Floor Reveal

The floors at the city house make one project down and how many to go? I don't know; I've lost count. 😬 But that's ok, we're plugging along, getting them done. I've been cutting out Megan's paper flowers so she can concentrate on putting them together. I'm so proud of her and Dylan for working hard to keep the wedding at a reasonable cost! They've been awesome!

Almost have all the red ones cut out, then it will be on to the teal ones. White and yellow are done! (I think there is another white one and a purple one to do still.)

Anyway, I left you with the new floor install, promising to come back and share the final reveal. Here's the photo I shared of the floors going in:

And here's an after - Bruce jumped in and helped paint the molding so I was able to put the living and dining rooms back together:

It was nice having the spaces empty and being able to reset everything. I rather enjoyed it being pared down so I decided to keep my spaces less cluttered looking.

One area I purged was the bookshelves - and restyled with a summer look.

(We try to collect sand from each beach we visit; putting it in small glass vials that we then label with the beach location. )

But I got that sand home and put it in a vial to add to the rest! I love how different they all are.

I moved a lamp from my bedroom to the small table next to the shelves. I love the soft glow it gives off. More seashells and a lighthouse decorate it.

My big flower arrangement that used to sit on top of the tv cabinet got moved to the buffet for now. Plus I put the wine glasses from our anniversary trip there as well.

I hung several pieces of my artwork on the walls also. A small rug in front of the French doors (I found it rolled up in the entryway closet...totally forgot I had it) finishes off the dining room.

In the living room, my dad's old toy chest is used as a coffee table.  This is one surface I'm constantly battling to keep clean.

A metal basket is handy to corral all the remotes, some playing cards and coasters.

A small demilune table from Bombay Co. (remember them?) got moved from the master bedroom hallway to beside the fireplace. Another lamp adds a soft glow to this area as well.

The cabinet above it was made by my dad and holds an assortment of treasures...I'm hoping to find a good spot at the farm for this.

I've tried to keep surfaces uncluttered as I'm tired of all the stuff. With the new floors, everything looks just wonderful.

So that's my new floors. I want to thank everyone for their kind comments on my last post. I appreciate your kindness more than I can say. Y'all are the best!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have more flowers to go cut out.

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Getting New Floors At The City House

We're updating things at the city house that need it. We'll be painting the outside soon and I want to repaint the kitchen (I've loved the green, but it looks tired - or I'm tired of it).

kitchen shortly after adding tile floors. Love the green color but it's time to change it 

It's a wonderful house - 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Open living and dining rooms. Lots of windows, lots of light. I fell in love with it the moment I walked in. It had everything we were looking for at that time - perfect for our young family. I knew it was a house we could stay in a long, long time.

Not long after we bought it - I added the flowerbeds along the driveway and around the trees

Over the years, we've made the house our own - took wallpaper off, put wallpaper up, painted, redid the kitchen (new countertops, appliances, tile floor), master bathroom, added tile to both bathrooms, painted again. We took out the dining room windows and put in french doors and a small deck. We took out the rose carpet and put in berber carpet in a nice neutral color.

new french doors - back when we used the dining room for an office

a look at the berber carpet 

And now we have replaced the carpet in the dining and living rooms plus the entryway with wood-look laminate flooring. It's going to be a big change and I am so excited! With two big dogs, it will be so much easier to keep clean. Here are some before photos:

old tile in entry and carpet

looking toward the kitchen and entry: dining room on left, living room to the right

dining room

living room with Herbie and Buddy

Living room looking down hall towards the spare bedrooms

looking towards the master bedroom and dining room

We picked one that is a medium brown called toffee. It's beautiful. Now that it's down, I'm giving all the trim a fresh coat of paint in antique white not (cough) bright white. I might have painted all the shoe molding bright white before I realized all the trim is actually off-white. Oh well. On the bright side, it will have an extra coat of paint on it. That's good, right?

I'll be back to share a final reveal when the trim is done and the furniture is back in place. I'm pretty sure I'll be paring down the amount of stuff that goes back into those spaces. Here's a little sneak peak  until then. I just wish we'd done this two years ago!

It's just beautiful!

Here it is going in:

Progress!

Left the carpet in the bedrooms

Please come back on Wednesday when I'll be sharing my ideas on an office space for Bruce at the farm. It's going to include something I always wanted since I was a child.

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