Extreme Living Room Make Over

Last month my awesome MOMS play group surprised us with an amazing make over of our living room.  It was so incredibly sweet and generous of them and I just can’t even explain the difference it makes in our home.  Here are a few before pictures:

This is the room while we were taking everything out.  But boxes (and “time out” pack n play) aside, you get the picture.  Dark wood paneling circa 1978. . .ugh.

Jackson (still in his pull up from nap) loved helping us take everything off of the shelves.  Of course here they were also a “catch all” for all of the sanding supplies.

Jackson also loved sanding!

Jay (and Heath for 4 days) spent every night for a week sanding, caulking and using wood putty prepping the room for primer. 

Thanks so much for your help Uncle Heath!

Jay was very detail oriented and it really paid off!

Friday night the group came over and we all primed away.  What great friends to do all of this work in our home!!!

And then Saturday we were at it again. 

Frozen cappuccinos were a hit.

Jen and Landy are both master painters!

These guys are the best!

Bart left a little message for us on the back of the tv!

After the weekend the room was looking fantastic.  All that was left was the trim and the bookcase.  Also you may be wondering where all of the kiddos were during this time.  Adrienne (who had masterminded this whole project) kept most of the kiddos at her house all weekend.  She by far had the hardest job.  Luckily I was able to farm out Jackson to Jaclyn on Saturday and Gaga took both boys all day Sunday.  Thank you so much to everyone who donated an entire weekend to painting and child care! 

Even after all of the walls were painted Landy, Jessica and Jennifer wanted to come back and finish the trim.  Rumor has it that I’m not a very good painter.  That being said I was on kid duty while these fabulous ladies finished the room.

These sweet kiddos watched Tangled during what would have been their nap time.

The final day of painting the kids were having a blast together.

The room is not yet decorated but even with out being totally back together you can see the massive change.  Thanks so much to all of my sweet friends for this most wonderful surprise, we are LOVING our new living room!!

Ta Da!!!

And as usual thanks so much to Lesley for picking all of our colors!