Before and After Lullaby

Just a fun trip down Before and After memory lane. Yup I guess I have done a lot...


Kitchen.... still more to do, but so far:

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looks good even with a sinkful!




   Craigslist Chairs:



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 Family Room/Den:

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Living Room

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 Projects:

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 Bathroom:


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Dining Room:

 Make it a Great Day!
Ann

The Kids Rooms

Now I have halfway finished daughter #2 bedroom, and daughter # 1 reminded me I never finished hers--started months ago! I think I have decorator's ADD... I really need to learn to finish something before I start on another....

Here's #1 daughter's room progress so far:

Here's the Before-right after we moved in--the room's tiny so its almost impossible to get a wide shot

I gathered these items for inspiration--posted about here

Made this and Love it

Here was the After-so far- with her new bedding and redone nightstands--posted about the remake of these CL finds here

another shot--cute bedding--

We have since added some more B&W accents...curtains and another bedspread--but you see, the walls are sooo bare!

So, we are thinking Purple-- a nice, deep purple--maybe just one wall? or a chair rail and deep purple beneath a lavendar above? hmmmm

Now lets move on to daughter #2. She loved orange... this is her rooms progress...

These shots are from are old house--so you can see the colors we had!

Here we are in our current house--reusing the same bedding, but the walls are sooo stark white.

Again, color story features orange prominently

Here's the bedding we had chosen....

The thing is, we recently upgraded to a full-size bed. So that bedding will be replaced. We also painted one wall this gorgeous brown, and added curtains... and she will keep her redone dresser, posted about here...

Stay tuned for the updated pics!

Make it a Great Day!

Ann

Little Side Table Makeovers

Seems like lately when I go thrifting, these little side tables are a dime a dozen. Well, I finally got around to at least starting to make these guys over. I orginally posted about them here...way back last April !! They've been sitting in my garage since then. I'm so glad I finally did these--it feels good to stop procrastinating and just do something!

Here's the first one, a little forlorn here. I think it cost 4 bucks at the SA 50% off Wednesday.

I also had to fix a wobbly leg (which I did not notice when I first picked it up) It actually had a crack down the side on one leg! I thought she might be a goner, but a little Gorilla Glue, and some painters tape to hold it together while it dried, and now its strong and secure.

Here it is, After:

A little gray "oops" paint, some dstressed edges and she's good! I still want to put a wipe-on poly just for extra protection. Maybe some more distressing, and a glaze, it looks a little boring in that photo, I'll admit.

Here's victim #2. One of my homie bloggers had the exact same thrift find! Its a cute little office table, with still-working great wheels and two fold-down sides. So useful. Maybe a sewing table, is what I thought...





Now, it looks a whole lot better. All I did was sand the bejeezus out of the top and wipe on poly it 3 times. Can you believe how beautiful that wood came to life? I am waiting to get some apple-green spray paint and spray the legs. What do you think?

Well, thats all for now. Let me see what else I have lying around my garage that I can improve...............

Make it a Great Day!

Ann

My Top 2010 Before and Afters

Most recent pic of my kitchen--hubs recently put up the pendant. Keep going for the Before.....

My Kitchen

After is "before" the final backsplash..see below

In the bottom 2 photos you can see the final backsplash

More kitchen photos because I lurrrve my kitchen--we removed that peninsula to create the island.

This is before we completed backsplash and took down the vertical blinds...

I sooo love the island-so much storage beneath!

Recently finished my backsplash- I am in love! Posted about here

Some Chairs

I redid these twice--I like the final fabric better!

Had this one professionally recovered

Mirror

Black makes a Huge difference!

My Powder Room: 

Hideous Orange Oak

To Lovely Glazed Vanilla

Another view

 My Mid-Century Dresser ReDo:

Poor thing-sat in garage for YEARS

After- Read about it here

My Dining Room
(read the post about it here)

There are more, but this blogging business is crazy hard! Its nearly impossible for me to locate some of the pics on my computer, and editing the photos (as you can see my photos are awful!) is so difficult for me! Hope you can relate...happy "aftering"!! I still have so much more to do in 2011.

Make it a Great Day!

Ann