When I was about 4 months pregnant, we found out we were going to be transferred to Charlotte, North Carolina so we made a plan to list the house and as part of that process, we decided to paint before selling. A month or so later, after we had chosen the painters, flooring contractors and everything was ready to go, the move fell through and we found out we’d be staying in Chicago.

Now being almost 6 months pregnant, it felt like too much to figure out a new plan for moving so we decided to stay in our current place. Since we already had everything in place for the renovation, we decided to go through with it. We moved everything out in to storage and had the whole house painted and the flooring redone. Since we were doing the floors, we decided to add hardwood to the bedroom as well since the carpet in there was old and needed to be replaced anyway.

Here are the before and after photos for what the place looked like after completing the painting and floor renovation.