Let the demolition begin!

Jarod and I have begun our first home improvement project at this house! We are focusing on two rooms, and hopefully getting them done by Christmas when my family is coming. One room is the hall bathroom. It's a decent size but a good starting point. Here's a list of things to do in that room:

-scrape the popcorn ceiling (done yesterday)
-peel the paint off the wall. apparently the people before us peeled off some wallpaper and with that some sheet rock. They then proceeded to paint over that without mudding some spots and without primer. They used some paint that had sand in it too. So we have to peel the paint off the wall.(started today)
-mud the wall
-texture the wall
-texture the ceiling
-paint the trim and cabinets
-paint the ceiling
-prime the walls
-paint the walls
-new light fixture??
-new mirror??

A lot to do for such a little room, but it will look so nice when it is done! Not sure on the paint color yet.

The kitchen/dining area:
-scrape the popcorn ceiling (finished over the dining area but not the kitchen)
-remove lowered ceiling (demoed last night!!)
-put in recessed lighting
-sand off the paint with sand in it.
-patch the wall
-texture the kitchen walls and ceiling
-paint the trim and cabinets
-prime the wall and ceiling
-paint ceiling
-paint walls.

It's a lot of work but not high cost. Yet it will make a big difference! Just opening up the ceiling last night has made a huge difference. It added a foot of height to our kitchen. The color for the kitchen is a darker brick red color. It will go nicely with our living room color which will be an olive color. The trim color is an off white. I'm really excited, but I hope we can get most of it done before Christmas!