Author: The Homemakers

Powder Room

Powder Room

Attached to the playroom (that we posted on here) was the powder room. When we bought the house this was actually a 3/4 bathroom (it had a shower stall, toilet and sink) but we chose to reduce it down to a half bath because of 

Playtime!

Playtime!

Before diving into the sunroom renovation, I have a little news. I could just keep on posting and getting the blog up to speed without saying anything, but I prefer honestly. Ok, I’m just going to come out and say it…we sold our house. Yes, after a 

Living Room

Living Room

The title of this post pretty clearly states what we’re about to dive into. In the last post I caught you up on how we finished out our kitchen and the post prior to that was all about our dining room. So now we move over a few feet and enter into our completed (yes completed) living room. Looking back it seems as though the last time I wrote anything about the living room was to show you these updated pictures of the wainscoting and the fireplace.

Completed wainscoting
Completed wainscoting
Wainscoting going up the steps.
Wainscoting going up the steps.
Fireplace trimmed out in a style that coordinated with the rest of home's new wainscoting.
Fireplace trimmed out in a style that coordinated with the rest of home’s new wainscoting.

Well, fast forward to today and we have a completed and cozy living room! Here are a few before (and “in progress”) pictures to remind you of how this room started:

 

Living room at time of purchase.
Living room at time of purchase.
Living room in progress.
Living room in progress.
More living room progress. Painted fireplace and trim and slate tiled hearth.

After a little cleaning up (okay, a lot) we finally had a living room to relax in after long days of work, kids and renovating.

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