Well, so here we are. One year and a few weeks later. It's funny to think back to this time last year and recall just how different things looked and felt and seemed. The place looked like a step back in time, it felt very overwhelming, and it seemed like we'd taken on a big unknown/undo-able project. One year later... and a lot of that's changed. Some unexpected stumbling blocks have come up, but all in all, we've really made some progress and a make-over has truly been accomplished already. There's still much to be done, but here's what we've tackled so far:
Wallpaper
You may recall that we inherited The Museum of Old Ugly Wallpaper Samples. So far, these two are completely gone:
(kitchen) |
(front hall) |
(second bathroom) |
to this:
(we updated/painted the new cabinet, too, thanks to our amazing friend Zak Rose) |
We have painted three major areas of the home, as well as those kitchen cabinets and the insides of both the front door and the kitchen-to-hallway door. Here is a quick summary of our paint jobs to date:
(front hall, hall, dining room accent wall) |
(living room walls - both the grey-blue and the white stripe "faux moulding") |
(kitchen) |
(kitchen) |
(dining room) |
(kitchen cart) |
(mirror) |
(dining room table/chairs) |
(rug) |
(attempt #1) |
(2nd time's the charm!) |
Bonus: we got to re-carpet both bedrooms on go-around #2:
Other updates include:
- replacing the sliding glass doors in the living room
- some plumbing fixes in both bathrooms (these need not be rehashed)
- balcony furniture
- and some more I can't quite think of just now...
- travel: Guatemala, San Francisco/Tahoe, Israel, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Las Vegas
- getting to know our neighborhood: Color Project
- documenting our first year month by month
- spending time and celebrating holidays and birthdays and other good times with family and friends
- getting to live "on vacation" all summer
- celebrating our second wedding anniversary
- welcoming several new babies into our extended friend-family
- and more, and more, and more.
Still-to-do-projects in the next post...
2 comments:
Amazing! It has been fun to share it with you virtually, from 2,000 miles away. Congratulations on a great year!
it looks incredible! miss you <3
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