Out with the old . . .

We had just gotten the dining room finished in time for Thanksgiving. After we served dinner, laid on the floor (because we were so stuffed) and kicked out the guests we started work on our living room. 2 days later we were ready to start painting and flooring. There were 729 nails holding down the tack strip, baseboards and door casings.

. . . and in with the new

On Saturday and Sunday, Linda and I worked all day and into the night painting, laying the floor, putting in new baseboard and casing. We were especially happy with our casing choosing the Texas star for our rosettes.

It was A LOT of work but we think the results are great. Now we have to move furniture, replace the old electric outlets and get some new curtains.

Finally !

We went DAYS without our computers while we were remodeling. The living room is the network center of the Christy household. It was awful, Katie and I were going into withdrawal, Sarah was freaking out without her instant messenger, Linda had tons of email just piling up.

So, the first thing we did after we painted the last baseboard was reconnect the networks (wired and wireless), set up the computers and printer and get in a little PC time. We all fell better now.