Master Disaster

Yep, this is(was) the Master Bedroom!  MAUVE (music from Psycho plays in the background)!!!!!
And please excuse the mess....  I took the pic's mid-transformation.  This should have been the first room to be painted, but I was thinking the foyer wouldn't take long - boy was I wrong, but anyway.... The master wasn't too bad, with the exception that I realized that the previous owners had the 1970's brown, wood paneling up, wallpapered over that, and put a single coat of mauve paint over the wallpaper - YEP - you could actually see the vertical stripes of flowers behind the "barely there" paint coverage.

So, staying true to my grey theme, I chose Benjamin Moore's Chelsea Gray - one of my favorite's.  It is dark, but our room was big enough, had the white trim, and I was going with white bedding, so I thought it would be a great contrast.  Here are the after pics...

The pictures really don't do the room justice, but the colors all go really well together.  My headboard is a light, tan leather from Pottery Barn.  All of the bedding is from Pottery Barn as well.   I am very pleased with how the master bedroom turned out!

A year+ later....

Okay, so it's been a little while since I last posted.  But so much has happened!  The inside of the house looks so much better now.  So far, I have re-done the foyer, dining room and master bedroom.  I've done some small projects - like painting the kitchen and re-doing a bookcase in the living room, but I'll start with the foyer since that's what I was working on when I last posted.  I knew when we bought the house, that I wanted to go with a grey and rustic or beachy feel.  I think the actual color I chose for the foyer was "Rock" - bought it at Lowe's.  After weeks of patching walls, sanding, re-patching and sanding, I was finally able to put the paint on the walls.  I LOVED the color of it.  There are still a few things that I need to finalize, but for the most part, it's complete.  I bought a beautiful, rustic light to replace the (ah-hem) brass one that was there before.  Also added a braided, jute rug and some accessories.  Hope you like the pics - Happy Halloween!!  The Smith's

Our diamond in the rough

Here it is.....  Our diamond in the rough!
My husband and I bought this house a few months ago, and have just started to settle in.  We knew when we bought it that there were lots of updates and remodeling that needed to be done.  But, we didn't realize just HOW MUCH remodeling needed to be done until we actually got moved in.  It was built in the 70's, and has had SOME updates that were done by the previous owners.  They left behind the 8' popcorn ceilings, parquet tile and 1.5" molding :(  {psyco music playing in the background}

So, with a limited budget and DIY skills (which are much more limited than our budget), we have decided to embark on getting our home updated, one room at a time.  We are starting next week with the foyer/stairwell.  Paint, molding, stair treads, lighting, accessories, etc. - the popcorn ceiling and flooring will have to wait until we complete our we-can-do-it-ourselves-projects, so we can get a professional in there to complete our renovation.  Will post the "before" picture next week - and begin our agonizing transformation.....