How We Updated Our 1. House on a Budget (and the living room REVEAL!) . It's crazy. I barely even know where to begin! There's so much to say and so much to share, so let's just jump right in and pick up where we left off. Our little Ava is now 5 months old and doing really great. We survived 4 months of colic/milk allergy/reflux and between that and a pretty difficult pregnancy, I felt like the wind had been knocked out of my sails. But, little by little, things are getting so much better and I'm slowly starting to feel like my old self again. Thank you guys so much for being patient with me and understanding that I needed some time off to focus on Ava.
I'm so grateful for this precious girl, and I'm sure one day I'll look back and laugh about the past year. Ava on Halloween.. But I kinda ran out of time (duty called) before I could share the finished living room. So, a quick 5 months after I finished it, today I can finally show it to you. Many of you guys have been following my blog for awhile now and have already seen the before pictures of the upstairs living area, but I'll share them again, as it's always a nice reminder of how outdated our house was when we first moved in. So, here are the before pics. This is the living room in May of 2. Outdated light fixture, parquet flooring and carpeted stairs, rickety old stair rail, and dark wood trim and door. There was a wall between the kitchen and dining room that made the room almost too tiny to use. There was an old glass sliding door that barely opened, dark wood trim and wainscotting, outdated light fixtures, and a tile/carpet combo. I was a little scared, as it was our first house and I had never renovated anything in my life. Find out more about the history of The 1970s. Deconstructing History: White House 2min. Americans celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970. Watch The House We Live In (1970) Film Online, Download Full Online The House We Live In (1970) Free. Classic Movie Database. Release Date : 1970 Genre . Patricio Kaulen - La casa en que vivimos aka The House We Live In (1970) But, ultimately I decided to just go for it and I'm so glad I did. Renovating it took me almost 5 years to complete. Sometimes it was totally stressful, sometimes I wanted to quit, but ultimately it's one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. Which is great because we won't live here forever, and the next time I renovate a house, I'll be much better equipped. So, that being said, here are the pics of what this upstairs area looks like today. Let's start with a little recap of the dining room and entryway and then we'll move into the living room. One of the things that made the biggest difference was knocking down the wall between the dining room and kitchen. We also built a new stair rail, painted all of the trim and wainscoting white, added new light fixtures, and installed white washed hardwood flooring. I painted our kitchen cabinets and updated the hardware when we first moved in the house, and although in an ideal world I would have been able to fully renovate the kitchen, I decided that I could really stretch our budget by just painting the cabinetry and working with what we already had. In the dining room, I added a bold rug that I found for $6. I know it's not for everyone, and that's okay.). I found the dining room table at a salvage shop, and the white leather chairs with metallic legs I found on Overstock. The original post about the dining room with sources can be found here. Also, we've talked about my orchid sabotage many times, so.. I've got a child to raise. Here's a quick view from the landing at the top of the stairs. You can see where we also knocked down the wall and widened the old doorway into the hallway. You can see how we painted the old outdated wainscoting white. And now this little coat hook reminds me of Jesse tinkering in the garage for an hour, determined to fix it for me. I think there was some ametuer welding going on in the garage, but I was too pregnant to waddle out there and watch. I don't expect this room to blow anyone's mind. But, it's come such a long way, and it's where we spend most of our time, so it definitely deserves at least a little time on the blog. It's obviously nothing special, but it was the right size and $2. I'll eventually mount the TV on the wall, too. Some little polished nickel pulls from Home Depot. It took us 5 years to finally replace those old windows, so I don't mind looking at the new ones in the meantime. I think I'll be using it as my go- to silver spray paint from now on. Either way, good stuff. It's probably not gonna end up at a museum, but it took me an hour and only cost me a few bucks, so homemade art for the win. I'm sure it will continue to evolve and change, but it feels great to at least have it furnished and not under construction. We lived in the basement throughout most of my pregnancy, so it's nice to no longer be a cave dweller. Because it would be ridiculous to pretend like my house always looks like the above pictures.. I could take some blog pics. I plan to slowly get back into the swing of things, as time allows, and as quickly as my brain starts functioning like normal again. Thank you guys for all of your sweet comments and messages. I appreciate it so much. I know I'll eventually find my groove again, but right now I'm still doing a lot of this. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Follow my blog with. Subscribe to Live. Love. DIY with email! Enter your email address: // var era.
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