ok, here are some not so pretty photos

Here is a brief video of one of the bedrooms in the home. It shows the nasty, smelly carpet and all the 'accents' that came with the home when we purchased it.

Here are photos for those of you who can't view the video. These photos are from one of our three bedrooms. It is the back bedroom that borders the backyard. Eventually it will be a master bedroom for us. 

Anyway, what you will see is really dated, worn, goldfish colored carpet. It was so worn when we removed the padding, the padding was seriously adhered to the concrete floor. 

Working our way from ceiling to floor, it is a popcorn ceiling and then you start by seeing this 'lovely' blue border. It was 1/4" particle board with blue wall paper that was attached to the wall to add a scene to the brown shelf just below it where a train ran around the room. 

Yes, I know what you are thinking. Oh how cute for a little boys room. No, this was the office and not a child's room in the house. What you will also notice is a few other things. 1. Lots of random cables and wires running every which way. 2. Two strange pieces of balsa wood attached to the door (covered up a hole by previous owner- this was their 'fix'). 3. Access doors to plumbing- it is the little door on the left hand side. 

Here is the other wall- which got even better. I know your thinking- really it gets better?!

The photo above is contains an eclectic color palate with pink curtains, velvet green wall paper, the blue scenery, mirrored wall, with groovy green lights. 

 Here is a photo from two days ago- trying to remove the wall paper. It looks a ton brighter in this room with out the brown train shelf. And the carpet and security bars on the windows are gone. Removing the security bars turned out to be quite the hassle. They are installed with one way screws. So you need a special tool to remove them. We didn't like the look and frankly I would have died in a fire if I had to get out a window with these devices. There is a safety release but could never get it to work for me. We are thinking about doing stained concrete but can't decide on the finished look. Let me know if you anyone has any advice on stained concrete.

Next week I will show more in progress photos......... To Be Continued!