before and after...

my dad and billy recently redid our upstairs flooring.

we had carpet and it needed to go in the worst way!

i only have photos from our office for now, i'll get bedroom photos eventually.

first up, billy ripped out the carpet and my dad went to work on installing recessed lighting.

our office had no ceiling lighting.

we love the new recessed lights.

our window seat/ledge need to be sanded and stained.

my dad sanded and taped and i stained.

i got to do the easy jobs :)

my mom is making us a window cushion.
we have the cushion part and we are going tomorrow night to pick out fabric.
i'm torn on doing paisley or damask.
our office "theme" is black and white and i'm incorporating some lime green in as well.

so i'll be getting some lime green fabric for accent pillows.

here is the new flooring....

to say i am totally in LOVE with it would be an understatement.

billy works from home right now so the office is "his" ;)

he had to have a new little tv which will eventually be mounted on the wall.

the mirror on the wall above the computer will have a few more picture frames joining it.

i want to make a collage.

i have some new "art" to go in these frames.
my art is free pictures/paper i've printed from the internet.

some of the new paper/art has lime green in it.

i also added some lime green ribbon to the lamp we already had.

billy does not like knick knacks at all...

i do...

I WIN!

i still need to get a few more things.

not sure what though.
just sticking to simple accessories.

hallway looking into the office.

we decided to get new carpet for the stairs.

putting wood flooring on stairs is very expensive because you need a $30 end piece to go on each step. we are on an extra tight budget these days so this carpet was perfect. it's super soft!

billy also said carpet will be easier on little ones knees ;)

no baby, yet...

landing at the top of the stairs...

once i have more done in our bedroom i'll post some pictures.

i will also post pics of the office once EVERYTHING is done.

which will hopefully be soon.

i'm so thankful my dad was able to do this for us, for free!

since billy is not working full time and just doing some work from home he was able to help and learn how to do some stuff himself.

i appreciate their hard work SO much! :)

i hope everyone had a great weekend and i hope all my mommy blog friends had a WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY!!!