Family Room Renovations - I

If you asked me a year ago what I thought about our family room, I most likely would not have had an answer. I don't spend much time in that room, save for using the door to go outside, playing wii, or doing Turbo. Everything in this room has stayed pretty much the same since the day I was born, so it's pretty safe to assume that we are all used to the way it is. The walls proudly display (too) many pictures of my sister and I as we made our way through school, the tables are weighed down with assorted nick-knacks compiled throughout the years; you get the picture. It has now been emptied, and is ready for work to be done!
During the summer last year, we started renovations in the house. We repainted both my room and my sister's room, as well as replaced the carpeting with hardwood laminate flooring. Mom and Dad's room received the same treatment, as well as some new insulation and drywall. At this time, someone must have felt ambitious, as the carpet in the family room was pulled up as well - uh oh. What's that underneath? What is that hideously coloured linoleum doing down there? The carpet in the room had been there since before my parents moved in. This means that this carpet had been hiding that nasty surprise for over a quarter of a century - urg!

In my opinion, the only explanation for this floor would be hippies thinking that the colours are 'groovy' after too many bong hits after a love-in. Looking up we see were all of the pictures used to hang.

I've already commented to Mom that our family room currently looks like the set of a horror film!

I left for a little while to get some supper, and to get out of the dust that moving things inevitably kicks up. Upon my return, I found a poor confused cat nosing around. Unlike the rest of us, she does not thrive on change!

While I was gone, Mom and Dad had been busy filling in all the holes in the walls. The only things left to move out to the garage are their armchairs, the table, the last lamp, and the TV. Here's Mom enjoying a well deserved break before turning in.

Tomorrow - we prime!