Photos of living room renovation

I managed to snap a handful of photos of our ongoing living room renovation mentioned in a previous post.  Before I get to the photos, some highlights:

• The painting and floor is now done.  It looks very hip.  We should hurry up and sell our house now before it goes out of style.
• There's still lots to do.  Next up: baseboard, handrail, stairs.  We also need to move all the furniture back into the living room.
• Our friend Rob has kindly agreed to design and construct our new handrail.  He's an architect and he's using our house as a chance to flex his artistic muscles.  I hope he comes back because it's not finished yet and only he knows the what it's supposed to look like.
• Rob also has plans for our staircase.  This guy is crazy.

Just to give you an idea how nice Rob is, he commuted here from his home in Guelph on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  He spent at least eight hours here per day on the weekend.  On Monday he drove in after a day at the office.  Without him, Greta and I would still be arguing about how to lay the first piece of laminate.  We are very thankful for his help in moving this project along.

Now, on to the photos:

Mommy and Max enjoying breakfast before a hard day's work.  The carpet is gone.  The couch is the only piece of furniture remaining in the room.  It's too big to move it elsewhere.  We just work around it.

Nowhere for the fleas to hide.  Also, Max was mowing the lawn in our living room.

Painting is finished.  We'd just started the floor.  It looks very stylish.

Our indispensable friend Rob busily constructing our new hand rail.  He has a vision of how it will look.  We feed him and stay out of his way.