The Newness

That's right winter projects have been underway in the Gates house. We have finally updated our livingroom and painted over the stark white walls.

For Christmas Tyler reacieve a flat screen LCD/HD TV and that is what kiked off the big painting/redecorating project. Of course like any project it always turns out to be bigger than you expect. We decided we wanted to mount the TV on the wall above the fireplace to open up our livingroom. Well in order to do that we had to remove the mirror (which was way outdated anyway) from around the fireplace.
Then we had to plaster and texture the wall where the mirror had been. After that we painted. And then finally we could hang the TV.
Any normal project planners would have taken a Friday off of work and done the whole project over a long weekend but not this Gates famly. We of course started the project on a Monday night after work and continued to work on it each night for several hours. Mixing the work day and the work project at home made for a long and tiring week...throw into that the fact that we did it a week and a half before the Superbowl when we were planning on haveing 15 t0 20 people over for the big game and you get the picture...a crazy week (filled with Fast Food and Pizza).

But as you can see we did it! The livingroom is far more open and the whole room looks warmer and more cozy with the warm colors on the wall. All the walls are painted a beige color with one dark brown accent wall. And it was all completed in pletny of time for the Superbowl.

There are still a few things left to finish up...like hiding the TV/Cable Cords and getting a stand to house the DVD Player, X-Box, and Cable box...and eventually getting a recliner for the corner of the room. But those all come with time.