OK...time for some after pictures!
OK....I have been "in the weeds" as they say in the restaurant business!! New floors in the bedroom, renovating a small guest bath and getting my home ready for a Better Homes and Gardens shoot! My plate has been full, and on top of that working on projects for my clients. I have been scolded by a few for neglecting them!!! But...all is well and now it is all over and back to normal.
First we will talk about the bedroom. I already did a previous post on my floors. I had wall to wall seagrass since we had moved in to our home in 1993. We ran out of money during the renovation and left them concrete. I was going to carpet but that is when seagrass was just hitting the ground. I have to say [I think I am repeating myself here!] that seagrass was incredible. Really,until the last few years, it out performed any carpet I could have ever put down. But.....the time had come to either replace it or do something else. After pricing out hardwoods and new seagrass, It was only about a 1000.00 more to do the hardwoods. That sounds like a lot but I was not going to let 1000.00 stand in the way of greatness!!! At least that is how I always explain it to my clients......So everything came out of the bedroom and closet. Whew...it made me anxious living that way for a week, but it really gave me a chance to purge and clean.
So following are the pictures of the after. My master, which I also spiffed up with a little paint and some new pillows.....I just couldn't help it!
Lot's of white. I used Benjamin Moore Dove White
And...the new pillows!
Old mahogany chest that I painted white. Nothing is safe from being painted at my house!
I found this old door and the mirror was already in it....sweet!
OK...now this was a find! Ballards Backroom. It is one of Suzanne Kasler's pieces. And the best part was that it of course was reduced but then all wall decor was an extra 30% off! Yippee! But...I wanted it a little lighter so I put some liming wax on it. I think it looks better. You can look in the Ballards Catalog to see the color it comes in.
My ceiling was cypress but I was ready to lighten it up...so I painted it. I made the chandelier out of an old iron basket. I have seen this very one for about 2000.00 but mine was about 200.00.
Pillows! I LOVE pillows!
I never sit in her but it looks cozy to me. It is all about the "vignette"!!
So there it is! My beach room in the city! I really love the floors and do not want to put any carpet down. But...with 2 big dogs, I feel that it will be necessary to keep the floors looking good....:(
Next up pictures of the bath renovation!
First we will talk about the bedroom. I already did a previous post on my floors. I had wall to wall seagrass since we had moved in to our home in 1993. We ran out of money during the renovation and left them concrete. I was going to carpet but that is when seagrass was just hitting the ground. I have to say [I think I am repeating myself here!] that seagrass was incredible. Really,until the last few years, it out performed any carpet I could have ever put down. But.....the time had come to either replace it or do something else. After pricing out hardwoods and new seagrass, It was only about a 1000.00 more to do the hardwoods. That sounds like a lot but I was not going to let 1000.00 stand in the way of greatness!!! At least that is how I always explain it to my clients......So everything came out of the bedroom and closet. Whew...it made me anxious living that way for a week, but it really gave me a chance to purge and clean.
So following are the pictures of the after. My master, which I also spiffed up with a little paint and some new pillows.....I just couldn't help it!
Next up pictures of the bath renovation!
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