The house gets a new coat of paint!

Well after living in our house in Normal nearly two years, we finally made the plunge to get the interior of the house painted. From what Sarah and I could tell, nearly the entire house (minus the family room and kitchen) had not had a fresh coat of paint since the house was built in 1997. Boring white walls were what we dealt with for the first two years of living in our house in Normal. I will tell you, I personally have grown to hate white walls. Especially, white walls that encompass nearly every room in the house, and walls that show the wear from the previous owners moving in, living in, and moving out of the house. But also, the scuffs, bangs, and bruises inflicted from the current owners...well mostly from me.

At one point in time, we had thought of doing some or most of this gargantuan task of painting the interior walls and some ceilings of the house ourselves, but with both of our busy schedules, we decided against it. Once we met Todd, our painter, we are very glad that we changed those thoughts. He was very honest and professional and had come highly recommended from one of Sarah's colleagues. Zoey, our dog, also quickly approved! Todd has two Shelties of his own, and he quickly grew attached to Zoey. :)

In mid-March of 2006, our days of living with those ugly white walls were finally drawing to a close. "He came, he saw, and he conquered" those hideous white walls that once cursed our home! It took him about two weeks to complete the task of painting nearly all the walls and some of the ceilings in our house. Our house went from looking good to looking awesome! It honestly feels like a brand new house. Both Sarah and I love the color, the warmth, and the character that the newly added color brings to the house.

If you would like to see before and after pictures, please feel free to peruse the following two slide shows:

03-2006 -- House Pictures BEFORE the painting makeover
04-2006 -- House Pictures AFTER the painting makeover