Isn't is funny how in order to clean things up --- one must first really mess things up!
We decided that the living room and hallway really needed to be painted.
These are pictures with everything covered and pushed to the center so we could paint the walls. Doesn't it look just horribly messy!
Below is my oldest painting the stairway to the basement. He also did all the ceilings in the living room, hallway and stairway to the basement. I decided this project needed to be done for two reasons: 1) it was time - hadn't been painted in years and the walls were really marked up 2) teenagers with time on their hands during the summer need projects or they just bicker and fight with each other. (And I have got projects - keep bickering boys! Mom is ready for ya!)
They really did a nice job - it looks soooooo much better. I had also taken down the curtains to paint - so those got washed and then hung back up. After all that --- well, the carpet just looked really dirty. So we then had to clean the carpets. (Have you ever read the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" books? It was kind of like that --- if you paint the walls, then you will have to wash the curtains. If you wash the curtains then you will realize how dirty the carpets are and have to wash the carpets!)
Notice I only got his back side --- he had an aversion to having his picture taken. I think he KNEW I was going to blog about it!
Apparently teenage boys need to 'rest' and 'answer text messages' while in the middle of projects. Just wait until he is old and really does need to take a break!
He did get back to work and the carpet looks and smells much better.
Now we just have to tackle the kitchen!
We are going picking tomorrow instead. Sugar snap peas and strawberries are ripe and ready to be picked!
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