Remember this unique wallpaper from the Stair Makeover we did a while back?? It was here when we moved in and I'm so glad to say it's no longer a part of the scenery! Those ships have sailed into the sunset!!! One of our projects over the holidays was to work on the Basement room. It was a playroom, a model train room, an exercise room and, eventually, a very tired room. A fresh wall made that even more obvious. Here's what was here -- besides the ships: A wall full of overflowing bookshelves. I sold many of them, donated a bunch and whittled almost 5000 down to about 500. Model trains, cars, and anything else that had wheels were displayed on the two long walls at head height.Unpainted doors covered the water meter.And this "lovely" carpet that has been here literally for ... [Read More]
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Dining Room Makeover – The Reveal
Dining Room Makeover – the Big Reveal. Finally!!! We actually eat every meal in the dining room -- unless we can be outside on the deck. Plus our dining room is used for phone conversations, relaxing, studying, paying an odd bill, meetings with a salesperson or a club committee, . . . and just hanging out. The dining room provides a bit of privacy and space to spread out that isn’t found anywhere else in the house in just the right combination. If one of us has visitor/s, we can have coffee and conversation without disturbing the rest of the occupants. And that’s even more important when one or more of the occupants is sleeping because of an off hours work schedule or is meeting a deadline on a laptop somewhere else in the house. How to do a dining room makeover that made a ... [Read More]
