The beginning of the Living Room, Dining Room, Sunroom Extravaganza

It's been almost a year since the finish of the guest room project it's been a nice break and we've gotten some other small projects done in the basement.  We have also gotten a new furnace and air conditioner installed, whoo hoo!

The living room and dining room is something I have wanted to tackle for awhile but it's a large project with the archways connecting the living room, dining room, and front hall and french doors leading into the sun room there is no easy starting and stopping point so the rooms need to be addressed as a group.

They were far from the worst rooms in our house but I'm more of a natural trim non-wallpaper kind of girl so I really wanted to tear into these to get out the old lady sheik.  On deck for this project is the removal of the ceilings in all 3 rooms, removal of wallpaper, plaster patching, trim stripping,  rewiring, ceiling replacement, window repair, trim refinishing, floor refinishing, repaint, new blinds and curtains, and replacement of most of the furniture.  Needless to say this is a large project.  I would love to say that this will be done by the end of the summer but I think a more realistic goal would be to be to the painting stage 1 year from now. 

It won't be so bad... we have an extra living room upstairs in what used to be the apartment and we've managed to box up and pack away almost everything we want to keep from the old setup.  Plus I'm trying to do a better job of cleaning up at the end of the day to hopefully make the process a little less stressful on everyone.  It's going to be a long one but I think it's going to be worth it.