I have rugs!

I broke down and bought TWO area rugs today.  The one for the bedroom is fairly casual but I had to special order it so it should be here in the next week or two.  The one for the living room... is a little more traditional.  It was made by Karastan.  I found it at Macy's and saved $1000!  Yes, that's THREE zeros!  It was on clearance but I loved it.  I can't find a good picture to upload but I'll take plenty once the living room is complete.  I will pick it up tomorrow.  Annette at Macy's assured me that they would be able to roll it on the short end so I could get it in my car.

I'm very excited that my floors are almost complete.  I've gotten really lazy since my house has been in disarray.  Tonight I went through alot of junk and threw stuff away.  It was very cathartic.  I also moved my dresser back into my bedroom.  I had been using it as an "entertainment center" for the living room but decided I needed to start living normally again.

I'm also very excited that I start my new job on Tuesday..... I'm just sayin'!

I'm not a quitter!

I swear I have been working on the house... but I haven't been taking pictures and I sure haven't been blogging.  I actually took today off to just rest and get some OTHER things done around the house.  I also went shopping for rugs.  The one I REALLY wanted was almost $1100!  YIKES!  I am very close to settling for one that was much less expensive.

I should have some time on Sunday and Monday to do more work and I could potentially be completed with the hardwoods by late next week.  Can you believe it?  I can't.  However, I have at least moved my bed back into the bedroom and I am no longer sleeping with my mattress on the floor.  The living room remains another saga.....

Ahhhh....

The floor is finished except for the closet in the master bedroom.  I had to buy a few more boxes of wood today so the closet will have to wait until Saturday.  Othwerwise, all I have left to complete is the quarter round.  I bought enough to do the bedroom this week.  I decided to go with white instead of something that matches the floor.  Amazingly, there is plenty of controversy on the internet related to this very subject.  I decided that since my house is very INFORMAL, I would go with the white and just paint it to match my other trim.

After dinner this evening, I went to Home Depot to buy the quarter round.  It wasn't until I looked UP that I realized there was no way I was going to be able to fit at 12 FOOT long piece of wood in my car.  I drive a Honda Civic!  I cut all wood into 6 foot long pieces and headed home.  I hope to get it painted in the morning and maybe it will dry in time to get a few pieces in during the afternoon.

I WANT MY HOUSE BACK!

Not Totally Lost

I had to meet a friend from work this morning so we could work on our storyboard which is due next week.  Don't ask me, "what is a storyboard?"  Trust me, you don't want to know.   Anyway, I was really bummed about losing the entire day, or even part of the day, to anything but my floor.  I am DYING to get it done.   I think on more than one occasion today I said to myself, "I just want my house back!"  Oh well, it will come soon enough.  I got home a little after 4 PM today and set to work.  I knew I needed to be at a stopping point by 6:30 since I was having dinner at 7PM with my dear friend Kristen.  Amazingly enough, the work went quickly and before I knew it, I had it completed except for the long pieces that will need to be cut up against the baseboards.  I am so excited.  My plan is to get that part done on Monday in between mowing my desperate grass and going to a class at work.  I'll keep you posted!

In The Home Stretch

I got SO MUCH done today.  I only have a few more rows before the master bedroom will be completed.  This floor has gone down so much easier than the living room and hallway.  It looks like I am going to need to order another box or two to finish into the closet but that can wait.  Here are a few pics from today.

I'm Pretty Sure I Only Cussed Once

I stayed up late last night trying to stay on schedule with the master bedroom.  I think I finally hit the sack around 2AM.  This morning, I got up early to tie up some loose ends.

While I was painting the trim, I noticed several places where you could see the old paint color through the new paint color.  I marked these areas with painter's tape so I could come back to them later.  By the time I was finished, I easily had 75 areas to fix.  Those would have to come later.

So.. the trim!  It was late and I was feeling grumpy and just wanted to get it finished quickly.  I started getting sloppy with my paint.  At one point, I dripped paint all over the wall.  The "F-bomb" came out and it was at this point that I decided I would finish the trim and then take myself to bed.

This morning, I fixed all the exposed green paint and then touched up the trim.  It's amazing to me how different the room looks with trim that not only is CLEAN but also not so stark white.  I used "Fresh Cotton" by Valspar.  It's a perfect color... just a little bit warm but not beigy.

This afternoon, I opened the windows and started to tackle the floor.  I placed all the underlayment (except for the closet) and even got started on a few rows.  I think it's going to look amazing.

I LOVE Demolition

This is me in full haz-mat gear

Since I decided to give up on the living room for the time being, I thought getting started on the master bedroom would be a good idea.  I moved out all of the furniture (including the couch).  I'm now sleeping in the office.... with my mattress and box spring on the floor.

I pulled up the carpet....

Notice the dust in the picture?  That's not on my camera lens... it's in the air!  Now you know why I wear a N-95 mask!

The floor is clean and ready to be patched (there is a sizable crater in the middle of the floor).  I'm hoping to get a good bit of painting done today.

And as a side note, I finally have furniture in my living room!  Well, it's only a chair but I did get the television hooked up again so I could watch football today.