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Flashback Friday: Family Room

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Welcome to another installment of Flashback Friday. If you would like to read more about all the sprucing up we did upon purchasing this home you can check out our kitchen progress, the bathroom spruce up, the living room/dining room updates, and the upstairs bedrooms.

The family room needed very little work when we moved in. The floors, crown molding, paint, and fire place mantel had all just been replaced right before we purchased this house. The bathroom on this level was also recently remodeled. The only change that was made is the wall behind the bar was painted from blood red, to the same sage green that we used in the upstairs bathroom.

Here are a few before pictures.

 

 

 

This room is where we spend most of our time. The kids toys are here, the TV is here, and the comfier couches are here. Because this room is usually a mess of toys and Brian and I’s projects stacked up on the bar, we are just happy that it happens to be sort of clean right now (just keeping it real). Here is what our family room looks like now.

 

Remember I said sort of clean. This is the toy area, the kids got to it right before I took photos (oh well, just keeping it real).

 

 

 

Flashback Friday: Upstairs

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When we purchased this house, we knew that the upstairs would need a huge overhaul. The reason for this being, the previous owners had 3 dogs, and carpet. For people with allergies, this is a HORRIBLE combination. We all suffer from allergies, so Brian and I asked my Mom if we could bunk up with her a little longer, and do some projects to get the house livable for the kids.

So, in all three bedrooms, we removed carpeting, baseboards, and doors. We also painted all the trim around the doors and windows as well as painted all the bedrooms, ceilings, closets, and hallway. We also switched out all the light fixtures as well as all the HVAC registers and returns (we had replaced the HVAC system, and had the ducts cleaned so we decided to replace all the registers and returns because they were all gunked up with dust and fur…ew). We had help with all of these jobs. Friends and family pitched in, and since this was before Brian was handy with a miter saw, we asked a contractor to install the flooring for us.

Keep in mind, I didn’t know we would have a blog about our home, so I don’t have too many before shots. The upstairs had different color bur bur carpeting in every room, dark walnut trim and doors (except for my daughter’s room) and muddy colored walls.

Without further ado.

 

Here are what the bedrooms look like now. There are still some things we would like to do, like hang some art.
Check out our other updates: kitchen, upstairs bathroom, living room/dining room
P.S. Today I am linking up at Serenity Now. You can check out all the amazing projects people are up to, and even get some Ideas for your own home.

Flashback Friday: Living Room/Dining Room

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This week’s installment of Flashback Friday covers the Living Room and Dining Room. These rooms required a coat of paint for move in purposes, but there are some plans that we have for the future of these rooms.

I think our eventual goal would be to make the Living Room more family friendly. One of the projects that is coming soon is a desk that Brian will be building (we already have the lumber).

I have one before picture, but this level consisted of more mustard yellow. You cannot tell from this picture but we are talking French’s Mustard. Also, all the walls and some of the trim had marks and dings from the previous owners.

Then with a little help, I chose the perfect shade of blue and started painting. These rooms flow into each other so I knew I would have to choose a color that I really liked as it would be everywhere. I didn’t want to go the neutral route as a lot of the furniture we had planned for the room, was pretty neutral. Also, I wanted to play off all the light these rooms get. I wanted something clean and bright so we chose Behr Aqua Breeze (I apologize for the iPhone photos. I didn’t know I’d be writing a blog when I took these).

 

 

So here is our entrance, living room, and dining room after our personal touches. We added a picture gallery, a dining room table that Brian built and I stained, and lots of  other furniture that we already had on hand. Here is our progress thus far.