Suspiciously Quiet

You know when your kids are little, and you suddenly realize they've been suspiciously quiet for too long?  I feel like I've been that way recently.  The truth is, we have been up to something, but in a good way!  We have redone the floor and paint in our great room and part of our front room.

Here is the end product:

Now let's see how we got there!

 This is a good shot of our new paint color.  It is similar to the color we had in there for the last couple of years, just a bit darker.

 Here are the guys laying the new flooring.  Thank goodness a coworker of Michael's and his father came to help because it would have taken us FOREVER!

This is a picture of the room before the carpet and laminate were ripped out, but after the pony wall had been torn down. 

 Michael working on taking the pony wall out.  I'm sure this wall was a good idea for some people, but for us it divided the room too much and was a great area for stuff to accumulate.

 We invited one of Naomi's cousins to come draw on the pony wall before it was torn down.  I did this with my family as a kid before we took a wall down to add an addition on to our house and I still remember how much fun it was!

We love our new floor and new look for the rooms!  Hopefully we'll be able to get everything sorted out and rehung soon!