1 Bedroom Down, More to Go!

Our friend Val offered to help us with painting - thank you, Val!  We'll be painting every weekend until summer, so Val's help is truly appreciated.  Val did a great job and even helped us discover a not-so-nice nest of carpenter ants pulverizing the wood under the bedroom window.  This discovery led to a visit by a pest control service the same day to help us kill the buggers.  Carpenter ants work hard at destroying wood (mostly in moist areas) and then return to their queen.  The guy from the pest service was pretty impressed with us for finding the nest, which means we found the queen.  It's sad to kill such hardworking creatures but they aren't doing the house or our budget any favors - so die little buggers!!

We pulled up the carpet afterwards to find more oak wood floors in GREAT condition.  Yay!  We also replaced the outlets from two to three prong plugs.

Up next: determine ant situation/finish killing them if needed, paint base board, and decorate.

Project: Study - paint ceiling and walls, kill carpenter ants, remove carpet, replace outlets

 

Goodbye Old Carpet!

My hubby is amazing!  But we already knew that, right? ;)

I worked late a few days this week and on one of them, he took it upon himself to finish lifting the carpet in the dining room.  So sweet!  Now we don't have to spend time doing that this weekend.  And I'm so appreciative of his work because it is not easy or fun when two people are working together, so doing it by himself was extra work for sure.

Project: Remove carpet in dining room

Living Room Floor Reveal

The big reveal happened Sunday afternoon after we finished painting the ceiling and walls.  Thomas worked diligently at removing a TON of pesky carpet staples and nails.  We think the upstairs living room was last remodeled in the 70s or 80s and not touched until this weekend.  The carpet, light fixtures, air vent covers, wall color and cast iron railings scream OUTDATED!  We pulled up the carpet in sections and then proceeded to clean up the mat underneath which crumble to the touch.  It was a ton of fun... NOT!  But it was fun to do the project together from start to finish.  And our hard work paid off in a big way.

Project: Remove old carpet in living room, expose hardwood floors

Houston, We Have Hardwood!

We have hardwood floors under the carpet in the living room and bedrooms!  YAY!

We thought plywood was underneath the carpet, but we were wrong!  We haven't uncovered all of it yet, but we're hoping for good news all-around.  This discovery just hopefully saved us a lot of money.

Stay tuned for what looks like our first project :)