BEFORE
AFTER- We repainted the walls slightly darker and brought in our neutral, light and airy style! Here is how we picked out our paint style.
BEFORE
AFTER- Here is how we furnished and decorated our living room.
A recent update I made to the mantle.
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AFTER
And a recent update to the sitting area- newly painted nesting tables and the addition of my Nana's lamp!
RECENT PROGRESS- I've made a few changes to our living room recently, including adding a new rug, updating the dresser turned TV stand, adding new pillows to the sofa, painting all of the trim in the room, updating the plantation shutters, adding a DIY rustic wall sign and adding a gallery wall.
Dining Room
BEFORE-
DURING- The first steps we took in this room was to change out the lighting and purchased a dining room table- check out the details of that here.
AFTER- Now, we've painted the dining room chair rail and trim a bright, crisp white (still need to paint the plantation blinds white!) and the walls a deep navy for some fun contrast. I also started a collection of vintage chairs to paint white and add around the table. We also recently changed out the light fixture for a cleaner, crisper Crate & Barrel light.
I DIYed this silver sunburst mirror for some added contrast to the navy walls.
And we spruced up the built-in wine rack on the wall between the dining room and the kitchen.
Kitchen
BEFORE
AFTER- Luckily, we didn't have to do much with the kitchen, as the previous owners had already remodeled with custom cabinets, granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances. But, we have painted the buhgeezes out of every surface in the kitchen- cabinets, trim, windows, walls, etc.
Breakfast Room
BEFORE
AFTER- Paint, paint, and more paint.
And, most recently, I added a garden wall in my breakfast room.
And I've also added a little mudroom space in the corner of the breakfast room.
BEFORE
AFTER- Alright, so I'm going to cheat and not post a current picture of the sunroom, as we can't even compete with the gorgeous leather chair and rug the previous owners had in this room. With only two of us in the house, we haven't had a need for this space yet. It is currently sitting empty but we'll get to it at some point!
Master Bedroom
BEFORE- The master was used by the previous owners as a little boy's bedroom (complete with BB gun holes in the wall, lucky us!).
With some DIY art on the walls and some fresh paint, this room has become a nice little sanctuary for us!
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AFTER
A pop of color with our spray-painted royal blue nightstands.
DIY curtains (see below for tutorial link).
BEFORE
AFTER- We had to do something about all of the doors in that tiny space, so we opted for curtains in lieu of closet doors. Check out the curtain tutorial here.
We also made over the entire inside of the closet, so that it is more efficient and organized.
Master Bathroom
BEFORE
BEFORE- Can you say pink?! Perfect for a little girl, but the Pepto Bismol color (including the ceiling) didn't work for us.
AFTER
Check out the DIY wall art on our guest room wall.
Guest Bedroom #2
BEFORE
AFTER- Unfortunately, this room is currently sitting empty and we haven't done a thing with it yet. But check out the beadboard on the ceiling- love it!
Guest Bathroom
BEFORE
AFTER- Well, we actually haven't touched this room yet either! The previous owner left the funky mirror and lighting and, while it's not exactly our style (check out the purple ceiling!) we love it, so we're rolling with it for now! Maybe after we finish the renovation of our master bathroom.... : )
Office
BEFORE
AFTER- We painted stripes galore!
Like the rainbow colored bookshelf?
Stairs to the Basement
BEFORE
AFTER- I added some DIY painted Ikea mirrors to brighten up the hallway!
Basement
BEFORE
BETWEEN- We had to pull up the carpet that was pretty icky, only to find 60 year old linoleum underneath.
AFTER- We just recently added carpet down in the basement to make it a useable room! We've got lots of plans still, including adding more furniture and fixing up the laundry room!
Porch
BEFORE
AFTER- We pressure washed and repainted the inside walls, replaced all of the old screening, and added a door to keep those pesky mosquitos out!
BEFORE
AFTER- Staying true to my Charleston roots, we painted the porch ceiling "haint blue!"
Check out the hunt for the porch furniture here.
Backyard
BEFORE
AFTER- We've also done a lot of work on the pool, including putting a new liner in. Lots of ideas and lots of potential back here, but our goal for now is just to get and keep everything cleaned up!
BEFORE
AFTER- One of the biggest projects we (okay, okay, maybe not "we"... more like David!) have tackled was to pull up all of the ivy along the back of the swimming pool. You can see, below, the awesome wall that David built in place of the ivy (and rotting railroad ties found underneath). Looks amazing!
Hope you enjoyed the tour!! Looking back, I'm so proud : ) David and I have worked so hard to make this house our home and I think we've done a great job, if I do say so myself.
