When we moved in 5 years ago, we got busy updating the “must do” rooms first.  That included the kids’ rooms and the laundry room.  Soon after we did the master bedroom, the third kids’ room, and some bathrooms.  Then we tackled the BIG job of the kitchen wallpaper stripping and HIRED someone to paint the kitchen, living room, downstairs hallways, stairwell, and upstairs hallway.  He did it while we were away and it was like coming home to “Home Makeover.” 

That was all in the first eight months.

Since then, we’ve done the family room twice, the last of the “kids’” rooms, and the kitchen a second time.  And we finished the basement. 

It was finally time to attack the dining room.

The reason the dining room lasted this long was because we pretty much liked it. 

The house we left looked like this. 

And this was the house we bought! (The old owner’s furniture.)

YOU CAN SEE WHY WE DIDN’T HURRY TO CHANGE!  LOL.

But the demolition has begun.

I had great helpers!

The project will take some time.

The walls are a bit marred underneath, seemingly from PRIOR wallpaper removal.  There are score marks and bits of the dry wall are missing.

But I hope to have it done by July 6th. 

Does that look safe?

The coolest part was that the second day, I didn’t even have to ask them to work at it. 

I used a steamer to get the glued on layer off.  Burnt my foot, too.

Don’t ask how.

TO BE CONTINUED…..