We have been planning to re-do the living room at some point, but were still recovering from (basking in the glory of?!) creating Dan's attic bedroom.
Well, you can only tolerate so many episodes of Jersey Shore.
The girls and I spent snow day number 4 (number 4!!!?!?!?!?!!) ripping out the living room carpet and trying out some paint samples.
http://www.behr.com/Behr/home#channel=INSPIRATION;view=3;vgnextoid=45d93dba0ff8b110VgnVCM1000006b0910acRCRD
Above is our inspiration--on the website it looks very subdued. In our living room it looks..."chooka chooka POW" as Aidan exclaims when she looks at the brighter orange sample. Scott and I are still going back and forth over the lighter vs. the brighter. Hmmmm......! So many possibilities!
In the meantime, we also took out a window left over from the sun-porch addition. For having a 15x20 ft living room, we have very little actual wall space with all of the doorways and windows. Scott has big plans for a new giant MAN TV. I was thinking "built-ins".... but.... giant MAN TV is okay too--think how amazing Mike "the situation"'s abs would look in 100" HD?
(er....) ;) wink!
Today the girls and I started the tedious job of sanding the floor. It was a pretty gutsy move: ripping out carpet that is probably about 10-15 years old in a house that is over 80 years old. Who knows what we would find? Lucky us--the original hardwood floor is in pretty decent shape. Pretty much all it needs is a general sanding and a good cleaning before refinishing. There is one small spot under the main window that was cut out presumably from water damage and is patched with plywood. We are going to switch out that area with the floor boards we take out for the corner stove/fireplace we plan to put in later on.
It actually seems like a fairly uncomplicated project--with lots of room to grow. I am excited about the corner stove/fireplace, and the orange color will allow room for some really fun accessories!
Weather, weather, weather:
Five inches of snow today, and then an ice storm this afternoon and evening into tomorrow morning. If we ever get back to school, I am going to have to double up on rehearsals! It is supposed to be exam week, so Alannah is taking a break from sanding to study. Scott is on his way to Home Depot for more sand paper and supplies, I am going to find coffee, a brownie and something other than the Little Shop of Horrors script (or Jersey Shore) to curl up with!
At some point I need to plan Scott's birthday dinner--he never wants anything special, but we did make him some cards and found him some football shaped Oreos to take to work and share! Aidan is going to clean out his truck and Alannah promised that she would "disappear" tonight--it was a very well delivered, funny and sweet offer--100% pure, lovable, Alannah.
A little "cease fire" is probably the best gift to give any of us! :)
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