House Tour Day #2

The first room(s) we tackled in our house were the entryway and living room. When we bought the house, the previous owners used this room as a formal dining room, but we thought that was a little strange walking right into the dining room, so we decided it made more sense as a living room.
It was all decked out with popcorn ceilings, gaudy chandeliers, skinny mirrors and all the walls were covered in peach and teal floral wallpaper. HELLO 80's!


(This picture doesn't even do it justice. It was pretty bad...)

These next pictures are during the process. Our first job was to redo the ceilings to get rid of the popcorn ceilings. We also decided to paint out the trim in this room because we wanted the room to be bright and inviting.

We had to tape off all the windows, doors, floors and fixtures for the ceiling process. This project took SO long because we had a steep learning curve and it was all trial and error. So our front room and entryway looked like this for about a month:

This is the adjoining hallway -- with MORE wallpaper. JOY!

More "befores"

This was the entryway during this process -- doesn't this look inviting? :)

Our next job was to remove all that wallpaper. Wow, that is so not a fun job. But, we eventually got it down to the bare bones and we were able to start painting, installing the crown molding and baseboards. Once we got all that finished, it was the fun part -- bringing in the pretty.

Entryway progress now:

Living Room:

Before and After again:

I think our favorite thing about this room is that it is bright, sunny and cheerful. We spend a lot of time in here reading, playing guitar (Luke) and watching cars go by (Seth).