House Before and After

I wanted to post the "before" and "after" pictures of our house.  The before pictures are all from when we bought the house and when we moved in 3 years ago.

Before:

After:

Before: Ugly plants and plastic border around the flower bed

After: stone border, and a few nicer plants

Before: rose bush and fence railings blocking the lawn along the side of the house

After: no more rose bush or unnecessary fence posts

Back yard before: nice, but a little overgrown

Back yard after: no weeds, stained deck

Before: when we had just started to dig up the sod where our garden would go

Garden After:

Deck Before:

Stained Deck After:

Before:

After:

Before and After: The entryway from our front door into the house

What a difference a little paint makes!

Family Room Before:

And After:

Before: Blue Dining Room

After: wainscoting and a nice dark red

Before and After: the dining room chandelier (our first electrical project)

  

Before and After: No More Wallpaper!!!

Before and After Kitchen:

Nook Before:

After: Amazing how much larger the rooms looked without the wallpaper!

Before and After: Downstairs Bath (yes, that wallpaper border is flowers and leopard print)

Before: Lots of mismatched, ugly light fixtures throughout the entire house

After: updated, matching fixtures throughout the house

Garage Before:

Garage "Mud Room" After:

Before: Coat Closet, After: "the Pantry"

Living Room Before: a thin, green, wobbly fireplace mantle, 

yellow walls, and a light fixture that rather resembled a golf ball

After: We were pretty pleased with how our homemade fireplace mantle turned out

Stairs Before and After: painted the walls, the ceiling, and the risers and trim on the steps themselves, and added the hand railing on the wall

 Before: Lots of nails and screws poking out

After: That's Better

Upstairs Bathroom Before and After: New tile, vanity, counter, 

medicine cabinet, fixtures, paint, towels, etc (new everything)

 No more avocado green

 Before: green tile, water damaged drywall

After: We love the new tile, the fixtures, and the alcove in the shower

No more cracks

Linen Closet Before and After:

 The Study, Before and After:

Before: the old brown doors were in pretty hard shape

After: What nice white doors

Blue Bedroom Before and After: A better color of blue, new light fixture, white doors, curtains, and the trim around the windows and doors is now white instead of light blue

 Before: I called this color 'electric blue'

After: that color's a little calmer

Green Bedroom Before and After: 

After: if there was one paint color we used in the house that I would change, 

it would be this green (it's fine, just the shade isn't exactly what I had in mind)

Master Bedroom Before:

After: No more mint green walls!

Master Closet Before and After:

Basement Stairs Before and After: You can't even imagine how long it took to paint every step

Basement Before:

After: Michael and I have vowed never to do a major drywall mudding/sanding job ourselves again 

(It took forever, but no one can argue that it sure was an improvement)

 Basement Storage Room Before:

After:

Laundry Room Before:

Laundry Room After: A little paint goes a long way