Home Interior: March 2016

s only jump correct inward as well as alternative upwards where nosotros left off How We Updated Our 1970's House on a Budget (and the living room REVEAL!)

Hey guys!!!

So, I haven't blogged inward nearly four months. It's crazy.

I barely fifty-fifty know where to begin! There's hence much to state as well as hence much to share, hence let's only jump correct inward as well as alternative upwards where nosotros left off.

Our picayune Ava is instantly v months former as well as doing actually great. We survived four months of colic/milk allergy/reflux as well as betwixt that as well as a pretty hard pregnancy, I felt similar the current of air had been knocked out of my sails. But, picayune past times little, things are getting hence much amend as well as I'm piece of cake starting to experience similar my former self again. Thank you lot guys hence much for beingness patient amongst me as well as agreement that I needed some fourth dimension off to focus on Ava. I'm hence grateful for this precious girl, and I'm certain 1 solar daytime I'll aspect dorsum as well as express joy virtually the past times year.

But, like, non yet.

Ava on Halloween...finally giving us all sorts of sweetness smiles.

So, let's acquire downward to business.
In the in conclusion few months earlier I had Ava, I was able to part amongst you lot guys the finished basement renovation, our upstairs flooring redo, as well as the nursery. But I kinda ran out of fourth dimension (duty called) earlier I could part the finished living room. So, a quick v months afterward I finished it, today I tin finally demo it to you.

Many of you lot guys receive got been next my weblog for awhile instantly as well as receive got already seen the earlier pictures of the upstairs living area, but I'll part them again, every bit it's e'er a squeamish reminder of how outdated our trouble solid was when nosotros get-go moved in.

So, hither are the earlier pics.

This is the living room inward May of 2010 when nosotros get-go moved in...wall to wall carpet, outdated low-cal fixtures, night woods trim, as well as windows hence former that you lot could experience the current of air inward your pilus when you lot stood adjacent to them.

This was what the entryway looked like. Outdated low-cal fixture, parquet flooring as well as carpeted stairs, rickety former step rail, as well as night woods cut as well as door.

This was what the dining room looked like. There was a wall betwixt the kitchen as well as dining room that made the room almost also tiny to use. There was an former drinking glass sliding door that barely opened, night woods cut as well as wainscotting, outdated low-cal fixtures, as well as a tile/carpet combo.

This is what it looked standing inward the dining room as well as looking into the living room.

This trouble solid sat on the marketplace for a actually long fourth dimension earlier nosotros bought it, every bit it was evidently totally outdated. I was a picayune scared, every bit it was our get-go trouble solid as well as I had never renovated anything inward my life. But, ultimately I decided to only become for it as well as I'm hence glad I did. Renovating it took me almost v years to complete. Sometimes it was totally stressful, sometimes I wanted to quit, but ultimately it's 1 of the most rewarding things I've ever done. And I learned a lot. Which is slap-up because nosotros won't alive hither forever, as well as the adjacent fourth dimension I renovate a house, I'll live much amend equipped.

So, that beingness said, hither are the pics of what this upstairs surface area looks similar today.

Let's start amongst a picayune recap of the dining room as well as entryway as well as hence we'll movement into the living room.

One of the things that made the biggest divergence was knocking downward the wall betwixt the dining room as well as kitchen. We also built a novel step rail, painted all of the cut as well as wainscoting white, added novel low-cal fixtures, as well as installed white washed hardwood flooring.

I painted our kitchen cabinets and updated the hardware when nosotros get-go moved inward the house, as well as although inward an ideal basis I would receive got been able to fully renovate the kitchen, I decided that I could actually stretch our budget past times only paradigm the cabinetry as well as working amongst what nosotros already had.

In the dining room, I added a bold carpeting that I constitute for $60 (I know it's non for everyone, as well as that's okay.). I constitute the dining room tabular array at a salve shop, as well as the white leather chairs amongst metallic element legs I constitute on Overstock.

The master copy post virtually the dining room amongst sources tin live constitute here.

Also, we've talked virtually my orchid sabotage many times, so...that's a faux orchid.

I've got a nipper to raise.

Here's a quick persuasion from the landing at the transcend of the stairs. You tin come across where nosotros also knocked downward the wall as well as widened the former doorway into the hallway.

Here's a aspect some the corner. You tin come across how nosotros painted the former outdated wainscoting white.

We also replaced the former sliding drinking glass door inward the dining room amongst squeamish french doors.

In the entryway, nosotros replaced the low-cal fixture, as well as installed double doors on the coat closet.

We replaced the carpet on the stairs amongst hardwood treads as well as painted white risers, as well as nosotros also built a novel stairrail.

I painted the existing front end door Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze (favorite!), as well as added a picayune silvery coat claw from HomeGoods.

One of the deer heads broke off afterward I brought it home. And instantly this picayune coat claw reminds me of Jesse tinkering inward the garage for an hour, determined to create it for me. I retrieve in that location was some ametuer welding going on inward the garage, but I was also meaning to waddle out in that location as well as watch.

And now, let's movement on to the finished living room. I don't hold back this room to blow anyone's mind. But, it's come upwards such a long way, as well as it's where nosotros pass most of our time, hence it definitely deserves at to the lowest degree a picayune fourth dimension on the blog.

We replaced the low-cal fixtures, added some cheap tufted couches as well as a giant comfy ottoman, the rug is from awhile back, as well as hence I thrifted the TV console.

Here's a pic of the TV console I constitute at the thrift store. It's evidently nada special, but it was the correct size as well as $20, so...sold!

I painted it (using the solely slice of furniture paint I ever usage anymore) as well as changed out the hardware.

It has a super glossy lacquer destination as well as looks actually slap-up upwards close. I'll eventually mountain the TV on the wall, too.

Here's a closeup of the hardware. Some picayune polished nickel pulls from Home Depot.

I haven't decided on what kinda curtains I desire to hang yet, hence for instantly the windows are only bare. It took us v years to finally supercede those former windows, hence I don't hear looking at the novel ones inward the meantime.

I added some Etsy pillows to the sofas.

Here's a persuasion of the living room looking dorsum into the dining room, 1 of my favorite views.

We built the mantel as well as made the stacked log insert for the fireplace (both were done awhile ago) as well as hence I freshened upwards the mantle amongst some things I had some the house.

The picayune framed floral fine art is a impress I constitute on Etsy.

And then, I made some fine art of my own...some dark as well as white abstract fine art for higher upwards the sofa.

I had Jesse build me a basic wooden frame.

And I spray painted it amongst this Krylon Foil Metallic silver spray pigment (affiliate link). It's good, ya'll. I retrieve I'll live using it every bit my go-to silvery spray pigment from instantly on.

It made my picayune frame aspect similar actual metallic element or similar it was silvery leafed. Either way, proficient stuff.

For the paradigm itself, I only used some Sherwin Williams Simply White pigment (the same color that's on the walls), mixed it amongst a picayune gray, as well as hence sketched out a doodle as well as filled it inward amongst some Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze (the same dark pigment I used on the front end door). It's likely non gonna halt upwards at a museum, but it took me an lx minutes as well as solely toll me a few bucks, hence homemade fine art for the win.

And that, you lot guys, is the finished upstairs living area! I'm certain it volition cash inward one's chips on to evolve as well as change, but it feels slap-up to at to the lowest degree receive got it furnished as well as non nether construction. We lived inward the basement throughout most of my pregnancy, hence it's squeamish to no longer live a cave dweller.

And I'll exit you lot amongst this pic of how the living room looks inward existent life, filled amongst babe stuff. Because it would live ridiculous to pretend similar my trouble solid e'er looks similar the higher upwards pictures....it took me at to the lowest degree xx minutes to create clean out all the babe apparatus earlier I could receive got some weblog pics. Let's live honest. :)

As for the blog, a lot of you lot receive got asked what my plans are. I innovation to piece of cake acquire dorsum into the swing of things, every bit fourth dimension allows, as well as every bit apace every bit my encephalon starts surgical operation similar normal again. Thank you lot guys for all of your sweetness comments as well as messages. I appreciate it hence much.
I know I'll eventually uncovering my groove again, but correct instantly I'm however doing a lot of this. And I wouldn't receive got it whatever other way.