Cottage makeovers

Rearranged and deep cleaned the whole kitchen to this sign (which Mom gave me for my birthday) would be the first thing you see when you come in the kitchen door.

Hallway:

Yowza!

Kids room:

Voila! 

Lisa gave me some decorations after her wedding and I made this princess throne canopy for Darcy's bed. 

His and hers closets with a common area in between. 

Master Bedroom:

It's pink before and pink after, but believe me in person there is a big difference. 

Gallery before

Small gallery wall #1 after

Gallery wall before

Small gallery wall #2 after

The view from my bedroom window. I have a weird window that actually opens onto the porch, but the porch is basically all windows, so I still get natural light and a great view of my hydrangeas and the lake. Although you can't tell here, my window is freshly painted white! 

Playroom make-over

I used posters and framed photos to cover the damage on the walls in the playroom. it worked so well I was a bit shocked when I took everything down to paint, LOL! 

It took a few days to plaster and sand the cracks and holes and 2 days to paint.

I painted the celing on a Sunday when I had the use of Kevin's step ladder. The next day when I went to cut in around the top of the ways with my two-step ladder, I realized the celings are 9 feet!! On my tip-toes, arm fulling extended and holding the brush near the tip of the handle, I managed to do the trim. Luckily I have a steady hand! 

      Before and after. 

My mother-in-law had a gallon of light blue left after she painted her kitchen last summer and she gave it to me. The walls were already blue, so I didn't prime. I used the left over beige paint from Darcy's room to do the ceiling, baseboards and window sills. The window frames are slated to be stripped and varathaned this summer. I used leftover grey Tremclad from the clawfoot bathtub to do the heat grate. All I had to buy was the polyfilla! 

Heat grate. It had been painted silver by a previous owner, but was peeling badly. 

Before and after. Before: there was a weird band of white around the top if the walls. 

I painted the red bookshelf with dark blue paint left over from my dad's cottage...circa 2001...now that's good paint to stay good for 15 years!!

Finished room. 

Gallery wall.