I’m probably the only one that will truly appreciate these before & after photos. It’s not really something that’s going to be impressive to most. It’s weird to get excited about a patch of plain old grass, but when you started with a pile of gravel topped with a tangle of snakes and ivy (both [...]
I’ve been pondering my favorite interiors, and I’m working on a plan for our living room. Some of these items I already have around the house, and some of them I’m wishing for! (Plan is subject to change without notice.) 1 drapes from Pottery Barn 2 globe lamp from West Elm 3 string lights 4 awesome [...]
The basement bathroom is done! It’s a tiny bathroom with a low ceiling, so I kept it simple and clutter free. The previous owners had installed way too many storage cabinets (even more than you can see in the before photos). It was so claustrophobic in there, and everything was grungy and gross. Now it [...]
I’ll admit that these aren’t the most exciting before and after pictures, but I spent forever working on this hallway so humor me! Painting stained trim and doors is awful. It’s so tedious with all the sanding, taping, priming, and multiple coats of paint. Once the trim was finished I noticed that the drywall was in [...]
The guest room was a blank slate when we moved in. I like how the room is looking, but I still need to add something quirky to personalize it—like the poop in the bathroom or the zombies on the mantle. Oh, and can’t you hear the bed crying out for more throw pillows? Before: After:
I started peeling the wallpaper off our guest bathroom walls as soon as we moved into our house. The wallpaper seemed to be original to the house (1971) and had been hung directly on bare unpainted drywall. Each piece of wallpaper that came down tore off a big chunk of dry wall with it. (That’s [...]
Remember my plan for fixing up my husband’s home office? I finally implemented it, and I’m quite happy with the results. I intend to collect a few more illustrations to hang above my desk, and a vintage world globe I snagged for $2 on ebay is on it’s way here, but other than that it’s finished. [...]
Now that the laundry room is done, I’m moving on to the basement bathroom. It is horrendous! Brass water stained faucet, purple and white linoleum, yucky light fixture, 40 year old crusty shower door, lots of unnecessary storage cabinets left by the previous owners… In the year and a half we’ve lived here I haven’t [...]
After much painting, organizing, shelf hanging, and cabinet-putting-together-ing the laundry room is finally finished! It is bright and sunny, just like I wanted. Now let’s see how long I can keep it looking this good… (And yes, yes I did change laundry detergents so the bottle would match…) The Taming of the Laundry Room (Part [...]
Our laundry room needs help. I get the creeps every time I go in there. I won’t host many parties in the laundry room, but I need to fix it up a bit for my own sake! I will take pictures of the room before I begin beautifying, but for now a description will do. [...]