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The best decorations are all around us outside anyway..

I’m sure there are enough of you in these same shoes.Every time we think we’ve found our next big project, it’s either not really a convenient time (like tearing down a bathroom with a tiny baby in the house), or we think “Well if we’re going to do that project, then we might as well do this one, and that one, and that one over there too.” And then there are those that just sit there for no good reason.

Eek.. Well earlier this Spring, I started really getting the itch to make this living room not make me shudder.So I’ve been slowly tackling it in 10 minute increments when I can get Jack to be happy enough in the Jolly Jumper for a little bit.It took a long time, but it got the job done!

Here’s how the room used to look..This was just a little while after we moved in three years ago.

It doesn’t look too too terrible in this picture, but that’s because I was trying to not make it look too too terrible.

The walls were marked up, and half-patched, and the floor was pulled up a bit so we could see the hardwood underneath.Why did they do all these things to this nice old house?!

Well, I’ll tell you why.Because all of these things seemed like a good idea at the time and worked for the family here at the time.

And there was a lot of time.So things like the wall paneling, multiple colors of peel n stick tile, and terrible paint colors, were all perfectly lovely at one time, I’m sure.. Here’s one spot where I’ve pulled up the peel n stick tile off the hardwood and then haven’t done anything about it since.