House 17 Pictorial, Part Two
This was “The Ketchup And Mustard Room” before:
It will be our home gym. Here is it now:
This was the other view of the room before:
And, this is it now:
This was “The Strawberry Shortcake Room” before:
This room will serve as the guest bedroom. And, this is it now:
The other view of that room before:
And, here it is now:
Here was “The Patchwork Orange Room” before:
Did ya like that carpet job????
Well, that room is now my office. I’m going to add more trim to the window seat and put crown moulding in, too. I also need to buy a jig for the circular saw, so I can make the window seat into a built-in chest, like I want to do. But, here is the “After”:
Now, on to the upstairs living room. The color was a little more tan than what we put on the walls. In the pictures, though, it looks pretty similar. But, here it was before:
We’re making this into a theatre/movie room. Here it is after:
Another view, before:
We added french doors, which still have the residue on the windows from the plastic coating they came with. It’ll take some elbow grease. Here is that same view after:
Here is another view before:
And, here it is after (with a hint of what was done to the bathroom and an old light fixture still dangling from the ceiling):
Here was the front bedroom upstairs before (this was the room with “Trading Spaces” paint job I showed you last time):
Now, it is Michael’s music studio. It was my way of bribing him to let me buy the house and volunteer us for all this fix-up work. It’s a really large room with a gorgeous view of the park across the street. Here it is after:
I will reveal the remodeled bathroom upstairs just as soon as we get it done. We’ve got some minor things to finish first. But, I hope you’re enjoying the pictures so far!
Also, I believe we’re experiencing issues getting these pics to show up in the feed. Sorry about that. I’ll get my webmaster on it as soon as we finish laying subfloors downstairs. ;-)
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Trisha,
All I can say is “Wow!”. I read your part I series, and couldn’t really understand your lingo of “Ketchup and Mustard” or “Strawberry shortcake” I was like “What the hell is she talkin’ bout!”, but it all makes sense now. I definitely like the crown molding throughout the windows, closet doors, hallways, and well just about everywhere. I also like the tan color that matches great with the white trim and golden knobs and hinges. My personal favorite, is the arch windows in Michael’s music studio (not sure if it was already like that)
I like that door molding! Very interesting.
Like edgar, I like the rounded off window as well. A nice touch that really breaks up the square lines of a traditional window bay.
Did you an Michael do all the work yourselves?
Also, as a side note, the pictures are coming through on the feed.
Fantastic! It’s amazing what a coat of paint can do to a room. You guys did a real bang up job.
Michael’s music studio? Guitar?
Edgar - LOL, yeah I can see your point. But, I knew my naming scheme would reveal itself with these pictures. Thanks!!! I did all the crown moulding, painstakingly hand-made all the caps, and did all the rest of the trim everywhere. I even built the window seat in my office and hung all the blinds and several ceiling fans. But, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen the bathroom! We’re not ready to reveal that yet.
Grant - Thanks so much! I researched architectural styles for trim a while before deciding that this house really lends itself to the Arts & Crafts period. My trimwork and other touches we’re doing really set it off and make it look like a classic home. Yes, we’ve done everything ourselves except for the carpet. That was Home Depot–and, they’re STILL NOT DONE. Oh, good! Thanks for letting me know that the pics are showing up.
Clifford - Thank you! Michael did all the painting (well, I did touch-ups). For some reason, he doesn’t want to let me “practice” with the airless sprayer on our house. He says I can do that on a different fixer-upper project. He composes. He can play anything, though. He was signed for a while in a band where he was the lead singer.