The Lehi House Part 2: The Inside

We determined that if we wanted the house to look it's best, we would need to repaint every wall and put in new carpet.  I went back and forth, trying to decide if I could do it myself--the painting, I mean--but I finally decided that it was worth the money to have professionals take care of it.  We first had to get the walls ready to be painted.  We took off the interesting wall frame that had been put in before we lived there.  I also spent hours and hours scrubbing inside.  We scrubbed every. single. wall!  And that is not exaggerating!  It took a lot of patience to scrub each wall, each cabinet--everywhere!  I listened to General Conference while scrubbing to help the time go by and also to help me keep a good attitude. : D

Again, I had a lot of help--from my mom, my friends and neighbors and Glenn.

In order for the paint and carpet to get done, we had to take off all the doors, have the carpet pulled up, and then hauled away.  The bottom of the carpet is just gross!

The painter got started.  He fixed up the wall in the dining room and other places that needed it.  He then painted all the doors and then all the walls.  It made such a difference already--seeing the uniformity in the house.  The house before had a different color in each room.  This new color--a beautiful gray/taupe--really helped it look clean and new.

 We did have a mishap with one of the doors.  The wind blew another door into it and made this big gash.  Thankfully the painters took care of it--after they painted the front and garage doors...can you see the one on the left that looks slightly blueish?  Don't worry--we got that repainted so it was white again.

Then the carpet got ripped out...

 ...and new pad and new carpet installed!

And of course this is only showing the big stuff.  I didn't realize how much time all the little stuff would take.  Putting doors back on--without a power drill for most of the time, putting all the outlet covers and light switch plates back on, wiping things down, vacuuming and sweeping, etc.  I was glad it was winding down because I was getting pretty burnt out!  

Next up, the final product!!