One Year Later...

Well, one year and one day ago we moved into this home. (And yes, I was planning on posting this yesterday which would have been exactly one year ago but things don't always go according to plan when you have little girls, so this is a day late - sorry!)<br /><br />After living in our <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-house.html">townhouse</a> for five years we were quite excited to be moving to a house with a yard for the girls. We knew it was going to take a good bit of cosmetic work to get the house updated and feeling a bit more our style but we didn't mind that seeing we didn't need to move any walls and the house was well built and we loved the flow of it and LOVED the location! And we have loved this new house, I haven't loved all the hours I have spent painting it, haha, but we have loved raising our girls here this last year and have already had so many wonderful memories here. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycdIkT6a8-u8LjZUMgXpfUg94QR36AKQslxFXrIV8Duzmr9ITUSkp-OTO1W4gPyLs1YE63wdKY8T7i2rwAgHeGq722BeSXb5o_glKF0yDNPkoRuwwYNRzkxFXuTv7AUw_upo-ssaq79Ax/s1600/n_collageoneyear_TEXT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycdIkT6a8-u8LjZUMgXpfUg94QR36AKQslxFXrIV8Duzmr9ITUSkp-OTO1W4gPyLs1YE63wdKY8T7i2rwAgHeGq722BeSXb5o_glKF0yDNPkoRuwwYNRzkxFXuTv7AUw_upo-ssaq79Ax/s1600/n_collageoneyear_TEXT.jpg" /></a></div><br />First up is our dining room. We haven't put a ton of work into this room. We pretty much just painted the trim and then the walls and added the beadboard wallpaper to the lower half of the chair rail. Then we added in some furniture and changed out the chandelier (that was a bit of an adventure) and we eventually ended up using the chandelier from the before picture up in the girls playroom. Although we painted it bright pink before we hung it up there. =)<br /><br />I am still on the hunt for wallpaper for this room. I actually just ordered a bunch of samples last night so am hoping one of those will work. I have tried quite a few samples so far but am just a bit unsure of what I was to do and haven't loved any of them yet. Then I'd like to go with a different table (I built this one for our townhouse and never really intended for it to go in here) and then will probably move this one outside. I may try to build one or I may just continue keeping my eye out for one. I also am on the hunt for a hutch for the wall you can't see in these photos. Right now it's bare. I pretty much check Craigslist and our consignment shops pretty regularly but so far haven't found what I have in my head. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNkeM4Ze6eZbxnLC_0G0y4-qpUq6s2nypW5URxTZGQPa1PKGQsjq4MOsPYkbL0fdMOv27tM7ftH5kf1sCeIDhgyT7j5riCIezSBK6QJufb-q-NQXx_oB7mXaxwoSC8zqkzUiER-D6ao/s1600/wdining2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNkeM4Ze6eZbxnLC_0G0y4-qpUq6s2nypW5URxTZGQPa1PKGQsjq4MOsPYkbL0fdMOv27tM7ftH5kf1sCeIDhgyT7j5riCIezSBK6QJufb-q-NQXx_oB7mXaxwoSC8zqkzUiER-D6ao/s1600/wdining2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_eLmTZvHB4uAHOFRD0OJM82vV31tInsq_Jbpq8NUfNc9cxjDa0LcdU02piEjaoLdBl9sKlK2Oah7WpAZdpHn2XzgNwsCUqIBVGJgxQuqyEm4zyUSKtDdQhoz8DJn0d1TKH4TRe_XZk/s1600/wdining1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_eLmTZvHB4uAHOFRD0OJM82vV31tInsq_Jbpq8NUfNc9cxjDa0LcdU02piEjaoLdBl9sKlK2Oah7WpAZdpHn2XzgNwsCUqIBVGJgxQuqyEm4zyUSKtDdQhoz8DJn0d1TKH4TRe_XZk/s1600/wdining1.jpg" /></a></div>Full source list for the items shown here in our dining room can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/updated-dining-room.html">here</a> and you can find all dining room related posts <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/dining%20room">here</a>.  <br /><br />And here are the updates we've done in the den/study. This room required the least amount of work so far seeing how we have decided to keep the dark woodwork as is in here. I painted the walls a creamy color (they were a pale peach) and then just did some basic decorating in here using pretty much all things we already owned. I haven't put any effort really into this room yet but I am hoping to in August. I've got a couple of small projects ahead of it on my list (like making over our pantry and linen closet) and then I am hoping to tackle this. Even though I often ponder painting the woodwork I think we will keep it dark and try to make this more of a masculine looking room for Jon seeing how the rest of the house gets kind of taken over by us girls. I've been thinking about incorporating old family sports photos and some of Jon's basketball things. I don't want it to have a literal theme but just kind of a subtle feel. Or I may not do that at all, I'm not really sure. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoVtuQpT3uwndtIxPPLcOvIlPmx_DpD67wnvWY3SNyFoWfykuttI0fTi_LoV1Xxx7sDjUuD795PQiAxCJ4FfExX0en09VlT744DAESpTZHcVhboEA-3WAH1OSrdA0fmGuIsT6YEsrmAM/s1600/cDSC_3270.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoVtuQpT3uwndtIxPPLcOvIlPmx_DpD67wnvWY3SNyFoWfykuttI0fTi_LoV1Xxx7sDjUuD795PQiAxCJ4FfExX0en09VlT744DAESpTZHcVhboEA-3WAH1OSrdA0fmGuIsT6YEsrmAM/s1600/cDSC_3270.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoUuLRad1BLm1UYivtoSXoUqO3kqL-rg1sDxIGrsfvK2E5TXSqaJn8LVTQqK1-6EUmQXphx_nNALKMMhG16BPIkrfY83nwF_9zBoDtgxyk98Z0_4MQuaanMOlpnt5nseb6qJlWYpRdf4/s1600/cDSC_3284.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoUuLRad1BLm1UYivtoSXoUqO3kqL-rg1sDxIGrsfvK2E5TXSqaJn8LVTQqK1-6EUmQXphx_nNALKMMhG16BPIkrfY83nwF_9zBoDtgxyk98Z0_4MQuaanMOlpnt5nseb6qJlWYpRdf4/s1600/cDSC_3284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Full source list for the den can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-in-our-den.html">here</a> and all den related posts can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/study">here</a>.<br /><br />The room we've probably done the most work in is our kitchen. Pretty much the minute we moved in we started working on it by immediately replacing the appliances and removing the cabinets overhanging the peninsula. That completely opened the room up and made the kitchen feel considerably larger. Then we tackled the painting and had a hood custom built. That was the first phase. Then this spring once we had saved up for it we added the marble counters, farmhouse sink and the subway tile backsplash. Then we've made one more change in here. We removed the metal rolling cart island and I built a sideboard for under the oversized chalkboard. I just finished that last week though and although I finally got it photographed I haven't transferred the images onto my computer yet. Once I do though I will do a post on that and try to remember to update these photos.  I also just removed the flush mount drum shade that we put in the kitchen temporarily up to our bedroom. We are hoping to have a bunch of recessed lighting to added to the kitchen and family room that way there won't be anything competing with the beams (except the pendants over the peninsula of course).  The one on the family room side is still up though and will stay there until we actually have someone out to make the change to the recessed lighting for us. Oh and I'd like to eventually add different stools to the counter but that will probably be a little while down the road. I think my favorite part of the kitchen now is the farmhouse sink and the new faucet. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9PjKoDbWvB0xXIHEHYegY3uTKcF6mK0KRsOmPP7zfEalaP4dG-jrrMMGSxoww5-46E7PGpoqmlB64-W7PJ-D3PtVb1TH3luT0Ky0EqncyAZniyihXS-CMpPnM2F6eiF6OIrhWG6_vG6H/s1600/QBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9PjKoDbWvB0xXIHEHYegY3uTKcF6mK0KRsOmPP7zfEalaP4dG-jrrMMGSxoww5-46E7PGpoqmlB64-W7PJ-D3PtVb1TH3luT0Ky0EqncyAZniyihXS-CMpPnM2F6eiF6OIrhWG6_vG6H/s1600/QBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRji1eWfBoUFiFbtkVTr6yX8wS6r1GKh-ZWiX8JMk6rxrEM3JveKwDpdo5nPmzrSVlHj6ubEBFjRyjFTWuPh7em2n6MwakTc8snOQ6NcvmUd4rEqgp3gVrHjgJfy5Ww_CvHFv-SatveW9_/s1600/QBeforeandAfter6b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRji1eWfBoUFiFbtkVTr6yX8wS6r1GKh-ZWiX8JMk6rxrEM3JveKwDpdo5nPmzrSVlHj6ubEBFjRyjFTWuPh7em2n6MwakTc8snOQ6NcvmUd4rEqgp3gVrHjgJfy5Ww_CvHFv-SatveW9_/s1600/QBeforeandAfter6b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWtQFv1X1-QIonk4W0aL77_XlXHXSETJfXeuwHbJQlGn8smPBl0GuNjwRzTLkgbVDCy4saTsR1f-h3jHunwhC6ygjo0irrpbDqxVnPcYcnxYZtJCORN3wkt-NMoMb9sne-9epI9vRYggy/s1600/QQQwFamilyRoom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWtQFv1X1-QIonk4W0aL77_XlXHXSETJfXeuwHbJQlGn8smPBl0GuNjwRzTLkgbVDCy4saTsR1f-h3jHunwhC6ygjo0irrpbDqxVnPcYcnxYZtJCORN3wkt-NMoMb9sne-9epI9vRYggy/s1600/QQQwFamilyRoom1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHCHVPYiDplOOZl_JItvojnBTb96Xti90a5lrR4AajwAjEpn_mlU8HYwct_6lsKalXIxmBwfgxRNwABt77HhN_S1nrMng3VuQdFiC6sqyF4xD4lWy-SWLtXZIEanXQYxqR2ixXJWu7Pud/s1600/QQwFamilyRoom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHCHVPYiDplOOZl_JItvojnBTb96Xti90a5lrR4AajwAjEpn_mlU8HYwct_6lsKalXIxmBwfgxRNwABt77HhN_S1nrMng3VuQdFiC6sqyF4xD4lWy-SWLtXZIEanXQYxqR2ixXJWu7Pud/s1600/QQwFamilyRoom1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSp0HLnojCQJHDNv3ESAYecAoqtjWYiBr7kFH3qdzWBrF_ZBeu_5vq__VuoAsqfpXZ-AP6reqwV88QA8I9L6pI9QErngCSvAEUJmzIA9d3v1zZJQPSZXLnzkWCxgdfCiPMvfyViY1PqNh/s1600/jDSC_7979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSp0HLnojCQJHDNv3ESAYecAoqtjWYiBr7kFH3qdzWBrF_ZBeu_5vq__VuoAsqfpXZ-AP6reqwV88QA8I9L6pI9QErngCSvAEUJmzIA9d3v1zZJQPSZXLnzkWCxgdfCiPMvfyViY1PqNh/s1600/jDSC_7979.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And you can find a full source list for our kitchen <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a> all kitchen related posts <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/kitchen">here</a> .<br /><br />Our family room was pretty much just painting and then having fun decorating. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZMDOZ6z5Mqv_0-q2VMMOfb5dJtlILgbkZQSSiHstVYIxfC3BVvE26Lnh5OUIkjcNETWfVzSj7KqKxIPWdeRSbum94rrw4wwafpQ-r0LGSN2hXnAh-3lmeE3HHNJFoVMkd8xmQ2d1RQEt/s1600/wFamilyRoom2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZMDOZ6z5Mqv_0-q2VMMOfb5dJtlILgbkZQSSiHstVYIxfC3BVvE26Lnh5OUIkjcNETWfVzSj7KqKxIPWdeRSbum94rrw4wwafpQ-r0LGSN2hXnAh-3lmeE3HHNJFoVMkd8xmQ2d1RQEt/s1600/wFamilyRoom2.jpg" /></a></div>For a full source list for the items shown in these photos of our family room click <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/adding-some-spring-colors-in-our.html">here</a> or <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>. <br /><br />And then here is the powder room. This room required quite a bit of cosmetic work but we didn't change the footprint which helped keep the cost down. We got rid of the old wallpaper and then had this new paper put up. Then we replaced the toilet and mirror. We kept the existing vanity but added a new top and sink. Then we just spray painted the sconces for now. I plan on eventually replacing them but am not in any hurry. I still haven't hung any artwork in here. Hopefully I will get to that at some point very soon. It's starting to drive me crazy. =) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3TAmeT-r8i-hg7tleMnEZnhIQZAMFb_ZnHWil_zrKT3kkiX_D0TKEFHm0viI0TLamp-lh8FP8hkBd03KuREQKH2g1CldcVr4cBOM7TesGyVESMCtOFKAEoPfjyz3px19m6govzLB9cQ/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3TAmeT-r8i-hg7tleMnEZnhIQZAMFb_ZnHWil_zrKT3kkiX_D0TKEFHm0viI0TLamp-lh8FP8hkBd03KuREQKH2g1CldcVr4cBOM7TesGyVESMCtOFKAEoPfjyz3px19m6govzLB9cQ/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRdnDmp1P7QUJ0x6QOw5fFWRt64G0hPw3OnSD-jufRMFu1pqW6ZJHrpeVLAWlNQ6i4skfREyjoOmrEb_RBZ4tEE431jr7eqJCXk_wc0EKVFPe1SLlBpfw2ZPKdVErVtB9KMEXPX72BQA/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRdnDmp1P7QUJ0x6QOw5fFWRt64G0hPw3OnSD-jufRMFu1pqW6ZJHrpeVLAWlNQ6i4skfREyjoOmrEb_RBZ4tEE431jr7eqJCXk_wc0EKVFPe1SLlBpfw2ZPKdVErVtB9KMEXPX72BQA/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />A full source list for the powder room can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/progress-in-our-powder-room-before-and.html">here</a> and here. <br /><br />And then there is the entry way. I am not going to lie - I pretty much hated doing all the painting in here. The spindles and risers seemed endless... I mentioned it in the original post, but I felt like I didn't make the best choice for the stair runner. I don't think it was the best pattern to do on the stairs and I don't love it. However, it has grown on me and I have to admit I do like it more than I originally did. (There isn't anything wrong with the runner itself, I just think I would go with a different look if I could). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFi7D3PC1RNAMO7x85bX2Hbqe3jPjGKWOczrl-iDb8hOlUOC6tVVQJ6NHxFDAxjks3yG3v6yOOANpDB1pwVQ8X1sGk7oZex8GaEi_lCB_8yYqaWsFvwNUMkOhPK08vEyZEkgAb84VVnx4/s1600/whall1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFi7D3PC1RNAMO7x85bX2Hbqe3jPjGKWOczrl-iDb8hOlUOC6tVVQJ6NHxFDAxjks3yG3v6yOOANpDB1pwVQ8X1sGk7oZex8GaEi_lCB_8yYqaWsFvwNUMkOhPK08vEyZEkgAb84VVnx4/s1600/whall1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bfQKWLIgA0XHdxsMw_LcgiZDpmsapcm1jQRm10Vz4On4bL-w8HF0yJGXwuj4ZqOzIkvyIqPr63fVVNWsiBqvy9zq8r_Q78kkOa3fuwv1r1K5TNe4L-9dzf6OcgMEeGgD-_ijBXNx3pU/s1600/whall2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bfQKWLIgA0XHdxsMw_LcgiZDpmsapcm1jQRm10Vz4On4bL-w8HF0yJGXwuj4ZqOzIkvyIqPr63fVVNWsiBqvy9zq8r_Q78kkOa3fuwv1r1K5TNe4L-9dzf6OcgMEeGgD-_ijBXNx3pU/s1600/whall2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was how it looked with some garland for Christmas: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3geU0DZhWSm009DOgRss2KdUP7x_2ruA1BRF5Xk29sAED72MFW9m2ff88AfmEado_BBoHApkpOFxxuE3Ts1Rw1XJwtlrADeloHZp4-8ZkKnoZEsjE1S8MU-dhQis98k_tcCyBO3rsPGo/s1600/whall3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3geU0DZhWSm009DOgRss2KdUP7x_2ruA1BRF5Xk29sAED72MFW9m2ff88AfmEado_BBoHApkpOFxxuE3Ts1Rw1XJwtlrADeloHZp4-8ZkKnoZEsjE1S8MU-dhQis98k_tcCyBO3rsPGo/s1600/whall3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Full source list for the entry way can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-more-progress-on-entryway.html">here</a> and <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>.<br /><br />And here is the upstairs hall:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHr4PvEH-vp_J-9hS4CqlLxZcbueNgk_umueDiadkxBVxnPdhs-2XkvL2OGuRYS9DsFgt14hsrw8B9HBASgajUKGwfx1_kGv7kYv36Nz4C28Rgxt6i6ryBB-hjXS5FRQln18jByDTYz4/s1600/whall4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHr4PvEH-vp_J-9hS4CqlLxZcbueNgk_umueDiadkxBVxnPdhs-2XkvL2OGuRYS9DsFgt14hsrw8B9HBASgajUKGwfx1_kGv7kYv36Nz4C28Rgxt6i6ryBB-hjXS5FRQln18jByDTYz4/s1600/whall4.jpg" /></a></div> And here's a source list for what we've done so far in the upstairs hall <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/progress-in-upstairs-hallway.html">here</a>. We actually just added a piece of furniture this weekend to the part of the hall you can't see in any of these photos. I will hopefully take some photos of that and a few other changes we've added upstairs in the next week or so.<br /><br />And next we have our gray guest bedroom. This room is pretty close to being done.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPgA1OgxzGr3z30NO-rTX55thryTfPetV_omC9oSI_6KWtXBhEux-NrieOWsmksqkAmQs4qtbf-wjK3jVKfTjlC5YDlHckjtPVtqneSK1ueGQsl1AYFL9yCzHdOeRqWxpyhRQ7N5QJ3bR/s1600/kkmmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPgA1OgxzGr3z30NO-rTX55thryTfPetV_omC9oSI_6KWtXBhEux-NrieOWsmksqkAmQs4qtbf-wjK3jVKfTjlC5YDlHckjtPVtqneSK1ueGQsl1AYFL9yCzHdOeRqWxpyhRQ7N5QJ3bR/s1600/kkmmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMSDZgxxSj8riI8q1zO_7FG3Q2QoJ1WX-WaIjqOWGVcPnVY5S40hds9X5pfAj1AvGp3Cy2_8TxUwBD7ekxnI2KsXd3M70RrFms9Gp-UymxNGb-Lx0T4m4IkswCE7AeWnDxk4w7ACuSkdk/s1600/kmmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMSDZgxxSj8riI8q1zO_7FG3Q2QoJ1WX-WaIjqOWGVcPnVY5S40hds9X5pfAj1AvGp3Cy2_8TxUwBD7ekxnI2KsXd3M70RrFms9Gp-UymxNGb-Lx0T4m4IkswCE7AeWnDxk4w7ACuSkdk/s1600/kmmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqc37PuT1MTIah5CVQwwOROiKnsg-XwyMrAMlIIjJAfwKo5Zl943-nB1EZX68GADQAod3o_TQmW7WR7BfTpT3YfoJrMDRX3-J2sZIasUWTlk8wP8z48AcUX05KKntc24AxEpUlOU0wZ0CB/s1600/kmmmfDBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqc37PuT1MTIah5CVQwwOROiKnsg-XwyMrAMlIIjJAfwKo5Zl943-nB1EZX68GADQAod3o_TQmW7WR7BfTpT3YfoJrMDRX3-J2sZIasUWTlk8wP8z48AcUX05KKntc24AxEpUlOU0wZ0CB/s1600/kmmmfDBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A full source list and more details can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-gray-guest-bedroom-and-full-source.html">here</a> and <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>. <br /><br />And next we have our other guest bedroom that also functions sort of as an office. I've played around quite a bit in here with some accent colors for pillows (did <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-guest-bedroom.html">gray</a> and also tried <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-little-red-in-our-guest-room.html">red</a> at Christmas) then <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-more-progress-in-guest-bedroom.html">pink at Valentine's</a> (those are now in our playroom) and some <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/tan-in-guest-bedroomoffice-and-as-for.html">tan</a> but those are now in our den. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlI6TMX4VCtoBRnNb74onecvVqV98zeLXhlEFZvaqWVtgoqtZ80vvrjleimxzQn5SFHlmcKebQi3U635OUaiFpsRADZNDbBcND4H99sDK9SofYxjkqHQ_pRMyOnoKq3gtvYMweC_lalKo/s1600/ofoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlI6TMX4VCtoBRnNb74onecvVqV98zeLXhlEFZvaqWVtgoqtZ80vvrjleimxzQn5SFHlmcKebQi3U635OUaiFpsRADZNDbBcND4H99sDK9SofYxjkqHQ_pRMyOnoKq3gtvYMweC_lalKo/s1600/ofoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div>A full source list for this room can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/tan-in-guest-bedroomoffice-and-as-for.html">here.</a> <br /><br />And then here is Lillie and Lola's room. We did their room right after we move in. I still have a couple more projects I plan on doing in here including doing some kind of upholstered headboard (I've considered several things including kind of making a slipcover for their current headboards) and adding a bench or trunk to the end of their beds. I actually moved the rug into the playroom a couple of days ago and added some buffalo check quilts to the ends of their beds. (If you've been reading most of this text in this post you can see I was doing quite a bit of switching things around this last week or so. I had planned on taking a bunch of new photos for this post but it was a bit of a rough week with some sick kiddos so that went out the window. Hopefully I will get some photos taken soon though). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W26MUkMq_TsL8KEjN64rc-W89qLd74mTcGum1hacUOCOfu-XbG7Ku2B5c_aukVwidb0g6JvBWBc02y7z0rdAvd5qBtxJ4nJTDXilE5zMrroSyUlKjOafTZaJsvGVMIvm2ISnW7bmkDo/s1600/jbeforeafter2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W26MUkMq_TsL8KEjN64rc-W89qLd74mTcGum1hacUOCOfu-XbG7Ku2B5c_aukVwidb0g6JvBWBc02y7z0rdAvd5qBtxJ4nJTDXilE5zMrroSyUlKjOafTZaJsvGVMIvm2ISnW7bmkDo/s1600/jbeforeafter2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvU_O15vY5Tys2fjbZOMku1_mFji_BEntqdQhyphenhyphenJlmZhzrF1vpvJKf6yPHodSRuln2neDM5q58v26pysAZ3iqLNJuCmAk2-Got-KWT9Lpsk3RmQOPENg0k4jyU1zI4Q8N9b6wzeETXlQY/s1600/xgirlsroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvU_O15vY5Tys2fjbZOMku1_mFji_BEntqdQhyphenhyphenJlmZhzrF1vpvJKf6yPHodSRuln2neDM5q58v26pysAZ3iqLNJuCmAk2-Got-KWT9Lpsk3RmQOPENg0k4jyU1zI4Q8N9b6wzeETXlQY/s1600/xgirlsroom.jpg" /></a></div>A full source list with lots more photos and details can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/lillie-and-lolas-new-room-not-quite.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />And here is our master bedroom. We just recently finished this. Well, it's not completely finished, but it's getting there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ipl3ZLOC58MtNZ5FcjJK6B8_MmItQtdG9UdTVuTaDZConNHvx632hAwJk0RVwFGZgjPKVxGbZR64EUROZsc1pa8Zfzbxq-oxzPP8iMaKGRfdzL8R1RmTJves1N0-WfozM-QwmV0qnMH8/s1600/mofoBeforeAFter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ipl3ZLOC58MtNZ5FcjJK6B8_MmItQtdG9UdTVuTaDZConNHvx632hAwJk0RVwFGZgjPKVxGbZR64EUROZsc1pa8Zfzbxq-oxzPP8iMaKGRfdzL8R1RmTJves1N0-WfozM-QwmV0qnMH8/s1600/mofoBeforeAFter2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEaW7am4QlTf3ycNJViXomGPx7QXLgvWJx08ON53q-EwijR05oJ5S0K5ABzzs5GIAUu-X3piAVr9PSE5rnOgMYQcjbDAzi1hNvRmUXLApVE6L0O-ptoShB42bma1-9yI9cJT1KzDD8qYJ/s1600/mofoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEaW7am4QlTf3ycNJViXomGPx7QXLgvWJx08ON53q-EwijR05oJ5S0K5ABzzs5GIAUu-X3piAVr9PSE5rnOgMYQcjbDAzi1hNvRmUXLApVE6L0O-ptoShB42bma1-9yI9cJT1KzDD8qYJ/s1600/mofoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div>More details about what we've done in there and a source list for what we've done so far can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-almost-finished-master-bedroom-with.html">here.</a> <br /><br />And here is the progress we've made in our upstairs hall bathroom so far. I still haven't found any mirrors although I have been searching! Once I find the correct mirrors (right now we are using one that we had in our attic but I'd really like to bring this up to Jason's and use two mirrors in here - one over each sink) then I will add some artwork to the walls which will help keep the wallpaper from feeling so busy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2M3J85oWWbVQZ4uPwIbT3E8hG-mZ_Kn8QPWs7DFrd4jtRFmRqezucXeAEx5eIUWVMMagT327V6MLgYWoPy8rPWbOlKc3U42BMqvYu_tMUh-nQg2ZO0KQQstGS31bADkFeS3aRogZllDP/s1600/HHiBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2M3J85oWWbVQZ4uPwIbT3E8hG-mZ_Kn8QPWs7DFrd4jtRFmRqezucXeAEx5eIUWVMMagT327V6MLgYWoPy8rPWbOlKc3U42BMqvYu_tMUh-nQg2ZO0KQQstGS31bADkFeS3aRogZllDP/s1600/HHiBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVc61dokp_OmWDCROKhMqYUA8h8GaOYkAgjVwYm98pJ4fpyNyTDkNADRz4O7FQiuhzWGZbnWuhELRJmun6V_We60PR0jRIiOQeo_0zJtkMCOTQn-4YZb-XGYRHmGo8rtoByXSgVxf0ovNp/s1600/hiBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVc61dokp_OmWDCROKhMqYUA8h8GaOYkAgjVwYm98pJ4fpyNyTDkNADRz4O7FQiuhzWGZbnWuhELRJmun6V_We60PR0jRIiOQeo_0zJtkMCOTQn-4YZb-XGYRHmGo8rtoByXSgVxf0ovNp/s1600/hiBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>More details and a source list for what we've done so far can be found <a href="http://here./">here</a><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/guest-bathroom-before-and-afters-almost.html">.</a><br /><br /><br />And then here are the quick and inexpensive updates we did in laundry room until someday when we do a proper makeover in here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndDGD-O2fJnq9OGQfLq2pIGNE36fqmH1BGBJ44M11lqBMITKItKNQ74pEh5lQDSC7ehy2hU4LGoyAByHLYexvHas2G3Cju_2170pFmv5Acuwk5B1mX9JWdnsuf54vyhIUE5gF4Lqj-pg/s1600/xlaundryroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndDGD-O2fJnq9OGQfLq2pIGNE36fqmH1BGBJ44M11lqBMITKItKNQ74pEh5lQDSC7ehy2hU4LGoyAByHLYexvHas2G3Cju_2170pFmv5Acuwk5B1mX9JWdnsuf54vyhIUE5gF4Lqj-pg/s1600/xlaundryroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You can read a little about those updates <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/entryway-laundry-room-back-hall-and.html">here</a>.<br /><br />And then here is our playroom. Although this was not the look I was originally going for in here (the girls helped make most of the design decisions) I have to say despite the fact that I don't like pink nearly as much as they do, this has turned into one of my favorite rooms and we spend so much time in here reading, coloring, doing puzzles, putting on "performances", playing kitchen and dolls and horses...and well pretty much everything you can imagine that a 3 and 5 year old girl likes to do. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-9oFC36eDopKEZxqKP2u1wY6kJHcApUr0mEcIT27uMwTrt-lBnsEEP3p4HDsFX9SwBzrdfgC3G-lngIUNc2ojgFwowYUYB73LnFZNSitbyDWQot5n4ghL8ldFfcB8PqpBA1366SqY_cc/s1600/BeforeAfter1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-9oFC36eDopKEZxqKP2u1wY6kJHcApUr0mEcIT27uMwTrt-lBnsEEP3p4HDsFX9SwBzrdfgC3G-lngIUNc2ojgFwowYUYB73LnFZNSitbyDWQot5n4ghL8ldFfcB8PqpBA1366SqY_cc/s1600/BeforeAfter1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnBKnXb1CmNgIcZFuTqOFXSVT7i0zXDmVz501wWKNa8ceQ2dDqlsCC6mxIluDjL7D2H4UBzVW0MP1wlZp_z0FrvHmpxyHEJoW3ARGjmqdqk82oktX6Zz7xSl99RdaioDxr0sKqmcJOSCU/s1600/BeforeAfter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnBKnXb1CmNgIcZFuTqOFXSVT7i0zXDmVz501wWKNa8ceQ2dDqlsCC6mxIluDjL7D2H4UBzVW0MP1wlZp_z0FrvHmpxyHEJoW3ARGjmqdqk82oktX6Zz7xSl99RdaioDxr0sKqmcJOSCU/s1600/BeforeAfter2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjoX-eFbg5rH0LN5BX4bjcuaUFy8nP-ztcYB3m5jjmaDvf8yiKT6FxHHBLhC2aTk0lyMcS6RkA40C5p3FwmFyctRdPEWExjrc6zMRF_Z7nlK4QbsLaaMe8FGpDJ3ANT6i6be7lthu-QjE/s1600/BeforeAfter4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjoX-eFbg5rH0LN5BX4bjcuaUFy8nP-ztcYB3m5jjmaDvf8yiKT6FxHHBLhC2aTk0lyMcS6RkA40C5p3FwmFyctRdPEWExjrc6zMRF_Z7nlK4QbsLaaMe8FGpDJ3ANT6i6be7lthu-QjE/s1600/BeforeAfter4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> And then we have our porch: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCtWLGyBnVv0jb_2kKx5DXA7VXzhtNoqCcEUsJ4O9uiBiS5USYwpXme9K3ea359tKkOTLYT5581g9eEH0tXbZc4-bc9gs3Dtjz35cfqP0N38BVExwF8Adkah7nBUApc3ARZWUfnGXlsmp/s1600/aDSC_7180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCtWLGyBnVv0jb_2kKx5DXA7VXzhtNoqCcEUsJ4O9uiBiS5USYwpXme9K3ea359tKkOTLYT5581g9eEH0tXbZc4-bc9gs3Dtjz35cfqP0N38BVExwF8Adkah7nBUApc3ARZWUfnGXlsmp/s1600/aDSC_7180.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TC9JUM1a6QnZ11H3jA8SpiOspQNwgzQkto7QRgthwOTineRPoO8SBP5hLDiCoCfwOyHhL3bxrsLtAc-WgBtIVE7mDapH_PpsukxsQSnzbBxSHKutxtnbWlakSWVY1HPKh4MdXGn02L1O/s1600/aDSC_7189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TC9JUM1a6QnZ11H3jA8SpiOspQNwgzQkto7QRgthwOTineRPoO8SBP5hLDiCoCfwOyHhL3bxrsLtAc-WgBtIVE7mDapH_PpsukxsQSnzbBxSHKutxtnbWlakSWVY1HPKh4MdXGn02L1O/s1600/aDSC_7189.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You can read more about our porch <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/our-spring-porch.html">here.</a><br /><br />And well that pretty much covers everything except our master bathroom. It's the one room we haven't touched. We plan on having it completely gutted and so we are still saving up for that. I have to say I am so relieved to have the majority of the painting behind me! I am not going to lie - I hated doing the painting but I am so glad we did because I think it really helped lighten the house up and make it feel so much more updated. And now I can focus on more of the fun decorating type things I love doing. I'm excited to show you the sideboard in the kitchen and some other projects we've been working on. But I think this is more than a long enough post. Ha! So I'll sign off for now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACv69R60TDo8welSdbc4HpTxHkIBO0XRhKic9FZ-YmkgtRCj1LjD5Jk1QV_NE-zxjnSPGBYV5miumK-nugvntVa5Lg4Hdq4YlMA-ryQcLE2Oo_uniPItvY2WCQZqC-tLyuOHaunVwW2I/s1600/sig.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACv69R60TDo8welSdbc4HpTxHkIBO0XRhKic9FZ-YmkgtRCj1LjD5Jk1QV_NE-zxjnSPGBYV5miumK-nugvntVa5Lg4Hdq4YlMA-ryQcLE2Oo_uniPItvY2WCQZqC-tLyuOHaunVwW2I/s1600/sig.png" /></a><br /><br />

One Year Later...

Well, one year and one day ago we moved into this home. (And yes, I was planning on posting this yesterday which would have been exactly one...

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A Little Tour Through All the Befores and Afters So Far

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPabVoLaqmpyUGrpA_MYCJNzooVQIn0aQwXKfQ3p0JrZtBxQlPRP6PDI5PD_LkLOEjtA40aN3f79xpFB1j_x6nBpricCLYBFHwRGuyHS1qagkMb7vSPk6hlp-ddRqCysDpNxo6vS0oNc8/s1600/xxmDSC_4623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPabVoLaqmpyUGrpA_MYCJNzooVQIn0aQwXKfQ3p0JrZtBxQlPRP6PDI5PD_LkLOEjtA40aN3f79xpFB1j_x6nBpricCLYBFHwRGuyHS1qagkMb7vSPk6hlp-ddRqCysDpNxo6vS0oNc8/s1600/xxmDSC_4623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We've been busy working away and have made quite a bit of progress in the playroom (I am officially done painting in there - Hallelujah!) and the wallpaper is going up today. We also now have our bed and rug and I'm working on nightstands in our master bedroom. I finally got a desk and am working on the little office area of our guest bedroom and I think I've finally decided on a wallpaper for the upstairs bathroom (well, I keep changing my mind but for the moment I think I have decided) and possibly the dining room as well so while I am finishing up those things I thought we would do a little tour through the house and show some "befores" and "afters" of each room (well, technically we aren't done with any of the spaces so they are more like "during" than "afters").<br /><br />The first week we moved in we tackled this open space that contains the kitchen and family room.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU9Yu-G_uTtrLGA58PqRLBgE_CBYmDAcmlMlJs3L8oFOZS4HKF9tfzbhxvTmJiQzQ8RDuz5atYbukHwB5yJZyabyEa0BCgK4NzO2tskwoWRGg0w3uZAiYkRbZXmcfeKLiVwgEikJaaEE/s1600/wFamilyRoom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU9Yu-G_uTtrLGA58PqRLBgE_CBYmDAcmlMlJs3L8oFOZS4HKF9tfzbhxvTmJiQzQ8RDuz5atYbukHwB5yJZyabyEa0BCgK4NzO2tskwoWRGg0w3uZAiYkRbZXmcfeKLiVwgEikJaaEE/s1600/wFamilyRoom1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> We kept our cost down on this project by just painting the cabinets and getting new appliances. We held off on replacing the counters and sink last summer but we are finally ready for that! Yay! I am so excited. I got our farmhouse sink and faucet ordered earlier this week and we are hoping to have that installed along with our new counters in the next month. I am still deciding on the backsplash... I will do a more lengthy post with those details in the future. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GHGyQNxMSRWdlcjst6J78UvXNNKWN8QOq13uX_s0q_GiTGEWD8V8vGKBfTeOrvMhHm3YmG0p9atzr2PgM8A9v4JSWQcwlwLmyGM8XpP4e-58o43UxUJtX3RFEBuMlYkLFWVuB6vhvYc/s1600/wkitchen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GHGyQNxMSRWdlcjst6J78UvXNNKWN8QOq13uX_s0q_GiTGEWD8V8vGKBfTeOrvMhHm3YmG0p9atzr2PgM8A9v4JSWQcwlwLmyGM8XpP4e-58o43UxUJtX3RFEBuMlYkLFWVuB6vhvYc/s1600/wkitchen1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-t1ft81mDq2SVx7dJ60rHAp5DO193cJhX6Qm4d9Ggxr_vIlls00qYyfPMF7-dgwldvpEUpKcqZjNnxXLlVJtuZ9DySBqBnMMnR5LWQpGFljJuRWdYhwTEtRJqVju58WCrk7Rw_ea-wgs/s1600/wFamilyRoom2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-t1ft81mDq2SVx7dJ60rHAp5DO193cJhX6Qm4d9Ggxr_vIlls00qYyfPMF7-dgwldvpEUpKcqZjNnxXLlVJtuZ9DySBqBnMMnR5LWQpGFljJuRWdYhwTEtRJqVju58WCrk7Rw_ea-wgs/s1600/wFamilyRoom2.jpg" /></a></div><br />For a full source list for the items shown in these photos of our family room click <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/adding-some-spring-colors-in-our.html">here</a> or <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>. And you can find all kitchen related posts <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/kitchen">here</a> and family room related posts <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/family%20room">here</a>. <br /><br />Now onto the dining room. Besides paint and changing out the light fixture this room didn't need as much work. I am still on the hunt for a hutch for the wall you don't see in these pictures and I'd like to wallpaper the upper half of the walls and change out the table eventually but here's what we've done so far:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNkeM4Ze6eZbxnLC_0G0y4-qpUq6s2nypW5URxTZGQPa1PKGQsjq4MOsPYkbL0fdMOv27tM7ftH5kf1sCeIDhgyT7j5riCIezSBK6QJufb-q-NQXx_oB7mXaxwoSC8zqkzUiER-D6ao/s1600/wdining2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNkeM4Ze6eZbxnLC_0G0y4-qpUq6s2nypW5URxTZGQPa1PKGQsjq4MOsPYkbL0fdMOv27tM7ftH5kf1sCeIDhgyT7j5riCIezSBK6QJufb-q-NQXx_oB7mXaxwoSC8zqkzUiER-D6ao/s1600/wdining2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_eLmTZvHB4uAHOFRD0OJM82vV31tInsq_Jbpq8NUfNc9cxjDa0LcdU02piEjaoLdBl9sKlK2Oah7WpAZdpHn2XzgNwsCUqIBVGJgxQuqyEm4zyUSKtDdQhoz8DJn0d1TKH4TRe_XZk/s1600/wdining1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y_eLmTZvHB4uAHOFRD0OJM82vV31tInsq_Jbpq8NUfNc9cxjDa0LcdU02piEjaoLdBl9sKlK2Oah7WpAZdpHn2XzgNwsCUqIBVGJgxQuqyEm4zyUSKtDdQhoz8DJn0d1TKH4TRe_XZk/s1600/wdining1.jpg" /></a></div><br />Full source list for the items shown here in our dining room can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/updated-dining-room.html">here</a> and you can find all dining room related posts <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/dining%20room">here</a>.  <br /><br />And here are the updates we've done in the den/study. This room required the least amount of work so far seeing how we have decided to keep the dark woodwork as is in here. I painted the walls a creamy color (they were a pale peach) and then just did some basic decorating in here using pretty much all things we already owned. Eventually I would like to put quite a bit more effort into this room and make it more masculine for Jon. We've talked about possibly moving a TV in here and I've been considering doing kind of a vintage sports theme but at this point we aren't in any hurry seeing how we have plenty of other projects ahead of this room on the list. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoVtuQpT3uwndtIxPPLcOvIlPmx_DpD67wnvWY3SNyFoWfykuttI0fTi_LoV1Xxx7sDjUuD795PQiAxCJ4FfExX0en09VlT744DAESpTZHcVhboEA-3WAH1OSrdA0fmGuIsT6YEsrmAM/s1600/cDSC_3270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoVtuQpT3uwndtIxPPLcOvIlPmx_DpD67wnvWY3SNyFoWfykuttI0fTi_LoV1Xxx7sDjUuD795PQiAxCJ4FfExX0en09VlT744DAESpTZHcVhboEA-3WAH1OSrdA0fmGuIsT6YEsrmAM/s1600/cDSC_3270.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoUuLRad1BLm1UYivtoSXoUqO3kqL-rg1sDxIGrsfvK2E5TXSqaJn8LVTQqK1-6EUmQXphx_nNALKMMhG16BPIkrfY83nwF_9zBoDtgxyk98Z0_4MQuaanMOlpnt5nseb6qJlWYpRdf4/s1600/cDSC_3284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoUuLRad1BLm1UYivtoSXoUqO3kqL-rg1sDxIGrsfvK2E5TXSqaJn8LVTQqK1-6EUmQXphx_nNALKMMhG16BPIkrfY83nwF_9zBoDtgxyk98Z0_4MQuaanMOlpnt5nseb6qJlWYpRdf4/s1600/cDSC_3284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Full source list for the den can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-in-our-den.html">here</a> and all den related posts can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/search/label/study">here</a>.<br /><br />And then here is the powder room. I still haven't hung any artwork in here. Hopefully I will get to that at some point soon. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3TAmeT-r8i-hg7tleMnEZnhIQZAMFb_ZnHWil_zrKT3kkiX_D0TKEFHm0viI0TLamp-lh8FP8hkBd03KuREQKH2g1CldcVr4cBOM7TesGyVESMCtOFKAEoPfjyz3px19m6govzLB9cQ/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3TAmeT-r8i-hg7tleMnEZnhIQZAMFb_ZnHWil_zrKT3kkiX_D0TKEFHm0viI0TLamp-lh8FP8hkBd03KuREQKH2g1CldcVr4cBOM7TesGyVESMCtOFKAEoPfjyz3px19m6govzLB9cQ/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRdnDmp1P7QUJ0x6QOw5fFWRt64G0hPw3OnSD-jufRMFu1pqW6ZJHrpeVLAWlNQ6i4skfREyjoOmrEb_RBZ4tEE431jr7eqJCXk_wc0EKVFPe1SLlBpfw2ZPKdVErVtB9KMEXPX72BQA/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRdnDmp1P7QUJ0x6QOw5fFWRt64G0hPw3OnSD-jufRMFu1pqW6ZJHrpeVLAWlNQ6i4skfREyjoOmrEb_RBZ4tEE431jr7eqJCXk_wc0EKVFPe1SLlBpfw2ZPKdVErVtB9KMEXPX72BQA/s1600/iBeforeAfterPowderRoom2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />A full source list for the powder room can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/progress-in-our-powder-room-before-and.html">here</a> and here. <br /><br />And then there is the entry way. I am not going to lie - I pretty much hated doing all the painting in here. The spindles and risers seemed endless...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFi7D3PC1RNAMO7x85bX2Hbqe3jPjGKWOczrl-iDb8hOlUOC6tVVQJ6NHxFDAxjks3yG3v6yOOANpDB1pwVQ8X1sGk7oZex8GaEi_lCB_8yYqaWsFvwNUMkOhPK08vEyZEkgAb84VVnx4/s1600/whall1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFi7D3PC1RNAMO7x85bX2Hbqe3jPjGKWOczrl-iDb8hOlUOC6tVVQJ6NHxFDAxjks3yG3v6yOOANpDB1pwVQ8X1sGk7oZex8GaEi_lCB_8yYqaWsFvwNUMkOhPK08vEyZEkgAb84VVnx4/s1600/whall1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bfQKWLIgA0XHdxsMw_LcgiZDpmsapcm1jQRm10Vz4On4bL-w8HF0yJGXwuj4ZqOzIkvyIqPr63fVVNWsiBqvy9zq8r_Q78kkOa3fuwv1r1K5TNe4L-9dzf6OcgMEeGgD-_ijBXNx3pU/s1600/whall2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bfQKWLIgA0XHdxsMw_LcgiZDpmsapcm1jQRm10Vz4On4bL-w8HF0yJGXwuj4ZqOzIkvyIqPr63fVVNWsiBqvy9zq8r_Q78kkOa3fuwv1r1K5TNe4L-9dzf6OcgMEeGgD-_ijBXNx3pU/s1600/whall2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was how it looked with some garland for Christmas: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3geU0DZhWSm009DOgRss2KdUP7x_2ruA1BRF5Xk29sAED72MFW9m2ff88AfmEado_BBoHApkpOFxxuE3Ts1Rw1XJwtlrADeloHZp4-8ZkKnoZEsjE1S8MU-dhQis98k_tcCyBO3rsPGo/s1600/whall3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3geU0DZhWSm009DOgRss2KdUP7x_2ruA1BRF5Xk29sAED72MFW9m2ff88AfmEado_BBoHApkpOFxxuE3Ts1Rw1XJwtlrADeloHZp4-8ZkKnoZEsjE1S8MU-dhQis98k_tcCyBO3rsPGo/s1600/whall3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Full source list for the entry way can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-more-progress-on-entryway.html">here</a> and <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>.<br /><br />And the upstairs hall:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHr4PvEH-vp_J-9hS4CqlLxZcbueNgk_umueDiadkxBVxnPdhs-2XkvL2OGuRYS9DsFgt14hsrw8B9HBASgajUKGwfx1_kGv7kYv36Nz4C28Rgxt6i6ryBB-hjXS5FRQln18jByDTYz4/s1600/whall4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHr4PvEH-vp_J-9hS4CqlLxZcbueNgk_umueDiadkxBVxnPdhs-2XkvL2OGuRYS9DsFgt14hsrw8B9HBASgajUKGwfx1_kGv7kYv36Nz4C28Rgxt6i6ryBB-hjXS5FRQln18jByDTYz4/s1600/whall4.jpg" /></a></div> And here's a source list for what we've done so far in the upstairs hall <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/progress-in-upstairs-hallway.html">here</a>. <br /><br />And next we have our gray guest bedroom. This room is pretty close to being done. I need to hang some artwork and add a rug and possibly a bench to the end of the bed but other than that this room is pretty close to being finished.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzrdUBtzyNn3-Fo61coPIG9eMLNOFCL7km-zI_9NQsCq-Iz4xcTtJKQhJYQgV29PjTS52Gw0X1G4H8rvU_7DLNMVi0yyJLBDx7yrVFCnmS3Os6dOdH8uGYwz-BqPHm4UDOqbDLX4lm3I/s1600/mmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzrdUBtzyNn3-Fo61coPIG9eMLNOFCL7km-zI_9NQsCq-Iz4xcTtJKQhJYQgV29PjTS52Gw0X1G4H8rvU_7DLNMVi0yyJLBDx7yrVFCnmS3Os6dOdH8uGYwz-BqPHm4UDOqbDLX4lm3I/s1600/mmfoBeforeAFter.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fHeULT3iAHPiPp5gtpOG5JQltie9G4WwDp8dKHdqqB8TvwDRE0oZ07cVsc12Nq3gsg-IvRBcKcGQEf1rlDxCGzZfMFe8UVj7vrakXNggPe3pC31rv57zGlu0bBIsoEOFJlVqIYUS4AM/s1600/mmfDBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fHeULT3iAHPiPp5gtpOG5JQltie9G4WwDp8dKHdqqB8TvwDRE0oZ07cVsc12Nq3gsg-IvRBcKcGQEf1rlDxCGzZfMFe8UVj7vrakXNggPe3pC31rv57zGlu0bBIsoEOFJlVqIYUS4AM/s1600/mmfDBeforeandAfter5b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mWTV0cf_-t9fzAZtrJZiE23znmjUdpvapTXn6zbnr645AjicZZOgdqQ5qW8jV65BldFj3xcjtvfl3kOpFV-KCywzn-YGPoCD9CcKULWSGeNEo6EkPgKZVbu_zbMI6BRXUZD-1LSMOXA/s1600/mDSC_3662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mWTV0cf_-t9fzAZtrJZiE23znmjUdpvapTXn6zbnr645AjicZZOgdqQ5qW8jV65BldFj3xcjtvfl3kOpFV-KCywzn-YGPoCD9CcKULWSGeNEo6EkPgKZVbu_zbMI6BRXUZD-1LSMOXA/s1600/mDSC_3662.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A full source list and more details can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-gray-guest-bedroom-and-full-source.html">here</a> and <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/p/our-home.html">here</a>. <br /><br />And next we have our other guest bedroom that also is going to start functioning as an office. I've played around quite a bit in here with some accent colors for pillows (did <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-guest-bedroom.html">gray</a> and also tried <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-little-red-in-our-guest-room.html">red</a> at Christmas) then <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-more-progress-in-guest-bedroom.html">pink at Valentine's</a> (those are now in our playroom) and some tan (those are in the photos below) but those are now in our den. I finally got a desk this past weekend and put it together Monday so as soon as I hang some pictures and find a chair I will rephotograph that room with the updates that include some black and white accents. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDtepVEiR1n1Givm1NYITAnuQXO6m-zwBxO0S71xP6472cHTnELv9TxRXDc_jECUMMut3sdcpRfLGWyDF-dgYgMZJwd67MEVDhW6ayP4aDfR7j4vpoV352Od65j3c-IIx2gf5vJREuiU/s1600/xguestroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDtepVEiR1n1Givm1NYITAnuQXO6m-zwBxO0S71xP6472cHTnELv9TxRXDc_jECUMMut3sdcpRfLGWyDF-dgYgMZJwd67MEVDhW6ayP4aDfR7j4vpoV352Od65j3c-IIx2gf5vJREuiU/s1600/xguestroom.jpg" /></a></div>A full source list can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/tan-in-guest-bedroomoffice-and-as-for.html">here.</a> <br /><br />Here it is with the bright pink pillows (that we have now moved to the playroom)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z6h6bYAvoo4rH_k67I5Uc1kVnGwSQAkUycFpiNKe1tBE1T2mCvhMnKIejanyhe91vitzW_zTQyvguBu213rJJgOfyfQV2OQDY2FiSuudeq8G4T2Gs3p7160ufG1EW7YutooHiGAo9TA/s1600/iDSC_3789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z6h6bYAvoo4rH_k67I5Uc1kVnGwSQAkUycFpiNKe1tBE1T2mCvhMnKIejanyhe91vitzW_zTQyvguBu213rJJgOfyfQV2OQDY2FiSuudeq8G4T2Gs3p7160ufG1EW7YutooHiGAo9TA/s1600/iDSC_3789.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A full source list can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-little-more-progress-in-guest-bedroom.html">here. </a><br /><br />And then here is Lillie and Lola's room. We did their room right after we move in. I still have a couple more projects I plan on doing in here including doing some kind of upholstered headboard (I've considered several things including kind of making a slipcover for their current headboards) and making benches for the ends of their beds.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W26MUkMq_TsL8KEjN64rc-W89qLd74mTcGum1hacUOCOfu-XbG7Ku2B5c_aukVwidb0g6JvBWBc02y7z0rdAvd5qBtxJ4nJTDXilE5zMrroSyUlKjOafTZaJsvGVMIvm2ISnW7bmkDo/s1600/jbeforeafter2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1W26MUkMq_TsL8KEjN64rc-W89qLd74mTcGum1hacUOCOfu-XbG7Ku2B5c_aukVwidb0g6JvBWBc02y7z0rdAvd5qBtxJ4nJTDXilE5zMrroSyUlKjOafTZaJsvGVMIvm2ISnW7bmkDo/s1600/jbeforeafter2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvU_O15vY5Tys2fjbZOMku1_mFji_BEntqdQhyphenhyphenJlmZhzrF1vpvJKf6yPHodSRuln2neDM5q58v26pysAZ3iqLNJuCmAk2-Got-KWT9Lpsk3RmQOPENg0k4jyU1zI4Q8N9b6wzeETXlQY/s1600/xgirlsroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvU_O15vY5Tys2fjbZOMku1_mFji_BEntqdQhyphenhyphenJlmZhzrF1vpvJKf6yPHodSRuln2neDM5q58v26pysAZ3iqLNJuCmAk2-Got-KWT9Lpsk3RmQOPENg0k4jyU1zI4Q8N9b6wzeETXlQY/s1600/xgirlsroom.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>A full source list with lots more photos and details can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/lillie-and-lolas-new-room-not-quite.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Those are all of the spaces we've made a good bit of progress in.  Now here are some of the spaces we've started on but aren't as far along in. (Although a few of these rooms we've been making quite a bit of progress in this week so should have more to share very soon!) <br /><br />First here is the one wall in our master bedroom that we've gotten done.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTbGqhCA9s-Stt7MJ8sg807O_1yNsgyKGYowenaPZ7pHqHRPPAzR7-J0a-Zv3RE5mqYAPqEVfWmelXPG-ssHr4CL1gdETQXL4zL9eRJDmAinLWHv4tcGPxBqzphg9HzXGw728fbSgk3w/s1600/xmaster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTbGqhCA9s-Stt7MJ8sg807O_1yNsgyKGYowenaPZ7pHqHRPPAzR7-J0a-Zv3RE5mqYAPqEVfWmelXPG-ssHr4CL1gdETQXL4zL9eRJDmAinLWHv4tcGPxBqzphg9HzXGw728fbSgk3w/s1600/xmaster.jpg" /></a></div>We slept with our mattresses on the floor for several months but as of last week we finally have a bed in there and we moved the rug that was in our family room of our last house in here - yay! I showed a little peek of our new bed on <a href="http://instagram.com/dearlillie#">instagram</a> last night. Next on the list I need to start working on making over some nightstands which I am hoping to have a tutorial for - but we shall see how they actually turn out first - haha! <br /><br />More details about what we've done in there and a source list for what we've done so far can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/soft-surroundings-dresser-and-one.html">here</a>. <br /><br />And here is the progress we've made in our upstairs hall bathroom so far. I still haven't found any mirrors although I have been searching! And I keep changing my mind on the wallpaper. I think I have decided this time but we'll see if I actually pull the trigger and get it ordered...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifFADzqTBZn6xLPlu3lCvhem3N-6qRQpHZABKqG3cL3z-NFtDFAYB2hfD1eV_PYfP7_38NKRJuw8S2-NhAOhYCDV01fRIQ3fvGxd9bq4rxL3qEO2bJAGNU2zDCynz0YIEP9WjyQULQBk/s1600/xupstairsbathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifFADzqTBZn6xLPlu3lCvhem3N-6qRQpHZABKqG3cL3z-NFtDFAYB2hfD1eV_PYfP7_38NKRJuw8S2-NhAOhYCDV01fRIQ3fvGxd9bq4rxL3qEO2bJAGNU2zDCynz0YIEP9WjyQULQBk/s1600/xupstairsbathroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>More details and a source list for what we've done so far can be found <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/progress-in-our-upstairs-hall-bathroom.html">here</a>.<br /><br />And then here are the quick and inexpensive updates we did in laundry room until someday when we do a proper makeover in here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndDGD-O2fJnq9OGQfLq2pIGNE36fqmH1BGBJ44M11lqBMITKItKNQ74pEh5lQDSC7ehy2hU4LGoyAByHLYexvHas2G3Cju_2170pFmv5Acuwk5B1mX9JWdnsuf54vyhIUE5gF4Lqj-pg/s1600/xlaundryroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndDGD-O2fJnq9OGQfLq2pIGNE36fqmH1BGBJ44M11lqBMITKItKNQ74pEh5lQDSC7ehy2hU4LGoyAByHLYexvHas2G3Cju_2170pFmv5Acuwk5B1mX9JWdnsuf54vyhIUE5gF4Lqj-pg/s1600/xlaundryroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You can read a little about those updates <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/entryway-laundry-room-back-hall-and.html">here</a>.<br /><br />And then lastly here is a little bit of the playroom. We've been working on it like crazy the last few weeks from painting to cleaning and organizing and it's finally starting to come together. The wallpaper is actually going up today and then I plan on hanging curtains, recovering the ottoman and a few other little projects and then I will share a post with all the details. I have to say though, this room is not at all what I would have chosen to do in here. =) I pretty much let Lillie and Lola help with all the design decisions so we ended up with pink, pink and more pink. I thought we could mix in some other colors but they both think the more pink the better so it is pretty much as pink as a room can get.  This is just a quick cell phone shot on the right so it's pretty grainy but at least you can get a little idea of how it's coming together. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBjvplBh57uCDxwfjOVylQ3E_195Af5tdzZknywgDPJk2Q-792VaoSSrE8hF5zUEaWUYVMIUWf6J3-NHN-Axu6UI1dRTTJp5aLS8uQj5mQM8BKne-1fMuq4BeVJPuR1g9LY8FH5H6zn0/s1600/xplayrom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBjvplBh57uCDxwfjOVylQ3E_195Af5tdzZknywgDPJk2Q-792VaoSSrE8hF5zUEaWUYVMIUWf6J3-NHN-Axu6UI1dRTTJp5aLS8uQj5mQM8BKne-1fMuq4BeVJPuR1g9LY8FH5H6zn0/s1600/xplayrom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So, there's a little tour of the progress we've made so far! And hopefully I will have some posts soon with updates on our master bedroom, the playroom, our guest room/office, the guest bathroom and our porch. I guess I'd better get back to work...<br /><br />Have a wonderful Wednesday!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACv69R60TDo8welSdbc4HpTxHkIBO0XRhKic9FZ-YmkgtRCj1LjD5Jk1QV_NE-zxjnSPGBYV5miumK-nugvntVa5Lg4Hdq4YlMA-ryQcLE2Oo_uniPItvY2WCQZqC-tLyuOHaunVwW2I/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACv69R60TDo8welSdbc4HpTxHkIBO0XRhKic9FZ-YmkgtRCj1LjD5Jk1QV_NE-zxjnSPGBYV5miumK-nugvntVa5Lg4Hdq4YlMA-ryQcLE2Oo_uniPItvY2WCQZqC-tLyuOHaunVwW2I/s1600/sig.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy birthday, sweet <a href="http://blakesstory.com/">Blake</a>. </i></div>

A Little Tour Through All the Befores and Afters So Far

We've been busy working away and have made quite a bit of progress in the playroom (I am officially done painting in there - Hallelujah!...

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