Wednesday, January 6, 2010

the before...and eventually...the after

Has your house ever been so messy that you want to take "before" pictures of everything so that when you clean it, you can look back at how bad it was and feel that much more satisfaction that you endured and conquered? Well I did. Here's the "before" which happened somewhere between our Thanksgiving trip and pulling out Christmas decorations. Holy mess.


Before = Dec 7th

See the little spill behind Charlotte? That was one of many throughout December.

Ah, the front room. Welcome home.
Prepare yourselves...this is the worst one. my room. everything article of clothing that is clean and unfolded or dirty or just barely worn or that is about to be worn, ends up here. and then i have little ones who like to dress up and leave a trail of clothes behind then. that's right, I'll give them the blame.yup.

And the after pics. These were taken two weeks later on Dec 21st. sweet success.

That's David hunched down at the foot of the couch wrapping christmas presents.



The sweet new edition to the office: David's record player. I kept this baby hidden for a few days.

2 comments:

Jaymie and Donna Jones said...

I'm glad I am not the only one! :)

Ben and Camille said...

wow that is amazing--both how messy it WAS and how amazing it IS!! i love your decorations and your new couch!! awesome! your house is so cute. i want it. great job!!