Drum Roll Please....

As promised I am ready to do a reveal. No, not the kitchen but I promise it is coming very soon. Today I am going to show y'all our living room transformation. If you follow me on FaceBook you know what a time I had taking pictures of the space. I had over 400 pics downloaded and the computer ate every last one of them and erased them from my camera so I had to hurry and take pics all over again before I lost my light. I guess that is how it goes in the life of a blogger!;)

This is what our living room transformed into over the last four years. We started with builder grade everything to include carpet. The walls were the first thing I changed after we moved in. They were Sherwin Williams Whole Wheat. It is a lovely color but it made the space very dark and I was ready to lighten and brighten.

Welcome to our new living room! 

Still adding to the gallery wall.

My mama bought me this lovely lady for my birthday back in the spring. FaceBook followers have seen her transformed from a mustard yellow to a lady of royalty. Her crown is made from a paper cupcake holder!:)

I still have to hang our smocked burlap curtains but since that involves cutting down metal rods and will take awhile I figured I can just share the curtains in another post. 

Wall Color- Classic Khaki Olympic One. This paint truly covered in just one coat!

Tufted Chair- Home Goods but you can also order off of Overstock.com

Ottoman- Made in Build Your Own Ottoman Class Metamorphosis Designs

Coffee Table- Overstock.com

Rug- Overstock.com

Mora Clock- from local shop Laurie's

Couch- Flexsteel purchased locally from Furniture Traditions

Fireplace- Painted four years ago with latex paint and glaze. Paint color I used was Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams. I do not remember what color glaze I used.

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Inexpensive DIY Wainscoting

Today I was able to finish fixing up the bead board wallpaper snafu from last week.

The wallpaper was a great idea since I already had it on hand but it went way wrong. If you missed that post you can see it here.

Over the weekend we were at HomeDepot looking around and I decided to bring home some 3x4 1/4 inch thick pine boards to create real Wainscoting in the guest hallway. They were $2.75 each and I used 4 of them so it was an inexpensive fix at just $11 plus tax.

I was fearful of how the wallpaper would behave.

Thankfully it all came down without a fight.

It took 5 coats of white paint but it was well worth it.

The barn wood topper is wood that I had on hand out in the garage that Littliest and I actually saved from the neighbors trash back in the winter. They must have been fixing their fence because there were three stacks of the wood and I knew I would eventually find a use for it. It already had a grey tint to it from being outside for several years but I did dry brush some white paint on it and some stain to make it look a bit more aged.

Here is the new light. I actually had this boxed up and on my website but nobody was wanting just one. They all wanted a pair so I decided to keep it for myself!;)

Tex also came in  to play with the hallway make over. He had been sitting on our kitchen counter for months just waiting for a home.

The Hubster suggested that he should go above the arch into the guest hallway. 

The little table got a makeover as well with some Old Ochre. I adore the little alphabet stamps I found at Michaels not too long ago.

It is amazing how little changes can make such a big impact! Now I can not wait to do the hallway into our master. If you want to see just how far this little hallway has come since we first bought our home 4 years ago you can click here.

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Kitchen Reno Update- A Family Affair

It has been crazy around here. My parents came into town to celebrate Oldest's 9th birthday.

While they were here mom and I of course had to go shopping which led us to one of my favorite antique malls. Since we were there I decided to go ahead and buy the paint for our kitchen cabinets. I was originally going for Annie Sloan Old White and Country Gray but after mom and I looked at the samples we decided to come home with Old Ochre and Versailles. I over bought on the Versailles though!:( It looks so much more green at home than it did at the shop. I am hoping I can maybe exchange the one unopened can for another color but I am not sure that will be allowed. 

After bringing home different paint colors mom helped me take off the paint I had already started to apply to the bottom cabinets while I worked on painting other areas.

She wanted to see one of the doors done before she left so this is what I came up with.

I am still working on the oven area. Eventually it will get redone because our long term goal is to purchase a micro/oven combo and have it installed in this space. 

After my parents left The Nana & The Papa came. We needed The Papa's expertise on just how to create what we had envisioned for the new range hood.

After debating on just what type of arch we wanted The Nana & The Papa made a sweeping arch template and cut it out of some printer paper so we could see just how it would look.

Next up we put together some bead board slats and attached them to a wood panel with liquid nails. 

Here is the beadboard panel in place and the newly made arch stained before I painted it.

This is where I am at today. I have all of the new tile grouted around the stove area. Yesterday,I worked on painting the wall above the cabinets and the cabinets themselves. As you can see the bottom of the cabinets are being left original. Mom and I decided that it made the kitchen feel taller with just the top cabinets painted. We will see if they remain unpainted but as of right now I am loving it. I can't wait to show y'all the completed stove hood but it will have to wait till I get cabinets around it done!;) 

 Too bad I can't teach our Savannah to paint!;)

If you missed where we started:
Kitchen Dreaming
Kitchen Reno Part 2


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