Where the magic happens ...

It's still a work in progress, but at least it's down to the finishing touches. I still have to put in new plugs, plates and switches, find the right curtains and wait for the curtain hardware to be delivered; there are a few more pieces for the walls that I'll know are right when I see them. And the blinds have to go -- they are terrible.

Still, it's a massive improvement.

Before:

Inspection day, May 2010

August 2010. Unfortunately, it had been this way pretty much ever since.

And after a long Presidents Day weekend ...

Need to find the right ceiling fan 

... and a headboard

Gratuitous cat pictures!!!

A bedroom at last

I don't have pictures yet, but the House of Bich checked off a biggie on this year's to-do list over the weekend: Brooke painted the bedroom.

It finally looks like a room!

Amanda came over Saturday to help Brooke get a rich blue on the walls, and Rich rewarded us with porterhouses, baked potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts. And plenty of wine, of course.

On Sunday, Brooke tackled the trim. On Monday -- it's so nice to have Presidents Day off -- she tackled the ceiling, which is no longer home to the world's ugliest ceiling fan.

Pictures to come soon -- time to get some long-awaited photos and art on the walls first!