It's finally happening

Back in March, we finished our kitchen. Within a week, we tore up the carpet in our front room and trashed the furniture. All in preparation to lay the new floor in there. Well, Spring left, Summer came and went and Fall arrived. Nothing had been touched in that room or the entry hall. I have lived with roofing paper in my entry for over 7 months and as far as the front room goes, all I can say is I am glad we don't really use that room. Unfortunately, when people (namely my customers for doll clothes) come by, that room is the first thing they see when they come in and for some repeat customers, my excuse of "don't mind the mess, we're remodeling" was getting old.

So anyway, it's finally coming together. Brent has been working so hard, all by himself on this. He and I did the kitchen together but I have been so busy with my doll clothes business that I have not had time to help him. Here's what I'm talking about:

This is a before shot of my front room. I have the worst eye when it comes to color selection for paint. The walls were supposed to be tan and they turned out peach. This mistake was made twice over two paint jobs. Whatever possessed me to get green carpet? We had it when I was a kid and I thought it was so pretty. What possessed me to get green furniture? Well, it looked comfy, I didn't pay attention to the color! By the way, it was not comfy once we got it home.

The walls all got a fresh new coat of paint. This time it's the right color. With the exception of the paint,this is the way the living room looked for 7 months. Tools and furniture I did't know where else to store. This is the entry hall. See the black roofing paper? It's kind of sticky. I lived on this for almost 7 months. He's making progress though. This was one day of work for him alone. Yes, he's slow but at least he has started. This is the finished entry hall. Beautiful, isn't it? Now I have to paint the door and the window trim.
Progress into the front room. This was about 2.5 days worth of work.
This is the hallway to the bedrooms. We only tore the carpet up here a few weeks ago but it's hard on the feet. I can't wait to get this spot done.

Then there are the stairs to the basement. This will be his last part of the project. Although he says it will be done over the weekend, I don't think it will be. It may be another 7 months before the stairs get done.