Si's room, phase 1, Complete!

Silas' room received a make-over this past week. In addition to taking out the old baseboard heater and doing some electrical work, Drew painted it and I rearranged everything.
I can't tell you how much better it feels in there. It's just the way I imagined his room to be :)
Silas really seems to like it too:
As a comparison, here's a shot of the room prior to painting: The same drab color the whole interior of the house was painted when we bought the house, which we are painting over room by room.
Phase 2 will be putting new flooring in his room.

We painted the bathroom as well, and I suppose I will post pictures of that at some point too.
We also went to the mountains a few days ago so expect to see some pictures from that day as well.

In the works

Silas is very excited because we are painting his room this week. As a result, our dining room (minus a table) has become a temporary playroom...
I will share a few before and after pics of his room, once it's completed.

Grab your hard hat Silas...

You're going to need it!
The first thing we did when we closed last Thursday was to tear up the new, but smelly carpets. We discovered this:
Thanks to our new neighbor, we know that the reason the original floor was pulled up and replaced with ply board was so that the previous owner could access underneath the house to replace old beams. It's a shame, but the original fir floors just aren't worth refinishing, not with the amount of damage done to them, plus the amount we'd have to replace. On top of that, we were advised to shellac all of them and seal in whatever may have been sprayed or done to the floors (there was a nasty chemical smell that didn't go away when we removed the carpets). So, that's what Drew has been busy doing...painting, removing floor boards, etc. We will be covering the front two rooms plus the downstairs bedrooms and hallway with cork flooring, which you can see pictured here. While we had the notion that it would be nice to restore the original floor, I am excited to have a beautiful cork floor. It's something Drew and I have always admired. Now, if we can just have it in in time for us to move in a week...

We will be busy over the next week dealing with the floors, painting, and packing. I may just pop in with another post or two, but you may not hear from me again until our internet is up and running in the new house. Till then...