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

Giants Room/Bar/"man" cave: The "After"

Finally, I took pictures of the Giants room! Someday I will get a good camera so the pictures look better than what my cell phone takes, but this works for now.

We are so happy with how it turned out.  The bar isn't quite done yet, but it will be soon! I added some pictures below.

We got the Giants console off someone on Craigslist who re-purposes old radio consoles.  

There is a middle section that opens up and is a cooler.  

I love the orange wall!

The bar will go here...

The recliner loveseat is from Ashley Furniture. it's super comfy. 

Bobbleheads, autographed baseballs, and pictures of each stadium that the Giants have played in.

The finished bar pictures will be posted soon!! It will go right in front of the bobblehead shelf.  Here is a sneak preview.  We got the bar from the thrift store. My father in law sanded it down.  The bottom part is painted black, the top edge is stained, and the top has baseball cards with a resin over them.

I tried to do the chalk paint on the bar, but because the main wood is a thin plywood type, it didn't turn out well. We are putting a coat of regular paint over it and getting it back in the room this week in time for little A's birthday.

 

 I love the way the resin top turned out!!

Until next time!!

Sarah