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| BEFORE: Master bedroom with federal blue woodwork and crown moldings, white walls, green rug, and faded cranston blue check drapes. |
I know I kept saying I was going to paint my bedroom. Now that we have our entire house torn apart so we can put down hardwood in the rooms that were carpeted, I finally had our bedroom painted. Notice I said "had it painted", rather than painting it myself. The last guest room I painted myself took me three weeks of dragging a 12' heavy step ladder round and round the room painting 14' ceiling and crown. Not this time.
The kitchen was painted at the same time, after we added new wide crown molding to the 12' ceilings. While installing the crown, my ladder began slipping, then suddenly I took a wild ride to the floor. I ripped the crown molding off the top of the cabinets trying to stop the sliding, and ripped my nails off at the same time. I just couldn't stop it, and hit my head on the granite countertop as I came crashing down. Ending up with a huge knot on my brow and bruises to my arm and legs, I was grateful not to have broken anything. Seriously grateful! My husband finished the crown himself, while I was on the couch with icepacks. DYI is not always as easy at it appears! I have the black eye to prove it!
In order to add new hardwood to the kitchen as well, we had to remove everything including refridgerator (now in the LR, we will do hardwood in kitchen first then move ref. back) and all furniture and low level pantry goods (mind you all decor is off the walls and shelves for the painting project). We also had to move everything out of living room, 2 hallways, and another bedroom. All of that is now stored in our other guestroom, dining room and front entry hall. We are also remodeling our master bath with tile shower, clawfoot tub, new vanity, floors, and waincotting...an entirely new room.
We just got back in our bed after sleeping on a airmattress on our sunroom floor (the only room left unscathed by the updates, but full of tools, tile samples, paint cans and whatnot). I have always told my husband that we love our sunroom so much, we don't need any other rooms than a bathroom. I should eat my words. I have a entirely new appreciation for our bedroom. I have included a few pictures of the before and after of the bedroom, with the "after" still undecorated and some of the furniture not in place. We are just barely in it, but rejoicing just the same!
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| AFTER: Newly painting crown molding and wainscotting and windows in white. Walls are a very light grayed-green. It apprears darker in this picture because of lighting, but I will get some better pictures when the decor is done. |
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| BEFORE: Fireplace and woodwork in old blue. |
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| AFTER: Newly painted white woodwork. |
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| BEFORE: Blue cranston curtains and white walls. |
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| AFTER: Nice bright woodwork, suttle walls, perfect canvas to decorate. Hopefully in a few weeks, the remaining remodeling will be complete, and I will have a newly decorated room to post. Keep watching. |
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| Goodby airmattress bed in sunroom! At least we could watch TV (on the wall not seen in photo) in bed. |
Sunday, on our way home from our nephew's wedding in Louisville, we decided to stop at the Nashville Flea Market. We had been looking for some ornate hinges to match the antique hinges on our interior doors. We are still in our renovation, so we are paying attention to details we have earlier let slide. Mr. Charisma hit the jackpot and found several really great pairs that matched. We also found some other neat things while browsing. The white adirondacks stole my heart immediately, but only to my dissappointment, they were sold. We came away with some new ideas, and had a great time.
I loved this old door! It was a pale yellow, and the shape of the top was splendid.
Really liked this stand on the table top. 
One booth was full of architectual pieces. I wonder what Sassy Trash would make with these. (sorry the picture is sideways)
The man who had the hinges, also had this great collection of glass doorknobs. 
I love the way in which he displayed the glass knobs, hung from a rail all tied together so the light could hit them. What size do you need? I think I just want them hanging up in the sunlight!
Twice I went back to see the antiqued red island bar. It is just the size I was looking for my kitchen, however, the craftsmanship did not match the price. We decided we could make our own, or have the Amish make us one we can paint our own custom color. Great idea though.
I also loved this red leather wingback loveseat sofa. I was thinking it would work in my new living room setting, but not for sure. Thought I would wait to see how things work out. All of our furniture is piled up in two rooms, so I have to do inventory when we begin to refill our rooms.
These post lamps were unusual, and could be a real conversation piece in the right room. I can see nice burlap shades on them.
This double vanity was not at the flea market, but was handmade by a local Amish man for my new bathroom. I picked it up this week, but we are not ready to install it yet. Later I will show it installed with the granite top and mirrors he is making to go with it. I took him a few pictures of what I wanted, and he came up with this. Love the little shaker leg.
