14 The After Party: Living Room

We’re getting there! Of course there are lots of bare spots where wall art needs to be hung and little to-do’s still haunting our dreams, but I’d like to think our living room has certainly improved over the past 4 weeks…



Let’s saunter down memory lane for a moment, shall we?

The before shot. Note the green carpet, lack of overhead lighting and of course, the lovely wall mural lingering in the background…


First we focused our efforts on removing wallpaper and painting the walls. With a built in drop cloth of green carpeting, painting was a breeze. Removing the wallpaper on the other hand…

Once the rooms were painted, it was time to bring in Mike the hardwoods guy. All that glory buried for so many years. Just heavenly…

 

 

Finally, adding much needed light to the space with recessed lighting pulled everything together. We tall gals tend to knock our noggins on light fixtures so this is one room that keeps my head bump free…

  

Which leads us to…

 

There you have it! The living room is up and running (for the most part). What do you think?

-Cara