In the Livingroom, our bedroom, the entry-way, and the kitchen:
we tore off the edges of the wallpapered walls (noteverything would come off...as we learned the heard way in the livingroom...so we just pulled up the edges that were curling up) and sanded them down. Neil then went over the edges with Joint Compound (Bella's new favorite word) and we sanded again. Then, we primed the walls, had a friend come help us texture the walls to match the rest of the house, primed the walls again, and now we're working on painting them.
Whew! That's a lot of work.
The good news: once we finish painting the walls, we'll be able to pull up the rest of the carpet and put down new flooring!!!!
We have been going back and forth between hardwood and laminate - weighing the difference between raising the resale value of the house and just dealing with scratches (looking at them as adding character) as they come with hardwood, or not raising the resale value as much and at the same time not having to worry about the flooring with kids running around with laminate.
We opted for the latter. We loved having laminate in GA - so easy to clean and so durable. We found one that I think is really pretty too :) So, we've got the flooring picked out (for the dining room, entry, livingroom, hallway, and our bedroom)...now it's just a matter of putting it in. It'll probably be about another month or so before Neil is able to get it done, but I'm still super-excited!
Here's our sample of the flooring we want:
Oh! And I totally haven't shared the project that I did a while back!
Before:
After:
