1. The red carpet was here when we moved in and it was brand new.
2. I'm a very thoughtful person who likes to make people feel better about their own decorating skills, so please don't laugh at the ugliness we've lived with for the past 9 years.
BEFORE: The front corner of the rec room and fireplace with exposed brick wall. Notice the water stains.
AFTER: Waterproofed from inside and outside (3 years ago), new gutters (to take care of the water issues), drywall over brick, paint fireplace and walls, and new carpet.
BEFORE--This corner used to be the home of way TOO much stuff and I'm too embarrassed to post the BEFORE before picture, but you can see well how ugly it was.
AFTER--Got closets built, sanded the wood paneling, painted, and got rid of the old red carpet!!!!
BEFORE: This used to be a very ugly old wet bar.
AFTER: Now it is built in closets with new paint and carpet.
Now we just need to get rid of 3/4 of the remaining stuff and figure out how to decorate it.
Any and all suggestions and offers of help are welcome.
17 comments:
It looks awesome Lara! I love it!
It looks great! I love the wall color with the white accents. All that closet space, Wow! What is that line? A place for everything and everything in its place. I would love to have a basement. You are lucky.
Wowie, wow, wow! I love it, especially that fresh blue paint color and white trim. Amazing!
It's beautiful! I love it! I love the carpet, the wall colors, the closets, everything! YAY!
Congrats! You'll have to have a party to show off your "new" house!
Looks fantastic, Lara! BTW, I can totally relate to Behr paint!
So glad it's done - and just in time for summer break! Having the closets is probably the biggest improvement. There's something to be said about having a place where you can store everything out of sight (but perfectly organized, I'm sure!). Glad the saga is pretty much finished.
It's beautiful!!! Great job! So bright and cheery!
I LOVE the blue! It looks so great!
You had your mom from the moment she saw the beautiful blue walls!!
My favorite part is the new carpets and all the new closet space.
You need to send us pictures of Cami's new bedroom as well.
Great job! Bet you are glad to see this project behind you.
Whoot!! That looks so much better!! I'm impressed!!
Yippeee yay!!! :) It is very crisp and clean looking. Makes me want to dump a pile of legos on the floor and start building. :)
It looks beautiful! Great job. I love the color on the walls. It really brightens it up.
Lara,
I just got caught up on and in your blog. I hadn't seen it in a while because, well, honestly, I booked marked a page and every time I checked it, nothing had been updated. I realized, only today, that I had bookmarked the post and not the blog. Feel really stupid. Anyway, it is beautiful and I didn't realize that you are such an amazing writer. Bien Hecho.
-Your cuz, Annette.
Wow, it looks fabulous, so much more bright and inviting. Love the storage space !
Wow... I'm speechless. I know how long you've wanted to 'fix' that area, but you've done more than fix it! You've made it represent you so much more! Congratulations on the makeover, it is wonderful!
That looks SO good! We know who to call when we are ready to finish our basement.
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