Before and After: Addy's Room

Addy's room when we first bought the house was awful!  Floral wallpaper, mini blinds, gross carpet... We couldn't wait to update it!  Here are the "before" pictures:

The first thing we did was rip out the carpet.  Under the carpet was brown painted hardwood floor.  The wood is in great shape and we hope to refinish it some day.  For now, we will repaint it a color that matches Addison's room.  Pictures of the floor will come a little later.  After the top layer of the wallpaper was taken off, we (meaning my dad aka our contractor) textured the walls and painted them pink!

This past week, Addison got new furniture from her grandparents (the contractor and his wife).  The contractor made her a custom closet like Austin's room and painted the floors!  Her room is pretty much completed, except for organizing her stuff.

Here is her new closet - before and after:

And her new floor - before and after:

And at last, her new furniture!

None of this would be possible with out the help of my dad and mom.  They are pretty awesome!  

Thank you!!

- Sarah

Before and After: Austin's Room

This room was THE worst room in our house.  From where we started to where we are now, it doesn't even seem like it is possible for it to be the same room!

Here are a few pictures of the lovely room when we bought the house.  I'm not sure why this wood paneling was ever in style.

And even better.... look what's under the wood paneling!  Other parts of the wall under the paneling had a floral wallpaper.  Some spots even had holes in the wall.  What theme were they going for in this room???

Obviously with the holes and really old wallpaper, we couldn't keep the plaster that was currently on the walls.  The plaster was ripped out and this is what the lath looked like.

After some holes were patched and part of the ceiling was repaired, drywall was put up, the walls were textured, and then painted.  Here is a before and after:

And another.. Those newspapers are from the 1980s!

My father and I also made a custom closet for Austin.  The original closet is the top left picture.  The bottom left picture is with the custom closet in and the picture on the right is after it was painted.

And finally.. all the "after" pictures.  The quilt was handmade by my Aunt. It's so perfect for his room!  The letters were bought from a seller on Etsy, she had them all cut and sized like they are, I just painted them.  The crib was also Addison's crib.  I am so glad that it stayed in such great shape!

The chair and table are from Ikea and I made the floor pouf pillow.  There were ugly mini blinds in the room before, now we have these great faux wood blinds that are about $25 each from Walmart.  We are slowly replacing all the window coverings in the house with these blinds. I love them!

I love the pictures I have above his changing table/dresser.  The one on the left was ordered by my mom.  The 3rd jersey from the left is number "22" with the name "Neely."  The picture on the right is the front page of The Record after the Giants won the 2010 World Series.  Another cute little addition to his room is the knobs on his dresser.  They are baseballs!  I got them from Hobby Lobby.

Here are the letters up close and also a canvas I painted for his room.  My Aunt got the inspiration for Austin's quilt from this canvas that I made.

All we need now is baby Austin to arrive!  At the most, we have 14 more days left before his arrival.

-Sarah