Drumroll Please...

Yes, it has been a year and three months since I last posted. Yikes! Here's what I was hung up on. I wanted to post a before and after picture of our family room. I got it 95% done, and then I got stuck because I wanted a really big picture on the wall behind the couch, but it took me a year to 1. Figure out what I wanted, and 2. Actually find it or make it. Here we go! This room was so, so very dark. As you can see...

Believe it or not, this was one of my favorite rooms in the house when we bought it. Not because I liked how it looked, but I was very excited about the brick fireplace! I've always wanted to try whitewashing. Not to mention, I LOVE dramatic before/after projects, and if this one isn't that, I don't know what is!

I thought this would be a pretty simple remodel. Pull down the paneling and the ceiling beams, lots of paint, some decorations. No big deal, right? Turns out there was some water damage in the drywall around this room because the balcony attached to our room, which is right above, leaked at some point. They fixed the leak, but not the damage! So we ended up basically gutting this entire room, drywall and all, down to the studs and starting over. While it was a much bigger project than anticipated, it was SO worth it! And the hard part of the drywall, replacing the window, and installing new lights only took a couple of weeks. We're a pretty good team. :)

And here is the after!

Here's the painting that took me so long to figure out. I am happy with how it turned out! It has a few quirks that I don't love, but that's the beauty of it, right??