I took the “Before” pictures when we were basically all packed up. We had pulled everything off the walls & started to move the furniture to the middle of the room. So, while these are “Before” they aren’t really what our house looked like!
BEFORE:
This is from the hallway looking at the front doors. The flooring that you see is some sort of fake, plastic(y) wood. It made that hollow tapping noise when you walked on it. I hated it.
AFTER:
Not much of a change, but you can see the beautiful new hardwoods. I also switched out the entry table for a skinnier table & flipped the mirror on its side.
Here’s another view:
AFTER:
BEFORE:
This is what should be our formal living room, but is a multi-purpose room (R’s office). The lovely Golden Tee was sold on Craig’s List to a nice gentleman who has a basement. Here you can see the dark walls and the nasty carpet!
AFTER:
New floors, new sisal rug, and lighter wall color.
AFTER:
Here’s another view from the front door looking into the office. This room is still somewhat in transition, because it doesn’t really have an identity. I thought this would bother me, but I actually really like coming in here on Sunday afternoons when R’s playing on the computer & we end up chatting for a few hours. If you have any decoration suggestions for this room I’d love to hear them!
BEFORE:
The dining room was one of my least favorite rooms. The walls were SO red & the carpet was SO disgusting. I did have a nice big mirror hanging between the lamps, but I had already taken that down when I took this before pic.
AFTER:
Ah, much better… R hung wood blinds for me in this room & the office. Now, from the street all of our windows look like they have plantation shutters without the cost of plantation shutters! This room seems so much bigger & brighter to me now.
This is a view into the kitchen from the dining room. I love how my great grandmother’s china really pops off of the new wall color.
BEFORE:
Again, we were in the middle of packing everything up, but here you can see the hideous plastic floors make an appearance again. Also, the light fixtures are terrible.
AFTER:
The new floors look amazing in this room, but you can’t really tell from the pictures. We switched out the light fixtures, too. Our dishwasher died the week before Christmas so we now have a brand spankin’ new stainless dishwasher too.
Here’s another view. The walls got a fresh coat of paint & the cabinets got a deep cleaning. One day we’d love to knock the wall above the stove out, replace the counters & cabinets, but that’s another project for another year.
BEFORE:
Here is from the kitchen looking into the family room. Again, everything was in the middle of the room or packed up, but note the nasty carpet & dark walls.
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Another view of the before of the family room.
AFTER:
This room seems the most different to us. We LOVE the floors & new wall color in here. I brought the chairs from the office into here & we got a new rug. Everything seems cozier & cleaner for us.
Here’s another view. Check out my mini fur model. This room only has french doors to the deck & so it can get very dark. To help this we hung a giant mirror above the sofa to reflect the light from the french doors. Also, you can see the wall (where the clock is hung) into the kitchen that we want to remove one day.
I’d love to paint the brick the same color as the walls & the mantel/trim a white color, remove the fireplace cover & put up a pretty screen, but I’m a little bit afraid to tackle that project ourselves.
BEFORE:
Here is the before of the laundry room. This room might have been the worst room with the wallpaper & border. YUCK!
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BEFORE:
This is an up close picture of that nasty plastic flooring.
AFTER:
Clean, painted walls.
Here’s the beautiful tile floor. We love the floor so much!
Finally here is the before & after of the hallway down to the bedrooms:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
So, that about wraps it up! I’ll do a post with the new carpet when the nursery is all finished. That’s still a work in progress!
