We didn't actually move in until July 4th weekend, but the wait was well worth it! In that time span we made a beauty shop into our HOME (I really wish I would've taken pictures with all of the salon stuff still in there)!! There was a lot of sweat, blood, and tears that went into it. During the week, we would work all day, and then go straight to the house working until 11pm most nights (some nights it was until the wee hours of the morning). And on the weekends, that's all we did. We did probably 90% of the work ourselves, with some help from family and friends along the way. We had to hire a contractor in the beginning to knock down a couple columns and finish them out, and then hired a carpenter to install the carpet.
Here is what we all did to our home, along with some before and after shots (really long post, stay with me!):
Living Room/Dining Room-
*Knocked down 2 columns to make the living room bigger (aka so our huge couch would fit!)
*Tore down old tile ceiling (probably from the 60's) and put up a new dry wall ceiling, textured, and painted
*Replaced 1 old ceiling fan in the Living Room, and took down fluorescent lighting fixture in the Dining Room and installed a matching ceiling fan
*Painted all of the trim (it was a navy blue)
*Painted the wood paneling (including an accent wall!)
*Tore up laminate flooring, installed new pretty soft carpet
*Installed Crown Molding around ceiling (probably never again!)
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| Living Room - before Notice the columns and flooring |
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| Living Room - before Her reception station was by the door |
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| Dining Room - before (kind of) Her hair stations were along the long wall |
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| Living Room - after Columns are gone, Trim is white, and no more laminate flooring |
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| Living Room - after No more Columns or Laminate Flooring...on looking Dining Room area |
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| Living Room - after Columns are gone, opened it up to 1 large room |
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| Dining Room - after This table is too big for the area, we know...we will be getting a new one soon!! |
Guest Bedroom-
*Sanded and Painted wood paneling (hadn't ever been painted before)
*Textured ceiling and painted
*Painted small closet (it was ugly wood!)
*Tore up Berber carpet and installed new pretty soft carpet
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| Guest Bedroom - before Used to be a tanning room with a paper mural on the walls Notice Berber carpet |
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| Guest Room - before Ugly wood closet |
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| Guest room - before |
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| Guest room - after No more Berber carpet, and painted paneling |
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| Guest room - after No more Ugly Wood Closet...Painted same color as accent wall |
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| Guest room - after Bernie had to sneak in the photo! |
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| Guest room - after |
*Repaired cracks in walls (mudded and sanded)
*Primed walls and ceiling with Kiltz Paint (walls were bright yellow, and ceiling was bright blue with clouds...tanning room!)
*Textured walls and ceiling
*Painted walls and ceiling (no more bright colors for that room!)
*Tore up Berber Carpet and installed new pretty soft carpet
*Replaced an old nasty ceiling fan with a new one
*Installed new window air conditioner
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| Our Bedroom - before Used to be the other tanning room...yes, bright walls and cloud ceiling And Berber carpet |
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| Our Bedroom - before |
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| Our Bedroom - before Yep...pretty bright! |
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| Our Bedroom - after No more bright yellow walls or clouds on the ceiling! No more Berber carpet |
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| Our Bedroom - after |
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| Our Bedroom - after Look no more clouds and a new ceiling fan! |
*Installed plumbing for shower head, and installed shower head
*Replaced faucet, and knobs to match shower head
*Installed matching medicine cabinet (matches the existing vanity)
*Textured walls and ceiling
*Painted walls and ceiling
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| Bathroom - before |
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| Bathroom - before Notice old medicine cabinet, probably from the 60's or 70's. |
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| Bathroom - after No pictures of the actual shower installed...sorry! |
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| Bathroom - after New Medicine Cabinet that matches vanity...and it's centered! |
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| Bathroom - after Just some cute decor! |
*Tore down wall paper, just to find out how bad the plaster walls were
*Repaired cracks in walls (mudded and sanded...gotta love old plaster walls)
*Textured walls and painted
*Removed old free standing cabinets into the mud/pantry/laundry room to become our pantry
*Painted old stationary cabinets
*Tore off old laminate counter top, installed new counter top
*Installed new sink and faucet
*Installed new molding around ceiling (we damaged too much of the old stuff when we took it down)
*Purchased new Refrigerator and Stove
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| Kitchen - before Notice old laminate counter top |
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| Kitchen - before These are the free standing cabinets that used to be in the kitchen Notice the old laminate counter top and wallpaper |
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| Kitchen - before Empty wall with wallpaper |
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| Kitchen - before |
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| Kitchen - after New counter top, new sink and faucet, new paint! |
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| Kitchen - after New Stove and Bakers Rack, new paint |
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| Kitchen - after New Refrigerator (on the empty wall) |
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| Kitchen - after Out little Bar! No more wallpaper, textured walls, new paint! |
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| Kitchen - after New counter top, and new sink and faucet! |
*Installed free standing cabinet (with new counter top) for our pantry
So as you can tell from the list and pictures, we had a lot of work to do before we could move in! There are still some other things we want to accomplish, but I'll save that for another post!
Sorry the pictures aren't the best, but at least you've seen the before and afters!!! ;)
I'll be this up next week after we return home!
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You totally should have kept the cloud ceiling!
ReplyDeleteYou guys did some serious work! I painted two walls and hung up drapes...
ReplyDeleteHappy home anniversary; loved you detailed photos; lots of love went into your project.
ReplyDeleteThat is sooo amazing. I love it Kayla!!
ReplyDeleteYour "afters" are so much better! Amazing that the walls in your room were bright yellow. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteLots of changes! Great job with them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can't wait to see what you have for next week!
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And I thought my bedroom was really ugly! What was I thinking? Compared to what your bedroom looked like, mine is just perfect... At least, I don't have clouds on my ceiling!!! I love the afters!
ReplyDeleteI found this post on a Crafty Side Blog hop and following you- I wish you were my neighbor. I need some of your amazing ideas!
ReplyDeleteWow! This looks great! I am so impressed!
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