Dining Room Reveal:

 

A bit of background on our house:  We were in a buyers and sellers market when we bought this house.  As suggested by our realtor, we bought this house before we sold our other house.  So really, we owned two homes.  The next day when we put our other house on the market it turned drastically into a buyers market and not a sellers market.

 

For four long, emotional months we owned two quite expensive homes that we could not afford (I mean how can really afford two homes?).  We were miserable and almost in jeopardy of losing our $10,000 down payment that we save for.

 

Finally our house sold and we were able to move into this house.

 

With that said, I will never move again :)

 



This was our very first day - possession day were we owned the keys!

 

I painted the oak window trim in white which immediately brightened up the space.  We also replaced the light fixture, flooring, and baseboards.  My feature wall is quite bright and I do want to wallpaper soon in a neutral tone.
 

Goodbye light colored carpet!!  Seriously, I was so worried I was going to spill something in there every time I moved a chair.  Imagine red wine flying.
 

I LOVE covering anything in fabric shower curtains.  My artwork on the left wall is 3 canvases covered in a shower curtain.

Shower curtain - Walmart - $15
Canvas - Michaels - $12 for all 3
 

I have more plans in mind - including wallpaper, a brightly colored dresser, and a more modern dining table. 

More Living Room:

This is facing to our front yard, we also took down the big tree on the right hand side to let in more light.

Now the sun shines freely!
I also added a couple of apple green pillow to add a bit of color.

Living room table - Walmart - $100
White ceramic bowl - Michaels - $20
 

The tv wall:  can you believe our tv was 13 inches??  We actually kept it like this for the first two years.  We love tv, I am not sure why we would let this go for long :)

I am trying to figure out what awesome thing to put on the tv wall.  Less is no longer more.

Entertainment stand - Walmart - $150

Any ideas for my tv wall??  Please leave a comment.

Kitchen Corner Reveal:

Behind me is the kitchen, but this is one little corner that probably would have had a small table to sit at.

The only thing that stayed the same was the floors:

The only safe place for plants in the house with kitty cats on top of the "two day put together hutch" - that was a lot of work!

Pine hutch - Jysk - gift from my husband
Drawer pulls - Home Depot - $3 each
Ceramic bunny collection - Superstore - $12 for set

I LOVE chocolate brown - I have painted our last three houses in this color.

Living Room Feature Wall Reveal:

We were immediately attracted to this house because of it's character.  The main living room features a 20 foot golden oak wall.  I am slowly getting rid of the oak, room by room. 

The day we got the keys to the house:

After:

Between Michaels, Homesense and Winners, I was able to decorate my shelves.  I still have big plans for this 20 foot feature wall which includes staining, glass, and wallpaper.

I will work my way down the shelves:
Left shelf -
Tall ceramic vase - Homesense - $19
Small ceramic jug - Homesense - $15
Two baskets - Superstore - free with points
Two frosted bird vases - Winners - $15 each
Tree ceramic pots with grass - Michaels - $5 each
Two tall glass vases - Homesense - $15 each
Right shelf -
Ceramic Buddha statue - Homesense - $50
Three ceramic bottles with flowers - Michaels - $7 each
Buddha ceramic - Home Outfitters - $15

Two tall ceramic vases with bamboo - Homesense - $25 each

Artwork
Large print above fireplace was made with a fabric shower curtain:
Shower curtain - Walmart - $20
Ridged insolation board - $12

Behind the Buddha statue:
Made by me - find my tutorial here.

Behind the small Buddha head:
Two small canvases painted by me - very simple and nothing fancy.


Fireplace

Before:

My husband bought me this beautiful fireplace grate.  I didn't want anything too fussy and he picked out just the right one!

I didn't much like the faux pink marble, so I took a bottle of spray paint and nearly choked us out of a home.  Tutorial to come later.

After:

Back Yard:

Another reason why we bought this house - the MASSIVE backyard full of trees. 

Just a bunch of quick before and after photos.

Before:

After:

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Before:

After, with my flower garden built with my own two hands:

Before - rotten deck boards that left paint chips every where you went:

After: