,,Excitement,,

I am giddy with excitement as I watch the hard work over the past few months all come together.

We had a bit of a plaster issue, some of the first plaster we put down peeled off and gave us a fit. So a day of touch ups, more sanding and  primer we are all set and ready to tackle..... wait for it....... Color!

The kids helped me Tuesday and all of  Wednesday as well. What a wonderful birthday present! I had an awesome time got to spend some time with my kids and caught up to someone i had not seen in what seemed like ages.

The walls are just beautiful what a difference it made to get all those wall papered strips off the wall and actually have plaster smooth like silk!

I  give Mike a hard time about his perfectionism (OCD as I refer to it) but it could not be any more beautiful and just..perfect. Having Mike home this past week has been such a blessing, I would have been flailing in the wind without him.

The archway brings something to the house that actually makes it seem bigger! You wouldn't think adding a wall would make it expand the space.

So after all this planning and prep work, we will have colored paint in a good portion of the house today AND we will start the wood floors!

Yep that's right new floors for me! **squeels** seriously the carpet in front of the office  door has been torn for 8 years.

 Awww but to think of the sweet puppy who tore it because there was a thunderstorm and he thought we were in the office. He was so scared he tried to dig under the door.




It gives me a loving feeling and a remembrance of a loved member of our family who we have lost.  Thunder was lost to us 6 years ago. He had cancer and lived happily for 2 years with it. Then passed on.








We miss him and his Mommy, Rosie who we lost 3 years ago. Rosie was a Golden Retriever who lived 16 wonderful years with us.

OK before I  start crying.....

Here is the flooring (the tar paper is to equal out where linoleum isn't in the house). I read so many reviews by customers and such for flooring and this came up with great reviews looked good and will stand up to the dogs (we hope). The color is a little darker than we originally wanted but the money and the reviews steered us this way.

I think with the new french doors flooding light into the house and the not speckled, yellowing walls, the house will be brighter even with darker floors. Later we plan to paint the ceiling. (yeah we should have done it before we did the walls and floors) It was sort of an afterthought to add the ceilings into the mix of project ideas.

I am now off to work, I have painting and FLOORS to do!!

Hope everyone has a great day!