Chapter 3: The Bedrooms

The Master Suite before...

Such nice Buttercream colored curtains. The walls were so dirty (remember the smell?) :( 

Lots and lots of brown trim everywhere. The worst part about these rooms is that they had a light switch with no overhead lights. I was constantly trying to turn on the light and nothing was turning on. The switch controlled the outlet just below the window. Why would anyone plug in a lamp right in front of a window?

Check out the carpet...from far away it just looks out of date. In reality, it was disgusting!! Also, do you see the lovely wallpaper border? This was a stubborn thing to get down. After trying various wallpaper removers and home remedies, we found that the best and cheapest way to remove wallpaper was to use plain old water in a spray bottle.

Carpet's out and the closets are painted. We painted the walls a warm, golden cream color. The ceiling also got a fresh coat of white paint. At this point we were living in the office in a huge mess.

We had an electrical box installed so I could put in an overhead ceiling fan. The white closet doors also help to brighten up the room.

This new carpet smells way better.

Now for the office: BEFORE

It was so dark all the time without overhead lights. These curtains hung all the way to the floor.

Look at how dirty the ceiling was right around the edges. The white paint helped to lighten up the room. How is Nicolette alway so happy when she is removing wallpaper?

If you look closely, you can see a line of dirt just below the scalloped edge of the boarder.

It's a little cluttered, but here is our office. We had to pick up a new desk because we lost the brackets to our old one in the move. We also put in a ceiling fan and painted the walls a nice neural pink.

We're going to have clear out the clutter soon though, and transform the office into a nursery :) !!!! (We might have to repaint it depending on the gender.)

September 4th is coming very soon. Nicolette is already 15 weeks along. Time to put up a baby counter.