors installed on Saturday!  They are in the formal living room and dining room.  We were not sad to see the carpet go. 

Here are some before and after pictures of the formal living room.  This room will eventually be our office, that is why there is nothing in there, because we have nothing to put in there yet:)

The wood was delivered on Wednesday



Starting to remove the carpet!



What a difference!

I can't wait to get furniture in this room!

On to the dining room!

Almost all the furniture is out!

Carpet is gone

New Floors!

Ready for Thanksgiving!

Work to be Done

Our formal living, which we plan to make the office, is finally painted.  David had a few days off work and painted it.  We chose a gray, but it turned out more blue. 

We also got some quotes this past week on plantation shutters, wood floors and painted trim.  Everything was actually reasonably priced.   The carpet isn't in bad shape, but we prefer wood floors.  The trim is beige, way too dark for us.  We could paint the trim ourselves, but because there is dental molding in the living room, dining room and foyer, that would be a LOT of work.

We decided we are going to get the hardwood floors, trim and plantation shutters done in living room, dining room, and foyer first.  After that we will move to the back of the house.  We will also be getting plantation shutters in the laundry room since that window is in the front of the house.  Our goal is to have all this done by Christmas!

Covering Up

Our dining room table is a hand-me-down, hand-me-down.  My sister got the table and chairs about 15 years ago from my dad's friend who had it for who knows how long.  So, it has been put to good use.  The style is more contemporary than everything else in our house, but for a free table and chairs, it's great!  My sister said when it was in her house, people commented that it looks like it was from Crate and Barrel.  The worst part of the table and chairs are the cushions on the chairs.  They are black vinyl, and while they might go with almost anything, they remind me of the cushions on bar stools in a 70's bar. 

I decided that I wanted to cover the cushions when we moved into our new house.  But, I wanted to wait until I decided what color we were going to paint the walls.  We decided on a light gray, but have yet to paint it.  Last week when I was in Hobby Lobby I was looking for fabric for my bulletin boards in my classroom.  I came across a fabric on clearance, $5/foot.  The color is a perfect blend of grays and browns.  I came home and started covering.  The seat cushions came off fairly easily.  I stretched the fabric over the black vinyl (the new fabric is thick enough you can't see the old beneath it) and used the glue gun to glue the fabric.   The hardest part is screwing the cushion back on the chair. 

I am happy with the result and can't wait to finish the entire room!  The new fabric gives the chairs a much more updated look.