House Tour

Welcome to our home! Step inside and enjoy a little look at the work we have done so far!

I will continue updating as we make headway on more rooms throughout the house. Everything is very much a work in progress. While some rooms have come a long way, I am far from feeling like anything is complete! We moved into our little updated 1959 ranch on March 22, 2013, and we have been DIY-ing, decorating and renovating ever since! Click the links below the photos for more information on specific projects in each room.

For a look at the entire house “before,” check out this move-in day house tour.

Living Room

BEFORE

AFTER

This room started with a coat of paint in Revere Pewter. This color is gray in the daylight and sometimes more of a taupe color in the room lighting at night. It morphs and changes and blends with everything. This room is probably the most “put together” so far in our home, but it has also been one of the least expensive because of the thrifty furniture finds and fun DIY projects we have done. I think we have spent less than $300 on furniture in this room…TOTAL! Be sure to check out the links below for more details!

recovering/refinishing chevron chairs ~ curbside tv console restoration ~ floating console table DIY ~ building a frame out of trim ~ behind the tv gallery wall ~ DIY fabric art ~ Annie Sloan painted coffee table

source list: Wall color: Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter; Couch: Hand Me Down; TV Console: Free on Craigslist (repainted and refinished by me); Chevron Chairs: Our Thrift Store in Franklin, TN (recovered and refinished by me); Hammered Metal Side Table: Home Goods; Pillows: DIY & West Elm; Coffee Table: hand me down painted with Annie Sloan charcoal; Barstools: Craigslist; Console Table: DIY; Mercury Glass Lamps: Walmart; Wall Art: Old Time Pottery (DIY Frame); Blanket basket: Home Goods; Gray Outer Curtains: West Elm; Sheer Inner Curtains: unknown; Wooden Corner Chair: Bargain Hunt; Wicker Coffee Table Basket: Home Goods; Throw Blanket: Target.

Kitchen Nook

BEFORE

AFTER

building the banquette ~ painting the banquette ~ mid-century modern chair restoration ~ vintage plate corner ~ light fixture ~ new shades

source list: Wall Color: Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter; Banquette bench: DIY; Kitchen table: World Market Jackson Table; Light Fixture: World Market; Roman Shades: JCPenney; Kitchen Chairs: Craigslist (refinished and recovered by me); plates: various thrift stores, yard sales, and Home Goods.

Kitchen

We did a big overhaul on this room a few months back!
BEFORE

AFTER




Main Hallway

Stenciled Hallway ~ DIY Drum Ceiling Light
Main Level Bathroom


Frosted Glass Window ~ Painting the Walls ~ DIY shelf & antique key towel rack

Office

The office dreaming and scheming ~ The evolution of a room ~ Let there be light ~ Mantel Love ~ DIY Terrarium ~ Pallet Wall 

Source List: Paint Color – Revere Pewter 50% Strength; Mantel – Craigslist; Armchair – Essex Bargainhunt; Ottoman – Flea Market; Side Table – Flea Market; Terrarium – DIY; Throw blanket – IKEA; Curtains – IKEA; Oval mirror – Flea Market; Ceiling light – Shades of Light YHL Collection; Floor lamp – garage sale; Desk – Garage sale; Desk chair – Craigslist; Art – hand-me-downs; Vintage luggage – Flea market; Horse bust – Home Goods.

Guest Bedroom #1

Nightstand painting ~ Bedroom Update 1 ~ New Bedding ~ DIY $10 Starburst Mirror

source list: Wall color: Stonington Gray by Benjamin Moore; Ceiling Color: White Dove by Benjamin Moore; Duvet Cover: West Elm; Euro Shams: West Elm; Patchwork Throw Pillow: West Elm; Gold Throw Pillow: Home Goods; Night Stands: Thrift Store; Rug: Dash & Albert (from a yard sale); Bed & Dresser: hand me downs; Curtains: Home Goods; Bamboo Blinds: Home Depot.

Guest Bedroom #2

tufted chair love ~ gold dipped sewing table & chair

source list: French Provincial Dressers: Family Hand Me Down; Tufted Velvet Wingback Chair: purchased from a friend; Gray Curtains (phase 1): IKEA; Patterned Curtains: Home Goods; Bed Frame: my 13th birthday present from my parents; White Duvet: Target; Coral Bedspread: Home Goods.

Basement Staircase

Basement staircase re-do pt. 1 ~ Basement staircase re-do pt. 2

Source List: Stair paint color: Muted Ebony by Valspar; Wall color: Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore

Basement Mudroom/Carport Entrance

Basement Living Room

Basement Master Bedroom (formerly a one car garage)
BEFORE


AFTER (See full room reveal and renovation details here)





Basement Bath

This space is still a work in progress!

DIY Board & Batten

Basement Den


Source list: Rug: RugsUSA.com; Couches: hand me down; end tables: hand me down; lamps: hand me down; bar height table: hand me down; mirror: hand me down.

Basement Guest Room


Source list: Paint Color: Natural Linen by Benjamin Moore. Bed frame: childhood heirloom; Quilt: Home Goods; Curtains: Home Goods; Nightstand: free at a dumpster; Lamp: Thrift Store; Rug: Craigslist from IKEA.

Update: this space looks TOTALLY different, but I don’t have a full room reveal yet. Here is a little preview…

Garage to Master Bedroom…

Our new Master Bedroom used to be our garage space…but I haven’t done a full room reveal there yet! Stay tuned!

Outside

Not much has changed on the outside of the house…except the weeds have grown up a little bit more in the flower beds because I haven’t quite learned how to tame them yet. But here is what our house looks like from the street!

Backyard

I am currently overhauling our home office and slowly updating the master bedroom. More rooms will be added to the tour soon!