Saturday, August 7, 2010

A peak at our home

While we feel like our progress with the house is going painstakingly slow, we do have some space that is presentable should guests stop by. That is not to say that we are finished with it (not at all!), but it's at least presentable for the time being.
Our living room space is a rather long space, with the distance on either side of the front door being longer than the distance from the front door to the opposite wall. This means the room is somewhat split, so there are two different seating areas.

This is the area to your right when you enter the front door (though the pic. is shot from the wall opposite the front door).
And this is to your left.
Like I said, we are not finished with the rooms, but they at least resemble a home! We plan to take down the wall paper (I love that it's vintage, but it's worn, stained, and very discolored from the sun in some places), texture the walls (they're plaster, so a Venetian plaster effect), strip the paint off all the woodwork, and put up crown molding. We also plan to take out a door way that leads straight into our room, since there's another door from the hallway. (We don't really like a walk-through bedroom).
Oh, ad did you notice the floors? Didn't William do a fabulous job?! I can't begin to describe what a mess they were!
Anyway, that's just a peak for now. The dining room is pretty much presentable, but I've still got a few things left to accomplish before I post pics.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

WOW!!! I LOVE the wood floors...it sounds like it was a lot of work, but I would say it definately paid off...GORGEOUS!!!! And your kitchen is totally adorable...LOVE old houses...LOVE EM!!! Glad to see you guys are loving Wheatland, your ward and your job, that is just GREAT!

dcalvin said...

The floors are AMAZING!!!! Way to go you two. Your house is beautiful and I just love the pictures. Can't wait to see more. love you bunches!