When we first moved in, we knew that in a few short months we would begin renovations. One of the main goals of that renovation was to move our bedroom upstairs. Initially, this bedroom was a stinky mothball room with weird stains on the walls and far too much laminate on the floors.
One of the features we really liked in this room were these cute white painted paneled closet doors -- very country cute. However, the one thing we needed to accept was that all the beautiful trim was painted white. Maybe one day we will replace all of the trim, but considering our timeline we decided to keep it as-is.
Obviously the first part was ripping up and out all the laminate floors to prep them for refinishing.
For months and months before we got this house, I watched far too many episodes of Rehab Addict and watched Nicole Curtis obsess over hardwood floors. We were pretty certain we had hardwood floors throughout the entire house, so it's all I dreamed about for sixmonths it took us to close.
Even though there isn't any furniture in this picture, it's by far my favorite because of the floor/wall contrast. (*swoon*) Also, I would recommend installing the air conditioner before you begin painting -- I did a lot of renovation work upstairs in my bra and shorts. At least there's no dress code for this kind of work!
The day we got to "move in" to the upstairs was a special day because it meant that upstairs renovations were done and we could move down to the rest of the house.
