It took me seven months all together, but solo, I tackled the whole house. The basement will have to wait until the summer. At least it is cool during those hot months, so I won't mind how long it takes to complete down there. To imagine, it all started last June when I decided to just redo my daughter's bedroom...

Managing to take spring cleaning to another level, all that Behr paint was money well spent. With Brenna's room, guest and powder rooms completed last summer, the adrenaline kicked in again the beginning of the new year with the family room; continued to the kitchen, a room I vowed never to paint (never say never); followed by transforming all the walnut trim throughout the house to vanilla. Moving efforts back upstairs, the office received a major face lift, and the finish line heralded the hallway upstairs and down....