The place looks terrible

Both bedrooms are now completely empty and wow, they look bad!  There's mildew and cracked paint all over the place, and the floors are worn and stained and blotchy.  Who knew?  By the end of this week they will be better (painted), and by the end of next week, beautiful (floors).  So we hope.  I wonder if in our future life we should have some kind of a five-year cycle of repainting, maybe different rooms each year.  Things get gross and you don't notice.

The bathroom is also empty, which means that the whole back of the house is cleared out except for two closets (those are drastically decluttered, but still in use).  The front of the house is still almost normal, although we are trying to keep packing up nonessentials, and gradually move more furniture to the basement.

We selected stylish new paint colors for the interior.  The living room will be a buttery yellow-cream color, much as it is now.  The kitchen will be more of a pale sand, rather than the current apricot color.  The hall will be similar to the living room, and our bedroom will be much like it currently is.  Jordan's room, which is now a pale blue swimming pool sort of color, will be a very light sage green, instead.  The trim and ceilings will all be brilliant white, where now they are a very antique-ivory color, almost a putty shade.  I think having the trim painted will be a wonder, not only for the result but for the process.  It's rather fancy (though at least it's all straight lines, Sergio pointed out) and it's glossy.  To me it seems impossible to either sand or paint over.  I'll report on their technique once they start.

Work on the interior is scheduled to start today but so far the guys are still busy outside, taking advantage of the lack of rain.  I should go check it out.  Neighbors are wowed by the huge pile of brush that was generated by yesterday's trimming.  I've been laying low, very tired this morning; not sure if I'm coming down with something, or just worn out from many days of packing.  Imagine the activity points I'm earning with six hours of light-to-moderate exercise every day.

Dale drove by the Glenway house and said it looks wonderful from the outside.  He's very happy with the paint colors.  Pictures soon.