Let the work begin...

(I wish I had a real before shot, but I didn't save the one on the internet on the real estate website and then it wasn't available anymore)

We started working on the house right after we signed...technically we didn't have keys yet, but it was my weekend off work and I wanted to get started. We had carpet scheduled to be installed on Tuesday after we signed so we wanted to get as much done as we could.
The front room had wainscoting on the walls. Which I like, the girls had it in their room, but I didn't like it in the front room. So I ripped it out. Which left a problem. It pulled off the drywall paper. (note the dirty ugly carpet)
So I had to plaster the walls and then sand them down, then prime and then paint. It was quite the task. I was glad I got it done before carpet. I used the electric sander and it sent dust clear upstairs and down.
After...I still need to hang stuff on the wall, but we have it painted. We hired someone to come and do the vaulted walls. There was no way I was going to get up that high and Erik didn't want to do it either.``
I still need to paint the bay window and we need to put new baseboards in. We ripped the baseboards out of the whole house. They were really small and grungy. The builder that put them in put them right on the floor instead of leaving a space for the carpet. It looked silly, so we are putting new ones in. (note the new carpet, we love it)
I had red in my from room before, but with the vaults and the wall shared with the kitchen I didn't know which wall to paint red. So I think I will just get some red curtains to go in the bay.
The tan we painted in the front room is what we used through out the whole house. It is looking pretty good, but we still have a lot of work to go.