Well, work on the house of destruction is finally beginning this morning.

This is what we worked on all weekend:

Packing, packing and more packing! We packed everything up and away from the walls so the painters and drywall-repair guys could start there.

We even had to pack up our living room, dining room, and kitchen, because they’re basically repainting the entire downstairs. (And yeah, I don’t even want to think about how long it’s going to take me to put everything back!)

The most exciting part is that we got to pick out new kitchen colors! I’ve really loved my terracotta colored kitchen. I’ve had it like that for more than a decade. But we’re ready to move beyond the faux painting, and we want to go with more of a sophisticated color, so we’re trying a mocha brown, like a coffeehouse. I think we decided on the middle one:

Wish us luck! Here we goooooooo …