January 2014 - The Facelift Begins!

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone who reads this has a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2014!!!

As some of you know, Jay and I decided that it would be more to our advantage to stay in our house and fix it up to our liking, rather than move.  DUH!!!!  So, we scoped out some model homes in the high dollar areas of Frisco.  I then proceeded to spend time on Houzz.com and at Elliott's Hardware looking for paint that I could get Jay to agree on.   So far, I've been successful with two colors.  That's all right for now as I want Rudy's Crew to do the kitchen first; then, the dining room, living room, bar and both hallways.  After all that's complete and the house is back together, we're going to have them remove the wallpaper in the Master Bathroom, texture and paint.  Here are some BEFORE photos of the kitchen:

Here are photos of the color tests:  Vine Green for the kitchen and Shenandoah Taupe for the remainder of the "need to be painted" areas:

I neglected to take photos of the living room before The Crew got here but decided to take a few shots today.  The lamp at the fireplace is typically in the kitchen and there are things from the other rooms that are scattered about the living room, so please forgive.  Here they are:

The place is a mess but I won't complain.  Especially since that leaves me time to blog and crochet and watch movies - after Wii Fit Plus, of course!

So, The Crew arrived Tuesday morning and immediately started taking the wallpaper off the kitchen walls and ceilings.  They found the cause of a leak over the double kitchen window and repaired that!  Jay had the window installer out three times and after the third time, the installer told him if it leaked again NOT to call him.  Thank you very much!!!

The Crew is back today, January 8, and they're now beginning the texturing process.  I hope that will be completed today so that they can paint tomorrow and Friday.  If I get my kitchen back for the weekend, I can move the table, chairs and other things back into the kitchen along with all the stuff that needs to be pulled out of the dining room, living room, etc!!!  The dining room armoire needs to be emptied of all the glassware and china I have stored in it!  I'll have a nice weekend doing that IF the kitchen is available!!

Tune in soon for more updates - probably not daily, but maybe since I don't have much else to do!