New pics!

So,Buddy got me a USB device that I can plug my SD card into.So...voila!More pictures of the house.Things are progressing faster than we anticipated,even though it feels like it's taking forever sometimes :) We finally got our sofa and loveseat moved into the livingroom,which was an event!Apparently back in good ole 1953 when our house was built,they had teeny tiny midget furniture.Our doorways and entries into rooms are so small, our furniture BARELY fit.Buddy and I had a heck of a time maneuvering it and pushing/pulling to get it in.But,now we're no longer redneck by using our beach chairs as furniture in there anymore (even though the chairs were handy with the built in cupholders and all).All that is really left in the livingroom is to paint our crown molding,paint and reinstall the baseboards,door/window casings (which are brown wood,we're painting them white)and to paint the walls.That sounds like a lot,but if you really saw what we started with,it's a walk in the park.I will now share some more photos :)

Here is a pic of our new pendant light Buddy installed in the hall.We had a single lightbulb originally (no decorative globe or anything) so this is an improvement.Pendant lighting is actually pretty cheap,and you can make it as long or short as you want.



Here is the den,with the newly painted/spruced up fan Buddy did.It's the original one that was here and has a feature that Buddy thinks is cool:Pull the light cord once and you have a nightlight,pull it twice and regular lights come on.There is a twin in the kitchen.


Here is a pic of a short wall in the den above our security system.This lets you see the crown we got for cheap at a local place.Crown is a PAIN to install,FYI.


Here is our new fan Buddy installed in the livingroom.It's a brushed bronze and very nice (Wal-Mart find).


Here is the crown and a little test area of our paint color to see what it would look like.


Now,onto our floor.Installing was not *that* bad.The first and last rows were the most difficult,but we saved a TON of money by installing it ourselves.I think we did a good job for our first time.(I say we,all I did was guide the floors together.Buddy did the hard stuff like hammering it into place and cutting pieces to fit).The lady/family who lived here must have smoked and had animals.When we ripped the carpet up,the pad STUCK to the concrete subfloor and had stains everywhere.You could smell the tar,and apparently animals could pee wherever they wanted.After scraping the stuck pad up with razors and cleaning heavily,we laid down our padding.

Here's the process.Notice the sticky pad.Yuck!





Here's the livingroom with our sofa and loveseat.We still have to paint,decorate and all of that,but you get the idea.Notice the "redneck" chairs in the background.


Hope you enjoyed!Will post more as we go on :)