Before Pictures, Part 2

Part two is here!! Yay! Again, all pictures were taken long before we owned the home and moved in. So without further ado, before pictures!

Hall that leads to the bedrooms

Master Bedroom.

Master Bathroom

Hall from the Master to the Master Bath and Wendy's Dressing Room

Dressing Room/4th Bedroom




Guest Bath




Guest Bedroom




Office/3rd Bedroom




Patio




Swimming Pool (it started out green but by the time we moved in it was a black frog pond)

That's all for the before pictures. Now the fun part starts. We get to show you all the work we've done! Stay tuned.

xo
W&A

The Story of an Indecisive Painter

Hi, my name is Wendy and I'm indecisive. Like really indecisive. There, I said it. But when it comes to painting I make normal indecisive me look good. So far my paint sample total has topped off at 18. This does not count the swatches I've brought home from our local Home hardware stores. Want proof of the paint sample madness?

Yeah, it has gotten a little out of control. By far, the most difficult space to pick a color for was the family room/dining room/sun room/hallway. It is all one open space, and the first color you see coming in the house, so picking the perfect color was of the utmost importance. Here is a picture I took a few months ago when I couldn't decide on a color.

When all the samples I brought home were either too light, too dark, too yellow, too brown or too gray, I turned to the handy paint lady at my local Home Depot. And guess what y'all? She whipped up the perfect hue for me. Here is how she worked her magic: I showed her the color I liked most but thought was a tad too dark and she adjusted the tint till it was just right. Easy peasy painty squeezy! When I brought home my newest sample and slapped in on the wall, 'cuz I couldn't quite commit to the whole gallon yet, it was love at first sight.

Here is the final color... swoon! I love telling our guests that the color was custom made just for me.


xoxo
Wendy

The Before, Part 1

The wait is over! We are super excited to share pictures of our lovely home... before it became our lovely home! You don't get to see the finished product quite yet. These pictures were taken the very first time we saw our house. Please keep in mind these are before pictures, we haven't made our mark yet.

View from the street.

Looking out the front door.

View from the front door. The previous owners used the entryway as a sitting area and the larger space as a dining room. Bet you can't wait to see what we turned it into...


The old dining room

Kitchen

Pantry/Laundry Nook

Other side of the Pantry/Laundry Nook

The space the previous owners used as their family room

The other half of the family room

There you have it! Your first look at our first look. I bet you can just imagine all the decorating ideas and paint colors that danced through my head. Stay tuned for part 2 of the before pictures - the bedrooms and bathrooms. And course the wait for the after pictures won't be too long.
*All pictures in this post were taken before we owned the home. All items belonged to previous owners.

xoxo
W&A