TLC

The time had come, and although I said I would never tackle painting the inside of our house again, looking at the filth on our walls was really getting to me.  A couple of months ago, probably inspired by getting new carpet, I came up with a "list" of all the projects lurking around our house and decided to take the bull by the horn.  I had "magic erasered" our walls to the last glint of color trying to get off crayon, scuffs, marks, and many other various things I couldn't even identify.  The only answer was repainting and as a stay-at-home mom, I decided it wasn't worth it to pay someone else to do it.  Thus began my trip up the extension ladder, for those of you who have seen my house, know the height of my walls.  I'm not completely done, but am starting to feel better that our walls are clean.  Here are some pictures from the process.  (I am somewhat impulsive and like to start on a project the minute I get the paint, so some of the "before" pictures were actually taken in the middle of the process.)

The Great Room: (repaint the room, touch up trim)

Before (again, got excited and forgot to take before pictures until I got the trim done)

Before

After- new color, CLEAN walls

After

Kitchen After

The trim before any work

Sanding and filling

More Filling and Sanding

After

After

Maren's Room-(repaint the walls, refinish bedroom furniture)

Completely forgot to take before photos, but here's the new green walls and furniture

No more cherry wood, a much more "girly" finish

The Formal Living Room-and basically the remaining interior walls, as all of our walls run together (repaint, update)

Formal Living Room- slightly before

Starting the Trim

After

After

Entry Hall- After

After