Renovation Reality

Here are my Christmas dishes and some crystal all packed up.  No, we're not moving.  We're having our own version of Renovation Realities.

Everything in the dining room got packed up.  Most got moved to the garage.  *To a high place in the garage so no little fingers can reach my grandmother's china to use for a picnic.*

Here's a before shot. . . we're going to kiss that disgusting carpet goodbye.

I brought the kids swimming and Chris ripped up the carpet and tack strips.  Helllooooooo sub-floor.  I've never been so happy to see a concrete floor in my life.

The downside?  I now have a china cabinet and dining room table in my living room. . .

And dining room chairs and another full china cabinet in my kitchen.  Oh yeah, and we're also testing paint colors in the kitchen.  Obviously.

Although it's MASS CHAOS right now, which makes me slightly really mental, it's temporary.  Chris is going to lay the floor while the boys are at school tomorrow.  And I. Can't. Wait.