For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath … here are photos of the finished livingroom.

We finally got it all done and completed yesterday with the help of LightHusband’s sister and her husband. Painting was completed with the assistance and able consultation of BlazingEwe. The computer on my desk in the corner belongs to my mother-in-law. It will not remain on my desk. It is there for it’s annual check up from LightHusband.

You can find the before photos in this post … along with these words of boldness (written on Sept. 15), that we did not live up to:

It will be finished this week. Our goal is to have the entire downstairs and our bedroom painted by Thanksgiving.

Well … we did finish the livingroom. And we did get the kitchen painted. And the powder room. And the upstairs hallway. The house does look good. The livingroom, in particular, looks completely and utterly different than it did. This is good. I can now sit and relax in my livingroom again without feeling panicky and sad. It is no longer a place of pain and attack, but a place of sanctuary and rest once again. For that I am thankful.