Are We Done Yet?...No, But Getting Closer!

For other Mormon weekend warriors like ourselves, we do our home projects on SATURDAY only and pack as much into that day as possible. Sometimes we wish we had that second weekend day to do our projects, but hey, we appreciate our redos even more when we live in the mess over several weeks until we actually have those 3 or 4 Saturdays to finish our projects! (At least that is what I have to tell myself to get thru the days!) Well, Eric and I are trying to redo many of the rooms in our new home and boy, do we have a large list of things to get done. Even though we are doing several projects at once, we are now determined to finish our Family Room ASAP. It hasn't helped that Eric has been especially busy with work lately, but we put in the hours these past few Saturdays and now have something to show for it.

**WARNING: In the following pictures you must ignore the mess on the floors and tables as I am showing you the work on the walls, not the mess my kids make while I do the work on the walls!

Our mind-consuming project is familiar to many of you as you have lived it in your own homes and some have done even bigger projects than I-- and for that I applaud you! My purpose here is to happily tell our story. So, a few Saturdays ago we began the Family Room redo as we stripped two layers of wallpaper that ended up being glued to actual drywall (no texturizing was ever done on these walls.)

So, the next Saturday was spent sanding the walls, texturizing them, and then re-sanding. (We only did the top half because the bottom half will be covered with beaded board wainscoting.)

Then I painted the room Madera Yellow (my late Mom's choice of paint color and I love it! Way to go, Mom). Of course being the one who takes pictures we have not one photo of all my hard work. But I'll say I did an awesome job and then move on to the next weekend...

So, this Friday night and all day Saturday, Eric and I set up our backyard work station and painted & cut all the wainscoting, chair-rails, crown moulding, casings, and our hallway linen closets. Then we stayed up until almost 2am installing the wainscoting, chair-rails, baseboards, and closets. We might have tomorrow's Family Home Evening lesson be on installing crown molding so we can just get it all up on the walls!

Above: This man has skills! Seriously, don't let the good looks fool you--he's a handy-man, too!

Above: The one picture Eric snuck and took of me. Very cute as I lay out the casings, huh?

Above: Hmmm...Is that enough chair rail and crown moulding?

I know we still need to put up the crown moulding, fill in the nail holes, smear the caulking, and do the touch-up paint but we are definitely getting closer. Then I can decorate! Yeah! All in all, the room is really coming along and I am super excited when I envision the finished project. My new red sectional may find a place in our home yet!

Above: Our Family Room as of Sunday night at 10pm.