Kitchen--This wall will be gone. Place imaginary bar here.
Living Room--Those bookcases will go in here, but imagine windows (and possibly a door) instead of the fireplace.
Dining Room--This is currently my favorite room in the house. I wouldn't want to touch it except that the baseboard is a bit too creative, the windows are well worn and the wallpaper is being held up by either hot glue or sticky tack in several places. (For the record, neither remedy works very well.)
The Hall--Can't quite make out the dusty acoustic, and the unique mounting system for the light fixture isn't in the frame, but trust me, they need to go--as does the small white paper plate on the ceiling of the dining room covering a hole from an old heating system.
We've chosen to commemorate our special occasion with a week of radical remodeling on the main living areas of our home. We're going to gut the walls (and completely remove one), insulate (to free up more funds for future projects!), rewire (updated panel already installed), slick the ceilings (the dusty acoustic look is just not for us), and sheet rock (goodbye sixties paneling with peeling wallpaper).
Window replacement and painting will hopefully follow shortly. Oh, and somewhere in there Titus plans to build a bar on wheels to go where the wall between the kitchen and dining room was to provide more seating, storage, and flexibility.
We've been sarcastically accused of really knowing how to make the romantic sparks fly, but we're both very excited about this event. The kids are staying with friends and family for the week, and we splurged on a computer DVD player for evening entertainment since the sun room, which holds our TV, will be packed to the gills with furniture. So, in addition to getting some long anticipated work done, we will enjoy a good bit of alone time and long quiet evenings. Don't hold your breath for the "after" shots, though. It will be months before things are back to normal around here.
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