The Krewe of Fairfield

In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this past week we have had a little parade of our own!  We had a steady 'krewe' of helpers--family and friends--some helping us with physical support and some giving their support otherwise!

All of the 'thank yous' in the world wouldn't do justice to let Phyllis Cooper (mom), Wanda Wyatt (mom), and Mary Baxter (Meme) how much they helped us this past weekend!  Collectively, we pulled approximately 800-1000 staples, nails, and tacks (and tack strips) from the floors and walls of the house, removed more wallpaper and carpet, and continued cleaning and sanitizing!  Thanks as well to Kyle Wyatt (ice cream man), Jason Eddy, Adam and Mandy Rogers, Amy Martin, Candace Payne, Ali Feaster, and various neighbors for stopping by to say "hello"--your support also means a lot to us! 

We discovered some new friends at Centenary Hardware (our new favorite place to go)--very convenient and very helpful workers.  Also, a special thank you to our friend Dustin Morris at AirRef, who is going to get us all set up with a HVAC system!

It was a super-productive week and we finally feel like we have conquered the 'demo mountain' and *hopefully* it will be smooth sailing (or skiing with this analogy I guess!) with some of the finishing touches.

We might be biased, but it is hard to believe why anyone would cover up these beautiful floors with carpet!  Now, what everyone likes to see...more pictures!

Dining room (we probably won't have to sand the floors!)

Living room, again, great floors under all of that carpet

Panoramic pic (living room and front foyer)

Dining room again

The 'Krewe' (this room was a pain to get wallpaper down!)

Before and after:  left is the hardwood underneath--right was the old linoleum tile

Our pile of demo junk (sorry Shreveport waste department!)

Upstairs landing after carpet removal

--B&K