a lot has been accomplished in the past 2 weeks. we now have carpet in the living room, bedroom and on the stairs. i repainted spots in the living room and bedroom. the old cabinet is out of the bathroom and the primer is drying on our new built-in shelving. we bought a new set of living room furniture (entertainment stand, coffee table, end tables) and picked up some nice table lamps. the lamp shades are neat. when the light is off they look plain beige, but when you turn the light on this funky pattern shows up from the inside layer of the shade. it's like two lamps in one. i might just be exaggerating the coolness factor to make up for the excessive price of the set though.

other than picking up a few things off the floor, the living room is DONE. woo! we finished something! the bedroom is almost done. i need to find a plant or two for upstairs. we also have a conspicuously empty corner, but since the cradle my dad is building will eventually go there, i'm hesitant to fill it. although ideally we'll have sold the house before she arrives. after the built-in is finished in the bathroom (probably today) we just have one more smallish project of putting this fake tile sheet thing behind the toilet and sink for aesthetic purposes. then i'll need to repaint 1 wall in the bathroom around the built-in and new heater, remove 95% of all the crap in the room, and that will be done. the kitchen is a whole other story... anyone want to help amos move a 2,000 lb wood stove to the garage? over a gravel driveway? yeah...