Before and After: First Floor

Before:
When we moved here, the whole house was carpeted in pristine white. That white lasted about 6 minutes. With a toddler and two animals that carpet didn't stand a chance.
Almost all of the walls were white, too with the exception of the two green walls that were painted before we moved here. There were A LOT of white walls here. Those didn't last long either. So last winter we painted all the white walls brown.

Finally, we were ready to rip out the carpet. We took a day to tear out ALL the carpet and nails/staples and then installed the new floors in record time. Cam even finished this project on his own while I was at my conference in Orlando.


After:

Once the floors were in we discovered that our couch and dining room table were the exact same colors as the wood. Oops! So I found these two orange outdoor rugs (they are super easy to clean) on Overstock.com and we threw one under each the sectional and the dining table to give them some "definition".
I also put together a little picture wall in the dining room
and found coordinating accessories--pillows from Costco (!!) and my favorite green tin star from a little home store in Lynden, lamp and shade from Ikea, green and brown throw blankets from Sears.


Now we've already moved on to the Master bedroom. New floors and paint are already up. A few more projects to go and then I'll post pictures.