When I think about the work we've done in the 7 months since moving in, I'm pretty amazed.
- Painted 10 out of 13 rooms
- Painted the kitchen cabinets
- Removed 5 trees obscuring the front of the house
- Painted the fireplace, oven door, cheap plastic-brass chandelier and hand-me-down kitchen table
- Changed all the exterior light fixtures
- Had the exterior painted, gutters cleaned, and the FP changed from gas to wood
- Installed HW floors on the first floor
- Completely re-landscaped the front (no pics)
- Gutted the powder room
- And all-round spent a fortune making this house escape 1989 ;)
Before & AftersExterior Before  SW Peppercorn on the shutters and SW Natural Tan on the trim.  Dining Room Before  Dining Room After - SW Balanced Beige Study Before  Study After - Not my favorite room, the furniture here is mostly hand-me-downs SW Union Station from the Nashville Collection - nearly identical to SW Balanced Beige across the hall, just different lighting Living Room Before  Living Room After - SW Sandbar   Fireplace Before Fireplace After - 2 coats of oil-based SW Wrought Iron, prepped with chemical stripper Powder Room Before  Powder Room After - SW Mount Etna; tile, toilet, light, accessories from HD; sink and faucet from Lowe's Kitchen Before  Kitchen After - SW Pure White in ProClassic on the cabinets, SW Windsor Greige on the walls, painted the oven with appliance epoxy  Laundry Before - hello, cave!  Laundry After - SW Silvermist Master Bedroom Before  Master Bedroom After - BM Sabre Gray - second photo true color Upstairs Guest Rooms - After - No change in paint color   Upstairs Bathroom Before  Upstairs Bathroom After - Behr Perfect Taupe - still have to do the floors and replace the faucet & light fixture Bonus Room Before  Bonus Room After - still have to paint a camel color and get DH's home theater set up Patio Before  Patio After  |
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