Home Interior: Our Living Room, Dining Room & Kitchen: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Before/After Tour

One of my favorite parts of our delineate of piece of occupation solid is the living/dining room area. It's too then unique too open, but at the same fourth dimension has also created some interesting challenges. It's also come upwardly a long way since 2 years agone when nosotros start bought the house. This whole expanse of our delineate of piece of occupation solid was an outdated wooden wonderland of shame. This delineate of piece of occupation solid had been on the marketplace position for a actually long time, too I'm fairly surely it was because no 1 else could expect past times the wooden nightmare that was this house.

This is our lovely living room today, afterwards tons of work.

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and hither is how it looked when nosotros start moved in:

You should know that those icky couches are hot pinkish underneath those saggy slipcovers.

The biggest improvements were made when I painted all of the outdated wooden trim, too painted the walls. Here is the earlier too afterwards of the living room.

Here is the sentiment looking the opposite way. I dear the rock fireplace that separates the anteroom from the living room. It actually makes our infinite too then unique.

Here's a sentiment of the gallery wall I created from antique botannical prints I institute on eBay too framed myself. I'm a large fan of finding cheap ways to create art, too this is 1 of my faves.

And a closeup:

I also dear the petty mirrored tray on top. It was orignally black, but I spray painted it gilt too straight off it looks great!

I also institute a dresser during 1 of my thrift store trips too painted it. I also refurbished these petty destination tables, which were institute on Craigslist.

Here is a movie from when nosotros start started amongst the renovation of me tricking my petty brother into prototype my living room spell I sit down on the couch too scout my shows.
That's what large sisters are for, right?

Those windows are only most the alone affair inwards this delineate of piece of occupation solid I haven't painted, too I am happy to laissez passer on credit where credit is due. Thanks blood brother too husband. I tried...and chop-chop failed. I don't operate also good at skyscraper heights.

Let's motion out of the living room. Walking backwards into the dining room, hither is what yous see:

and straight off nosotros volition plough only about a fleck too locomote inwards the dining room. Down those stairs is the foyer and entrance.

And a sentiment of the dining room.

Here is a following shot:

oh, don't worry....it get's worse...

So much better!

One final halt on the tour. Let's become past times the dining room too into the kitchen.

I already painted the kitchen cabinets white, but I even too then convey too then much planned for this petty kitchen. I also dear the petty 'look through' bar area. Those chairs are also a thrift store find. They were a gross chocolate-brown color, but had a bang-up shape, too then I painted them amongst the same white nosotros did all the trim back in.

Hope yous enjoyed the tour!

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