Before...and After

So, I wish I could say the before and after pictures were of me...but they're not! Darn! I had big plans for getting into shape this summer, but I am going to blame my weight not budging on my thyroid...which is still sluggish. Maybe one day I will have before and after pics of myself! he he he

Anyways, this summer was marked by lots of remodeling. This was not by choice - but we are now thankful to have it all done. On the very first day of summer we started the journey through some bad water damage. I will make the story short and spare you all of the boring/stressful details, but we had leaking water coming from our master bathroom. It was coming down the walls into our living/dining room. We also had another incident in our guest bathroom with leaking water. So, we ended up filing two insurance claims this summer and pretty much had guys in my house everyday. Now we are pleased to have all new tiles in our master bath, all new painting in our bathroom, hallway, living room and dining room, and (the best part), new carpet!

Dining room before (James added the square molding on the bottom)

Dining room after (it looks similar, but we actually changed the shades of the teal and brown - I like it much better)...and notice new carpet? 

Upstairs Hallway Before...boring!

Upstairs Hallway After - James also added the chair molding and squares

I am bummed that I don't have before pictures of our master bathroom....but the tile was really light and not so pretty. The walls were an ugly green and the sink area was dark purple. We hated it! So, we are thankful to have it more neutral and also have a nice, new working toilet....(yes, we have had a non-working toilet in our master bath since we moved in). We also like the stones on the bottom of our shower stall! Check it out...

I have also been working on hanging up some collages of pictures. I had a project of hanging all of our nieces and nephews (along with three black and whites of Ethan) on our wall going up the stairs. This is not easy to do! I still keep looking at it wondering if it looks right. I might still have some adjusting to do.