We had 4 friends come over--Brent, Matt, Dustin and Alex--and the original plan was to paint the house but Shae and I had taken care of that task during the week. So instead we said goodbye to the horribly Pinterest-fail scrapbook wall and the boys got to take down lots of junk.
I was amazed by the work that was done in such a short amount of time. In between major demolition moments, Alex and I would do our best to clean up the area.
Pictures say and show it best...
Here are some before pictures of the ugly scrapbook wall and turquoise room.
And here are the after pictures... we have a living room! A legit "sit down and watch TV living room"... we haven't had that in months. Sunday night we actually sat together on our couch and ate ice cream and watched some TV. It was so wonderful to enjoy immediately the fruits of our (and our friends') labor!!
Lanae came towards the end of workday and helped us get the living room put together.
And as much as I love the end product. I most enjoyed watching it all come down. So here are some of my favorites of the day.
These pictures display the beginning of the wall tear down.
And then all the wallpapers we discovered...
From the looks of things, we used to have a fireplace. And this was the wall it was on. Because of the holes and rot, this shiplap had to come down. But we got some great salvage pieces from it.
And then we discovered that under the Sheetrock on the ceiling was beadboard that is original to the house. And once cleaned up, the floors are going to look phenomenal!
Overall, it was a great day with the help of great friends! I love how God has blessed us with such great people to do life with that they would spend a Saturday throwing around sledgehammers and working hard for their friends. I LOVE our village!!
