What the living room looked like when we very first bought it.....okay you can throw up now. Yes the carpet was original from 1973! We ripped that nasty stuff out immediately. It was the first thing to go. Then my hubby layed our beautiful solid wood floor. That is so LOW mantienance and EASY to clean!
Not the best living room pic. It is actually not near as dark looking as this picture leads you to believe. However you get the idea. It was night time. But do you see those OH SO AWESOME aqua boxes? My OH SO AWESOME husband madE those for me!!! And I painted them! I must say they house my sticks nicely!!! Oh and also there is my new fireplace screen! Totally cheap ebay buy. I practically stole it.
The hutch has some new additions. However they are "OLD". I picked up some really cool colorful pieces at the flea market and antique mall. I am 'N LOVE w/ them!
New curtains too! They were my one sewing project of this whole makeover ordeal. They turned out alright. I couldn't find what I wanted so I just made them. They certainly don't possess the best sewing job in the world but they meet my needs. HOWEVER don't get all excited. After totalling the cost of these mothers I would have actually have saved money had I purchased them from Jcpenney's like my last ones. But there again...they didn't have any that I liked.....b/c these are apparantly not "IN" right now. But they will be soon...now that you've seen mine right??? Oh and I got new dining room chairs!!! JCP sale 1/2 price!!!
This beautiful ivy wallpaper was the second thing to go (okay maybe those sickening drapes were) when we bought the house. And this is what the hutch looked like before it's recent makeover.
The hutch got new hardware too!
WOW Kate, you did a fabulous job!! I love when you've all done, it looks great. Can't wait to see it in person.
ReplyDeleteWOW is right! This looks awesome...I am so jealous. I wish mine looked like this...I love your chairs! My favorite has to be your sticks. My kids would use those as swords....oh wait, their dad would be the first to use them as swords...they would just be following his bad example.
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