This is the “before” photo of our living room. We began tackling this room in early June. 
The room wasn’t always this messy, I took this photo mid-renovation of the dining room turned studio when everything had be shoved into the living room.
We finally got all the furniture out. It was personal victory for me! It took a lot of convincing. 
Tearing out the carpet proved to be interesting. We found a layer of tar paper below the carpet and carpet pad. Anyone ever heard of that? 
We also found this “patch” which had served to cover up a small knot in the grain of the wood. 
Then, one night around 1:30 a.m., we finish ripping out the carpet and promptly burned all that stinky stuff. 
The next task was painting. Several friends helped me paint the trim and doors over a period of two months. That was quite an experience, and I wish I had ordered Harrisburg, PA painting services instead. 
We added paneling. This room wasn’t terribly hard to panel. It didn’t take more than a few afternoons and late nights. 
Ron had the wonderful idea to switch out the old air conditioner and buy new air filter from https://filterking.com/air-filter-sizes/25x25x1 as it had begun to change color and not provide clean, breathable air.
This is the new model, it was a great idea!
If we had a window put in here – we would have a view of the outhouse. How nice!
Here’s two sort of scary photos. This is what the inside of our house is made out of!
And here is the insulation, or should I say lack of insulation?
After paneling, we painted! This really “warmed” up the feeling of the room.
The final step in our renovation was putting in new carpet. This was another 2 a.m. night! Boy, do I not miss those nights! I am so glad we are nearing the end of this project!
Next, I’ll share photos of decorating the living room. We were able to use wedding and shower gifts for most of our decorations, so it was a great time for me!
Another repair we need to do is driveway. I have already checked out at purlevel.com and arranged everything. They promised to finish asap.
Thanks for reading!
Wow! Your hard work is definitely paying off! It looks great!
Your hard work paid off. It looks great!
This is great that you are able to do these kinda of things. But I just can’t believe that you would put an air conditioner in the best “picture window” in the house. I mean who needs air conditioning when you can just open a “picture window”. Can’t wait to see more remodeling.
Haha! We could have left it open & gotten a nice fresh breeze that way too!