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It’s really stuck on there.. It’s such a blank canvas!

Eek.. Well earlier this Spring, I started really getting the itch to make this living room not make me shudder.So I’ve been slowly tackling it in 10 minute increments when I can get Jack to be happy enough in the Jolly Jumper for a little bit.

It took a long time, but it got the job done!Here’s how the room used to look..This was just a little while after we moved in three years ago.

It doesn’t look too too terrible in this picture, but that’s because I was trying to not make it look too too terrible.The walls were marked up, and half-patched, and the floor was pulled up a bit so we could see the hardwood underneath.

, I wasn’t really ready to paint the walls yet, but I wanted to paint a little, so I did these boxes of color, which kind of gave the feeling of molding on the walls.

For a little while, then the icky feeling came back because there were still those marked up parts on the walls and the floor was still torn up a bit.Our house is also incredibly energy efficient in a lot of ways.

It’s still cool here in the Spring long after everyone else has had to turn on their A/C and we turn our heat on in the Fall pretty late too.Strategically planted trees, and double-brick wall construction seem to have made a big difference for us.. We also have an amazingly unique floor plan, one that you’d never see in a new build, but one that really works for our family.

Our kitchen and laundry room are in an addition that can be totally shut off from the rest of house so I can get stuff done late at night or early in the morning without disturbing anyone and there’s a washroom in there that seems really strange until you realize how convenient it is to be able to do laundry, bath the kids, and cook dinner all pretty much in the same room..Most of all, I love the sense of pride and wonder that we get from owning our own little piece of local history and being in charge of its care and restoration.