The Living Room

As the living room was the most dramatic change I'll talk about it first. The first things to get tossed out were the curtains and the curtain rod. They hadn't been cleaned in years and were disgustingly full of dust and dirt. We ripped out the baseboards and tore up all the carpeting. My favourite thing to get rid of in this room was the 70's paneling that he had painted "Maple Leafs" blue. The paneling was glued over the drywall so it made quite the mess of the drywall. We tried peeling off all the glued parts but found it was more effective to sand down the glue so we could paint over it. We also had a glass window replaced from old yellow glass to clear glass. That made a huge difference in how bright the living room was. We also got rid of the drywall valances over the windows which has helped to open up the room. We installed new baseboards, painted the trim, and installed new light fixtures and plugs and switches....Gorgeous!

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