Living Room Progress

 Let's start with the before photos:

And now the afters:

 The doors leaning on the wall are in transit.  Ignore them.

 

There are only a few small changes I'd still like to make to this room, so for now we are calling it "in progress."

The pine mantle painted white has greatly improved the look of those original 1950 metallic tiles, don't you think?

Beginnings of the Living Room Renovation

 The painting has spilled over into the living room, with priming of orange-y wood trim and the addition of a lovely warm gray.

Already the room feels so much warmer and alive.  But progress is slow, as there are distractions during the day...

...like this one.  That's too small a picture - let me zoom in for you:

Ah, yes. The cutest distraction in the world (other than her sister).  Like the kitchen, this might take a while, folks.