Well it’s been nearly 3 weeks since my last post, but I would like to beg “good excuse.”  Not so much “the holidays” as “Fred and I undertook a bit of a large home-project, and I’m only just recovering.”

Since we knew he’d be off the week between Christmas and New Years, we decided we’d use that time to paint the first floor of our house all one neutral color.   

That, of course (if you know us at all well), led to “well why don’t we just take out the walls and bulkheads we want to remove before we bother to paint the whole place?”

‘Cause that’s not over-committing or anything.

And so we did.

And one week, two dump runs and one trip to the E.R. with a kid who decided to stick his finger down into the wheel area of the cart at Home Depot (not recommended, as it turns out) later? 

We don’t have walls where we didn’t want them, most of the first floor (minus where we’re still patching and sanding) is painted a neutral color, and every single piece of furniture has moved to a new location.

But it’s cozy, and we like it.  And if you count daily impact, the best thing of all is that there is now one designated school room for the boys.  No more “homeschool supplies take over the whole house” feeling. 

But it was a little hard on the blog.

Back now, though.  And I hope you all had great holidays!

 

Before:

 Family Room before

After:

 Family Room after

(Will post more pix after Fred’s post on his blog runs… don’t want to steal his thunder!)  :)