Front Room of our Fixer Upper

When we bought our home 2 1/2 years ago we knew that we had a lot of things that we needed to do to make it into a home. I WISH I would have known how much I would have to accomplish, because then I probably wouldn't have bought this home. It was just TOO MUCH WORK! But, all of the work will certainly pay off once we sell.

The front room had an awkward book shelf right when you walked in that was attached to the ceiling with 60's spindles. Whoever the person was to convince people that spindles would look good has a true gift! I knew that the spindles just had to go. So I ripped away the spindles and the book shelf.

I wasn't planning on ripping up the carpet, but my son somehow opened up the wood stain and spilled it all over himself and the carpet! So I ripped up the carpet and found myself staring at BEAUTIFUL original hardwood floor that didn't need any work done. I did, however, have to go around the entire room and pill up nails and wood that was holding the carpet down. That took me awhile, because I was trying to do that with a fresh baby and a toddler.

I painted the entire room and had a blue accent wall. I had the blue wall for about two years and I hated it. It looked like a smurf ran into my wall.

So, when I was about 36 weeks pregnant I decided to paint the accent wall the same color is the rest of the walls. It looked so much better!

Living Room after:

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