Giants Room: The "Before"

Sorry, I'm doing this backwards, but I was just too excited about the "after" pictures to wait!  And there's way too many pictures to do it in one post.

This room might have been our favorite so far.  I know that it is definitely our most used room now.  

The Before:

I can't find better pictures of the walls, but they were paper bags glued to the wall.  No joke.  Who does that??  The carpet was forest green.  We were NEVER in there before.  I'm sure you can guess why.  It was so dark and drab.  

From the kitchen (before it was painted) to the ugly room -

To get to the "after," we started with a plan.  That only my dad can read and understand.

 

Then the supplies.  We only shop at Lowes.  The other store is crap.

The walls started to get torn down.  There were layers of paper bags, wallpaper, plywood, dry wall, plaster, and lath.  I might have forgotten a layer.

This room was, at some point, and add on to the house.  We aren't sure in what way.  This part was original.  I believe there was a sink and medicine cabinet where the rectangle cut out is.  Our neighbors said they had a sink there before they added on to theirs.

Part of the crew.  Dad, brother, and father-in-law.

If only we could have found this wallpaper again to wallpaper the whole room.......

 I think this was one of my favorite finds.  This was originally a doorway to the outside (most likely) or a closet.  There was a window on top of it.  I wanted to get it out to re-purpose it another way, but we couldn't get it out.  One day I will find plans for our style of house so we can see what the original layout was!  That will be an amazing find one day.

 

We also found these two pictures hidden in the wall.  I don't know who they are, but it it had a date marking on the back of Aug 74 (I believe).  This is what our backyard looked like in the 70s.  

After the walls came down and new drywall was put up, the flooring was put in.  

That ugly green carpet HAD to go.

The After: HERE

Thank you so much to all our helpers!!! 
Dad, Fred, Joe, Vincent, and Donovan!! 
This room wouldn't have gotten done without you all.  Seriously. 

XOXOXOXO

Sarah

Update! ... and our beautiful chandelier!

I can't believe that it's been 9 months since I've updated this blog!! Time flies by when you are having fun with your baby. In 8 days our baby boy will be 1! I still can't believe it. His birthday party will be August 2nd, so I'll post pictures of the cute decorations and favors I've made after that! I don't want to give it away yet!

Here is our sweet boy now.

Awwww.... I can't get enough of that sweet face. Love, love, love...

Photo by Melissa Curry Photography

Because of little A, we haven't done too much more to the house. The one room that we have updated is our Giants room. We never used it before because it was so awful and now it's the room we're in the most!  I will post pictures tomorrow, I promise. 

** We also painted our bedroom. I don't know how I forgot about that!! We have a few more things to do to the room before it's done. Ill post a progress picture when my hubby picks up his clothes. *cough cough lucian.* Should be any day now...**

The only rooms we have left to update are the entry, guest bedroom, and bathroom upstairs. I have so many ideas for those rooms! I can't wait to get started! Check out my pinterest for those ideas. 

One other little project we have recently done is putting a chandelier in our entry. Just look at that beauty.....

Lucian found this chandelier on a local for sale group on facebook. It was broken and ugly but he saw potential right away. I can't say I did. The woman was giving it away for FREE, so I had my mom pick it up for us since she was closest. I wish we had a "before" picture but somehow that was lost in the past few months. :(

It sat on the floor in our entry foyer for 3 months! My dad said he'd try to mess around with it to see what he can do. He took off all the broken pieces, reassembled it, and rewired it. We hung it up the other day and little A loves it!! He "oooh's" and "ahhhh's" over it every time the light is turned on. I have to admit I'm pretty fascinated with it too. 

My dad can do anything!  I am so appreciative of his skills and the time he takes to do things for us! Thank you dad!

Isn't she just gorgeous??

Until tomorrow.... 

Sarah