Preparation for Carpet!

Last night (Thursday night) we spent the evening preparing for the carpet. After Mike got done at the school, one of his friends/coworkers came by to help us out. We got the furniture all cleared out and got a couple quick pictures of the empty room and old carpet.
 

Spare bedroom with old carpet

Spare bedroom with old carpet

The guys getting pumped to rip out carpet - called it 'man work'

Spare bedroom closet where carpet was missing
because of wall removal for bigger closet

The guys worked pretty quickly and were able to get the carpet and padding out in no time. I helped some, but it was pretty disgusting - tons of dust and dirt pieces or something! The old carpet was stained pretty bad and also had blackening around the edges. Very happy to have that gone!

Spare bedroom with no carpet/padding

Spare bedroom with no carpet/padding

Spare bedroom with no carpet/padding

We also got started on the painting in the walk-in closet. We decide to go with white because it would allow it to be brighter in there and the walls wouldn't soak up the light with a different/darker color. We were able to get one coat on and will see if it needs another. 

Mike got a lovely shot of me 'fingerpainting'
(the lines/shadows on the wall are from the light we are using)

Walk-in closet after 1st coat

We should have carpet by the afternoon so will be sure to post those photos in the next day or so! I can't wait!