New carpet...

.... can make all the difference.

We joke that we've "Flipped" our house in one day. The new carpet that was installed today has literally given the house a whole new look. It's unreal. I wish I would have taken pictures (besides on just my cell phone) of the horrendously ugly green carpet that used to cover the entire house. Well, and the squares of carpet (if you can call it that) in the family room that somebody glued to the floor. Dan ripped each of the squares of carpet yesterday by himself and our shoes were all getting stuck to the lovely remnants of glue. 

We were glad to see all of that ugliness go. The five of us were all in heaven sniffing that new carpet scent. There's still a lot of work to be done, but we have plenty of time to do it over the next few years. We didn't want to go horribly over budget, and so we didn't carpet our bedroom which is covered in tile. That's right-- TILE. Who puts tile in a bedroom? We're going to invest in a huge area rug though for the meantime. And, we opted not to put carpet in the girlie's bedrooms and also get them rugs for their hardwood floors. 

We're trying to think of what color to paint Maddie and Faith's room (Abrie's room is actually cute once we rip down that Pooh border on the top-- for some odd reason, I absolutely can not stand Pooh!) and then what to do in the family room with their lovely outdated wallpaper that is ripping in every direction.

It's a work in progress. But, progress is being made!