Our Home's Before and Afters

Little by little I have been compiling our before and after time-line of our home. We are getting down to the details instead of the BIG projects that used to take up all of our time. Honesty it feels good but strange to be sitting here in our new finished basement with nothing to really do. I think part of that is because it is so stinkin cold and windy that we can't do anything outside, we are in May right?

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Some Before and Afters of our home

This page is a work in progress, but it will give you an idea of what we have been working with.  We bought our house 3 years ago and there was no way we could live in it with the condition it was in.  It took lots of hours and lots of love to get it to where it is now, and anyone who owns a home knows..the job is never done.  Check out some of our before and after pictures HERE. 

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Before, During and After





Our latest project
This poor hutch was cooped up in a workshop for who knows how long.  Ryan rescued it and we decided to give it a little love.

Ryan made these doors for the bottom, which is great because it adds storage

Before we painted the doors to match

Done and decorated. My new love:)

WOW Wednesday

My first linky:)

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$7 table before and after

Good Bye Purple People Eater!!!

Crafty Hearts is participating in Metamorphosis Monday, check out all these other marvelous makeovers HERE

We found this chest at our local goodwill.  Ryan actually spotted it when he was looking for the dining room chairs I should have bought when I saw them the first time (still mad at myself for that one).



The inside is in really good shape, and the whole chest is built really well. 

The finished project, after 6 cans of espresso spray paint and some new hardware, the whole project cost us about $60.00!!!

Still not sure of the location for it though.  Any thoughts???

Do you see the blue carpet?







Here is our bathroom as of right now.  The floor is a laminate that is one piece and was a great price.  The mirror was originally gold, it was a Good Will find for $3.   I just put some cardboard in the middle and taped it down and sprayed it with espresso spray paint, let it dry and peeled off the tape.  You can use a carpenter's knife if any paint spreads onto the mirror.





The candles on the toilet are from our wedding centerpieces.  I just put them in a basket that I had.  Easy and didn't cost anything.



Stickin with the downstairs

 I'm a little embarrased showing this picture, due to the nasty stains that came with this lovely brown/green carpet but I can assure you those CAME WITH THE HOUSE!  I was right behind the camera saying "I can't believe you are doing that with no gloves!!"  That was just the beginning of the nasty smell....

But we were sure to get rid of it, little by little that is.  Here are some DURING pictures so you can see the process:)



This is the beginning of the hardwood.  We went with hardwood because honestly my dad said he would help if we put hardwood in (he is not a fan of anything but).  So we said "OK!"  We were not in a rush so we were able to wait for it to go on sale at good ol' Home Depot and open up a 0% for 1 year credit card and saved another 10%.  With this savings and Ryan and my dad installing it, is really the only reason we were able to afford beautiful hardwood.  But it is true, once you go hardwood you never go back!! We love it!



Here is my amazing dad, working like a 25 year old!



It was a lot of hardwood!  (That's or fridge we got from a builder who was going out of business, we had to store it there until our kitchen was done)

Before the decorating began
This table was actually Ryan's in college, it was a light colored wood.  I believe this is when I truly fell in love with spray paint.  I wish I had before pictures....It was a really easy project a little sand paper to rough the table and chairs up and then we literally spray painted the whole thing.  We spray painted the bottom white last, but separately (the table comes apart)  I like the white because it goes with our cabinets, which ties the casual dining area to the kitchen.



And a little love for all his hard work (don't pay attention to the ugly chandelier behind us, that is long gone)







The finished product, it really is always a work in progress.  More like "as of right now".





Anyone can go and buy....but why not reuse and create something better? LET'S START WITH THE FOYER

It's not the best "before"  picture, but you can kind of see they foyer, we had to rip up the 70's light blue laminate flooring ( Yuk)

Ahhh, my 20 dollar table.  It was a child's desk transformed.  Ryan was not too excited when I showed up at our house with this bright blue nasty looking piece of furniture, but like always he took my word for it and we worked together to transform it to our practical foyer table.  I promise I will get better at taking before pictures:)

And yet another reason I love espresso paint, or any spray paint for that matter.  This shelf/table was another goodwill find.  It is amazing what some spray paint, baskets and hardware can do to a pathetic looking piece of furniture!!