extreme room makeover

am i married to tim "the tool man" taylor?

i left my husband for 36 hours to go to california

and when i said goodbye the front room looked like this:

i know. 

the carpet was pretty bad.

so  tim  dawson, blair, and diana took on quite the project

and transformed our front room into this:

i was personally VERY impressed

and i absolutely love it.

(i might not love our $10 ikea rug but that's next on the wish list)

also on the wish list is a few more holiday decorations

but for now our few simple ones will have to do:

and lastly...

i'll be the first to admit i'm somewhat of a procrastinator.

i started a bunch of crafts right when we got married last summer,

however few of them were ever completely finished.

well in light of some recent opportunities,

i decided that it was important that this craft was finished:

we may or may not be adding to this map in the near future!

although i might need to change it into a world map instead of a USA map....

stay tuned!