Alright, I know a few of you have been waiting quite a while to see these pictures! I apologize for taking over a month longer than I said I would. We had everything done except for the floor molding. Oh, and the mirror. But yeah, it was like...well, Mary came, and somehow it just kept getting put off again and again. But we finally did it! So, here we go! Hope you enjoy!
Before:
This room was SO DARK. They stained it almost black, so it was just horribly gloomy and...well, creepy. Everything about it was gross - the carpet, the walls, the windows, the ceiling, everything.
Take a close look at the windows if you can...sorry the pictures are a bit blurry. They were covered in tape, sticky goo, stain drips, paint, just overall nasty looking. Like everything else in this room.
Sorry my photography skills were not quite up to par that day, yikes. I couldn't even aim. (Maybe I was holding a baby or something. That happens a lot around here.) See that light spot next to the mirror in there on the left? That is what I call a problem spot. It was a random piece of drywall where everywhere else in the room was paneling. It used to be a closet until weird people went in and changed all the closets and built walls on top of carpets. No, I'm not kidding. We want to take out those walls (only two little ones) and rebuild them properly and perhaps change the layout slightly. We'll see if that ever happens.
Anyway, here are the afters! I seriously get a fuzzy feeling inside every time I go downstairs and see my pretty room! LOL. But really. It was so. bad.
I should mention that this makeover cost less than $200 (not including supplies we already had, which was a few - some paint and things, but not very much...). We did already have the airbed and the bedding, and although it leaves a bit to be desired, it works. Also, we're going to redo the ceiling and make it drywall (probably), but we'll be doing all the ceilings down there and figured we should do it all at once so we can rent the tools and borrow the people necessary to do that.
Look at those beautiful (despite a little small) windows! I'm so glad I have an awesome husband that can trim the windows like this for less than $20. We redid the windowsills completely, put new trim on around them, and put on molding on the bottom. Out of all the decorations the curtains were probably the most expensive - I can't remember how much I spent but it was something like $20, plus the rods cost another $15. The little pictures in the first photo are pieces of plywood I had lying around with scrapbook paper glued on and the edges painted. The lamp I got from Target for $5 on clearance, but it was orange. I pulled off the old covering and got fabric at Joann's for about $1.50, and redid it.
So, this is what I ended up doing with my "problem area." I painted it white, put a big mirror in front of it, and got a roll of tulle at Michael's. I tied the tulle into a rope and then glued it around the edge. It works for now at least, I think it's cute. At least cuter than a random hole in the paneling...
The apple blossom decoration is actually a stick I found in the backyard with about a thousand little pieces of tissue paper crumpled up and hot-glued on. Yep......I made a decoration with a stick and tissue paper. Oh, and the vase I got from DI for I think $2.
So there ya go!! That's all. Now on to the next room...
