Home Makeover: Before and After (Take Four)

You probably recall takes one, two, and three from the previous months. We have been working diligently on getting the house ready for Baby T as well as hosting our families in November for Thanksgiving. *Yep* that's right we will be housing 14 people in our 4-bedroom just months after I give birth and we adjust to being parents. Call me crazy, go ahead.

We continue to chip away at our list, pre baby and pre turkey day as often as we can, but it always helps when we have helpers. Insert Nana & Pops who flew up for 10 days of work (and some play: here and here).

The main areas of focus this trip included finishing the purple room, the upstairs foyer, the main basement, and landscape clean up. A rare treat, Ryan was able to help 4 days thanks to the mid-week holiday which makes the work go by much faster. Two hands are always better than one!

The boys get the major projects (i.e. painting, drilling, power washing) while the girls get the fun stuff (i.e. baby assembly, crafts, party prep).

Without further adieu, here is what we accomplished...

Upstairs Foyer:


      Before

      After

*missing Ryan's portrait that should be here next week!

Goodbye wallpaper, hello paint! We liked the yellow (and since the blue is on the lower level) so much that we decided to stick with it. Adding a mirror and corner nook to spice it up. We added the wedding canvases up the stairs: one of bride, one of groom (to go on right side), and one of the happy couple! Once the baby comes, we plan to add 3 canvases of him/her up the other stairway.

Purple Room:


     Before

     After

No more kiddie border or lime green :) This is the perfect guest room for girlfriends with all of the little purple touches. 

Basement:

     Before

     After

Toodles to the orange & green. Love me some "U" but not enough to have our basement painted those school colors. We chose neutral colors with a darker brown for the playhouse to make it an accent. The theme is "travel" so I whipped up a little Pinetrest craft with the map on a canvas idea along the stairwell. We also have some art work that needs to be hung to strengthen our theme.