This room has been a labor of love to say the least. I saw those popcorn ceilings when we walked in here and I was already dreading the amount of work that would take to change. I was already thinking of ways to possibly cover it up and then Pinterest happened and basically changed my life!!! :)
We were so excited to finally move into our house that we all slept on the floor the first night. I told Drew I couldn't go to bed without demolishing something! So, first on the list was the cabinet doors on the tv area. It was so fun and amazing at what a difference taking down a few doors can make.
Drew filled in the spots in the walls where they had speaker boxes and a fancy little mirror! That part took the longest because Drew was trying to convince me to keep them. After a good long battle- I won! :) In the process of redoing this room, I taught myself how to texture and have the assigned job of doing all the texturing in the house. So far I have done the kids bedrooms and the bathroom also!
I still have some work to do on the TV area with a shelf and bead board behind the TV but the difference is AMAZING compared to what was there.
Then there is the fireplace area. We installed a new insert right when we moved in to help the house stay warmer. That entire area needs some serious work and will be our final project in this house because of how extensive it will be. For now, I just painted the pink rock and Drew made me a nice mantle to help spruce it up.
This house was built in 1957 and after the flood in 1976 the house was built on too- which created what I call the "weird room". It is kind of an odd space and part of the issue was how thick the walls were going from one room to the next. Since it used to be exterior wall, it is really thick. I came up with the idea for some columns and I LOVE THEM. They were a little tricky for Drew considering the walls were in no way shape or form square. He did an amazing job on them and helped to create a beautiful transition from the family room to the "weird room".
I still have a little painting here and there to finish up, but we love this space. It's so inviting and having this area done really makes me feel like this old scary house is turning into a beautiful home.
