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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

We Painted!

Yes! We added more color to our home. I love color.
Sam and I hate carpet and little by little we are trying to rid ourselves of it's detestable site. The builders thought beige carpet would like nice in just about every room in the house. Lets face it with kids beige carpet just doesn't work. Sam and I decided to take garage sale money and start with the floor in the computer room. Not the dirtiest carpet area in the house, but the experimental one for our laminate wood floor. The end result turned out wonderful. I never thought there existed peel and stick planks of wood, but who knew. The color on the walls is a beautiful green which does not deserve the name spinach. Although Spinach itself is a delightful food. Sam eventually wants to build shelves and storage space for all those Miscellaneous items that desperately need a home. We also decided to paint the play room. A really fun blue color named allegra blue. Allegra comes from the Spanish word alegria which means happy or cheerful and there you go. Our big project will be removing the carpet from the living room and dining room. Sam and I checked and we have a cement base under our carpet. I once heard if you polish the cement it looks like the floors at Wal-Mart. I am about ready to do anything to be rid of the light tan monster.

3 Comments:

Blogger Stacie said...

Those colors are great Janell! We have two rooms left to paint in the new house - Dowen's room and the kid's bathroom. Is the wood laminate really that easy? It looks awesome!

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 6:59:00 PM EST  
Blogger Janell said...

Sam did the floor in 2 hours. It was .97 cent a linear foot. I can't believe the result. Peel and stick. He staggered the wood so it would look random,the only kink is the floor has to be really clean.I think what took up most of the day was cleaning the floor and removing the carpet. We threw away 3 planks because the pieces wouldn't stick to the small dust we left on the floor. What colors and themes are you going to use for the rooms? You must post pictures when your done!!

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 7:16:00 PM EST  
Blogger greenemama said...

i love the colors and the floor looks great! congrats.

i'm a little worried about the concrete flooring idea. ::biting nails:: you do know that as soon as you gloss them up like walmart flooring your kids will crash onto them and you'll spend 10 hours in the ER lobby, don't you? ;)

seriously, tho. i'm with you regarding carpet.

Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 8:11:00 PM EST  

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