Tuesday, February 12, 2013

I thought it would be fun to get a reminder of what it used to look like... I should have taken more before pics.

 
BEFORE

 BEFORE - Mom-Mom wanted her daughters to feel like they were on a tropical vacation at all times ;)  True Story... this wallpaper was hung while 2 of her daughters were on a cruise.

                          BEFORE                               AFTER - sorry we couldn't live with the
                                                                       wallpaper but I plan to use this wall to
                                                                       display alot of our family memories
                                                                       (especially mom-mom memories)

 BEFORE - Original Middle Bedroom - the door to the left is the closet door.  This entire wall has been shifted forward and the window in this picture was removed because the wall partition needed to go here to make enough space for the two front bedrooms.

BEFORE - So here you still see the original three windows.  And now there are only 2 that remain in the master bedroom due to all the floorplan changes...

AFTER - I do eventually want to cut in 2 more windows to bring back the symmetry which is very important in Craftsman Design and Architecture.  But that's a major budget buster right now.  So add it to the "Someday..." list.

Paint! Work in progress...but here's some pics!

Master Bedroom - Benjamin Moore "Tranquility" - its a blue/gray/green color.  It changes shades depending on the lighting in the room

 




This is the larger of the two "kids" rooms.  We painted both rooms with Benjamin Moore "Quiet Moments".  Its another blue/gray/green color but its about 3 shades lighter than "Tranquility".  Since the rooms are small I thought a lighter color makes much more sense.  Its hard to see the color in these rooms right now.  But after the trim and roman shades are on the windows, it will probably show up better in pictures.  It looks really good in person!








So that's it for paint so far...we still have to do the hallway and bathroom which may be finished this weekend.  And I will add more pics then. 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

DRYWALL! Check! Next up: Prime, paint and trim...

 Foyer - we plan on continuing the gold paint along the far wall (with the windows) and then I'm contemplating a lighter color for the wall against the stairs like a wheat/oat/barley color.  I wanted to switch to something light because we will carry that same color up through the upstairs hallway which gets a bit narrow so we'd want to keep the space light and airy feeling.

 So the wall with the new drywall against the stairs will be the lighter oat/wheat color.  I love picturing pretty Christmas garland hanging from this railing next December!

 All walls pictured here would be the oat/wheat color

So here, the two side walls would be oat/wheat color and the far wall with the window would be the gold color carried from downstairs.  But here, it would look like an accent wall since it would be surrounded by lighter walls.  A pendant light will hang in front of the window. 

And here's the narrow hallway I was talking about... same light oak/wheat color on the walls here. 

This is the nursery...I want to paint both smaller rooms the same color, something neutral and then we can have fun with decor and do whatever we want or make changes as our family grows.  Crib will go against the far wall and a side table will go next to it.  We're hoping to reuse the old mahogany doors that are stacked up here for now.  Nice big closet to store all of baby's clothes!

Baby changing table will go under this window. 

View from the (crib) looking at bedroom doorway. 

Laundry area:  Washer/Dryer will be stacked in the space to the left. Linen/Laundry closet is the triangular closet to the right. 

This is the larger of the "kids rooms".  We will probably put a twin bed in here for guests and also to be ready when baby gets bigger and he moves into this bigger room. 

We will probably put a comfy nursery chair under the windows with a decent sized dresser for storage. 

View from the windows (nursery chair), looking at the bedroom doorway. 

This is the corner where the nursery chair may go (under the window) 

AND FINALLY...the master bedroom.  I wanted to put in two additional windows for symetry (four across) but I have a design trick in mind that will hopefully turn out ok.  There is enough space here for a king sized bed and two side tables.  The cutout high up on the wall to the right is for a wall mounted TV...Jim's Christmas present.  We are also installing a light centered over the bed and this is what I have in mind...
West Elm Capiz Pendant

The wall to the right of the door will have our dresser and some built-in type of closet organization system.  Something like this (two of them side by side).  Instead of the shoes and drawer organizers, I want to put pull out laundry drawers which is a feature you can add.  Its the Allen + Roth Closet system at Lowes:
 
 

View from the closet area 

The closet area... Shoe storage will go under the windows. And shelving will be installed above the windows for additional storage and organization.

This wall will house Jim's closet storage system...more Allen + Roth systems. 

This will be my L-shaped closet.  The hole shown here is extra storage space for totes filled with off-season clothes. 

Another much anticipated room...the Bathroom!  Toilet will be to the left of the window and the refinished clawfoot tub will go to the right of the window.  Its hard to see but there is a shelf placed in the back of the bathroom for towel storage and space for a TV.  Yes, a TV in the bathroom.  It was on Jim's "while everything is opened up we might as well" list.  

A little cluttered right now but this will be the glass-enclosed shower.

Our vanity and medicine cabinet go on this wall.  This is what we picked out:
 



Sunday, November 25, 2012

Electrical - check! Central Air - check! Insulation - check! Next up...DRYWALL...coming soon!

 View from inside the bathroom
 
 Bathroom
 
 Master Bedroom
 
 Master Bedroom (looking towards the closet/dressing area)
 
Soon to be Nursery (crib will go against the far wall)

 Other half of the nursery - changing table will go under the window and rocking chair will be next to the knee wall
 
 Larger of the 2 bedrooms (will have a twin bed, dresser and nightstand for Baby to move in once big enough for a twin bed)
 
 Other half of the large bedroom where the bed and nightstand will be
 
 Central Air System!  Yep, no more hot nights on the second floor at Edgley!
 
 Eventually there will be a beautiful pendant light hanging in front of a brand new replacement window and new white trim.
 
 
Space for the stackable front load washer/dryer (we insulated the walls around it to cut down noise)