Transformation!!!!!

I have been a busy little bee the last few weeks!  We are moving into the house that Gordon grew up in and it needs a little TLC.  It's an older house and the family room has wall to wall wood paneling...nice.  However, not my taste at all.  So before we make the BIG move, I have been over there almost every day cleaning it up and painting and painting and more painting.  The room also had popcorn ceilings and they were not attractive at all so I also spent a good amount of time (days) removing the ceiling and sanding it down.  The entire room needed to be sanded down and once that was done, it was ready to be primed and then painted. 
My wonderful mom surprised me with a visit to NC and all she packed was her grubbies and she and I went straight to work on that room.  We had some laughs, we had some tears and we certainly have the back pain to prove how hard this job was!!  She is such a trooper and I can't thank her enough for coming all the way to help me!!  It would not have gotten done with out her help!  No one will ever know how hard this room really was to get done - except for her!  Thank you mom for all of your help and everytime I am in this room now I will think of you and all your hard work!! 

Here are some BEFORE and AFTER pictures of the room...I am pretty proud of it and I am SO glad that after hours of hard core labor, it's finally done!!