Back to normal - FINALLY!

After several weeks of craziness, we finally have our house (mostly) back to normal. It's taken a lot of patience and a lot of work. Here are some final pictures of the process.

With everything tore up, we took the opportunity to repaint. And we did a LOT of painting. The biggest hassle was the kitchen - we ended up painting it THREE times. Unfortunately, we ended up with some bad paint from Sherwin Williams and it didn't go on very smoothly. After putting on two coats of the bad stuff, we realized we needed another type of paint. It was nice of Sherwin Williams to give us a free gallon of something else, but it still didn't make up for the countless hours we spent going around all of the nooks and crannies in our kitchen. It's still not perfect, but after three coats, it will just have to do!

Once the painting was done, it was finally time to get the floors in. Our contractor started in the kitchen, so everything had to go into the living room. We had all of our furniture put in a P.O.D., but we left the appliances in the house.

So, here's our stove and washer/dryer hanging out in the living room (along with everything from our pantry).

The refrigerator was moved into the living room too. I'm impressed he moved all of the appliances by himself!

Here's the tile as it's going into the kitchen.

And, here's the process of the wood flooring going in.

And, here's the finished tile - hooray! I think the porcelain tile makes a big difference in the kitchen. I'm glad we were able to upgrade!

Here's what it looks like in our kitchen.

Here's a closeup of our new wood flooring. It's hickory and I think it turned out beautifully!

Here's what it looks like in the living room. We also got a new floor lamp. We've had some money left over from insurance, so we've been able to get some other new things.

Another view of the living room. Now we just need to get a coffee table and area rug and we'll be all set!

We also got a lamp for the top of the piano. I love having lots of light, so I'm thrilled about my new lamps!

So, there you have it - our house is finally put back together again! We're so thrilled. Thanks to everyone who helped out along the way - Garth's parents, Blair, Kyle, Jason, Jan and Dan. We appreciate your help with painting and moving furniture around. We're blessed to have friends and family like you!