I’ve been obsessed with DIY blogs for the past year or so and was dying to get into a house to call my own. Since getting the keys to my new house almost 4 months ago, I’ve made some changes. I’m hatin on myself right now for not taking before and after pictures. But I’ve captured some of the changes I’ve made thus far (minus the decorating/buying new furniture). Oh, and my dad painted the outside of the house in November, but let’s face it, it’s just too cold today to go outside to snap a few of those.
This is the closet door of a spare bedroom on the first floor. It was brown, my friend Rebecca helped me paint it white. Three coats later, it looks like this:
The inside is still brown to give you a better idea of what it did look like (i’m lazy):
The previous owners had a black and white theme in the first floor bathroom. They left a flowered black and white mirror. It didn’t go with my blue, so I sprayed painted it blue for the time being: I don’t know how to turn photos!
The window trim in the kitchen was left unpainted in it’s original wood form, which wasn’t appealing to me. And so were the baseboards. The side door still had primer on it (which was a light blue) and didn’t go at all. I matched the window and door to the walls, and the baseboards got white to match the rest of the house:
These “things” were yellow. I spray painted it white to match the ceilings. There’s one more in the spare room I haven’t gotten to yet. When I paint that room, I’ll get er done.
And the undone one:
On moving day in October, this chandelier broke and hung from the ceiling, so I fixed it:
In this same dining room is the thermostat. There was left an old, unused air humidifier controller? I took it off the wall, patched it, sanded it, painted it. It doesn’t take 20/20 vision to see where it once lived, aka: I suck:
I’ve slowly been reupholstering the dining room chairs from their original Florida-like design. And this is a time consuming process, which leaves me to say I only have 2 of 6 chairs 1/2 finished:
And one undone:
And some DIY dining room art I found on Pinterest. They maybe costed me $15 each, which you can’t beat:
Sorry for the window glare, I’m not a photographer. There are 2 of these, but you get the idea.
Before moving day, my mom, aunt, and friends helped me paint. We painted the dining room, and upstairs and downstairs hallways, including ceilings, trim, and doors (which there were 11! not including the one in the first pic). The walls got a fresh coat of a light blue/gray and everything else got the standard fresh and clean look of white.
It was exhausting and time consuming, and once we were finished, I didn’t want to paint another thing for a long time, and I haven’t, until this:
The basement ceiling once looked like this which seriously everyone looked at right away, unconsciously, so it had to go. This, again, is a temporary fix until my bank account starts growing again and I can get a real basement ceiling.
And in some parts, it still looks this way because I’m taking my sweet time. I’ve small foamed roller brushed most, except near the walls were I need a small hand brush to finish. And I’m slacking..
Lastly (for now) our front door hardware was brass, which is outdated. I’m obsessed with ORB, so the lock was changed to ORB. And the rest got ORB spray paint, which I’m pretty proud to say turned out pretty badass:
Disregard the dirt, smudges and fingerprints. This is also a shot of the front door’s new color (to match the brick). It was white, and BORING. I darkened it, along w/ the screen door, and I’m pretty happy with it. The outside of the side door off the kitchen is also this color. And my neighbor adores it too!
Doesn’t seem like a lot, but boy it feel like a lot! I plan on painting the blue spare room this spring once it’s a bit warmer. I’ll keep things posted and try to take more photos along the way.
PS. I had a couple of beers last night, and slept til 11am (which never happens). So did Oliver. It was glorious.
