I am starting this a little late so I will give you a little background. Just under three years ago my husband and I bought our first home (together). I previously purchased a condo before we got married. And lucky for you guys, that is in need of repair too! The house we bought had good bones and I saw the potential the moment I walked in. I fell in love with it, despite the 1970s slate floor in the foyer, or the linoleum floors and white appliances in the kitchen. I haven’t even mentioned the Carolina blue tiles in the master bath and the harvest gold in the kids bathroom. But lucky for me, my dad was in construction and my mom has redone and built and decorated four houses now, so I think it’s in my blood. I needed to get my hands on this house. Every room had natural wood color baseboards, crown mold and chair rail. When I say every room, I mean every room…including the front hallway and going up the stairs. Everywhere you looked there was natural wood. But past that I saw beauty. I saw family dinners in the dining room, baking cookies in the kitchen, opening gifts under the tree in the “grown up” living room (yes, you heard right…I have a grown up living room)! I felt like singing from the mountain tops….and my husband just stood there shaking his head, with the price of all the remodels and repairs adding up in his head. With three active children and two full time jobs, where were we going to find the time to do all of this work? That day has come, friends, and we are taking the plunge. We are finally moving our house into the 21st century. It’s getting a well deserved makeover. One piece of advice and do with it what you will. I am so glad we didn’t do the work before we moved in. What I would have done then and what I am actually doing are totally different and I would not have been happy with our original plan. So, we are doing it all while we live and play (and argue) around it! I can’t wait to share pictures and experiences, dos and don’ts, and everything in between. So grab your color wheel and lets get going!