Boy oh boy, has this been a long process? It seemed like this makeover lasted a good bit longer than I would have thought. It was so worth the time and effort, it is beau*T*ful. It is as pretty as her kitchen makeover. (I think anyway). Today, I am sharing a “Before and After” transformation. I’ve been busy with a few transformations around here at my house also, but that will be another blog. I wanted to share her living room first with you, however it isn’t totally complete yet. She ordered a concrete square coffee table that has been back ordered, of course. She has a few things to add to the room, such as something for the wall and a piece of furniture to hold the TV components. But, the most part it is done.
A little story before we jump right into the project. She had a picture in mind on how she wanted the room to look, like all of us we start with an image and work from that. She found the perfect furniture, which had to be ordered. That was great, we can start doing the painting and what we needed before the furniture came in. First thing….sell her old furniture. Piece of cake, within a week or a little more it was sold and cash in her pocket. Well, maybe not in her pocket because that weekend we went shopping. $$$ We didn’t find as much as we hoped, but with the internet, soon we found just about everything. Now the labor starts, with painting walls, refacing the fireplace, hanging wallpaper, a new light fixture and doing all the clean up it was finally time to dress the room. One month later…it was finished.
There is so much to this project. I will try to break it down as best as I can without over killing it. If you are not one to look at photos, this might not be the blog to look at. I just picked out the best photos to post. I have many, many more. ha!
LIVING ROOM – BEFORE
Next thing we did was paint the walls. We used the same color for the walls as we did in her kitchen. I can not tell you the color because we custom mixed the paint ourselves. I can tell you it is Behr paint. We mixed a gray with white until we got the right shade of silver gray. Painted the baseboards, doors and trim white.
Now, time to apply the peel and stick wallpaper to the two walls. She first wanted the self adhesive brick tile, but that was very expensive. She thought about regular wallpaper, but I turned her away from that. Using wallpaper in the past myself, the outcome of taking that off would be a disasters if she takes it off down the road. I read up on the peel and stick and thought maybe this would work. The cost of the single roll was CRAZY. So….as you can believe when we started to install it, I was a bit (no, a lot) nervous. Yes….me nervous. That was expensive and I wanted it to be just right. It actually went on nice and smoothly. I would not hesitate recommending anyone to use it. It made a huge statement to the room.
Stay strong and stay blessed.
Terrie
Decorating our home on a budget is my thrill. I think a home can look beautiful without breaking the bank. Your home should bring the best out of you and make you feel happy. You should smile every time you enter your home. 🙂
Wow! What a difference! So light and bright!
I just loved how the living turned out. It was a lot of hard work but boy does it look good now. Thanks for checking it out Pamela. That was so sweet.