Category Archives: Kitchens

Before and After at Oak Ridge Revival

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Stunning before and after transformations!
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Meet:  Andrea, a self proclaimed design addict.  Her before and after home transformations are amazing.  Here are some sneak peeks.  Click the links to see the full original post with more pictures and all of the details. 
Kitchen and Dining Room Before
and now, after removing a wall, making one large room and changing spaces….
this is where the dining room was!

I love the white cabinets with the rich wood tones of the island.

and the dining room is where the kitchen was located in the first picture…
gorgeous!

the mudroom is right off of the kitchen…
I love when everything has it’s place (and it’s there!).

See more of this area of her home at The Heart of the Home. 
A bedroom becomes a bathroom and if I didn’t see the in progress pictures, I wouldn’t believe it’s even the same house let alone the same room!
Bedroom before…
Ready?  You won’t believe your eyes!
The same area is now a beautiful, spa-like retreat.
  
Rub your eyes.  Look again.  It’s still a beautiful dreamy bathroom!
Seriously, wouldn’t you love waking up and getting ready to start your day in here?
You’d find me here…getting all wrinkled…in a good way.  
See the details at Bedroom to Bathroom.
The living room before actually looks pretty decent in the photo at first glance…
But, they removed the wallpaper, drop ceiling, poorly designed built-ins, old oak flooring, mantel, huge wood burning stove insert and everything else in the room. Literally.  Makes the room sound terrible, doesn’t it?
They started fresh. As in this fresh….
Here is the amazing result. 
A quiet space to read, play, chat and entertain away from the family room. 
Reupholstered wingback chairs (fabric was $4 a yard!).
See more pictures and decor at Out With the Old. 
Andrea, you’ve done a super job! The transformation is unbelieveable – it’s a completely new beautiful home. I love what you’ve done. I love your style.  Thank you so much for inspiring us and sharing a bit of a home tour!
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Pop over to see more. There’s 27 posts in her Before and After category…just warnin’ ya! 🙂
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Transform My Home

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Meet:  Dave from Transform My Home (update:  links have been removed.  Dave is no longer blogger due to more important priorities). He is new to the blogging world but loves to fix up his home.  A self taught DIYer and novice (he’s a little humble) furniture maker, he enjoys sharing his project to teach and inspire others.  I’m honored to ‘show off’ a few of his DIY accomplishments:
The kitchen before was so dark…
Now, it’s a beautiful bright farmhouse kitchen.  I love the details! .
The dining room before…
has so much farmhouse charm now!  Check it out… 
Fabulous furniture – DIY! Wow.   He claims he’s not a master furniture maker but…well, I’ll let you judge for yourself:
Farmhouse Table using reclaimed wood
Pie Safe Shoe Storage!
Wood Top Kitchen Island
Awesome Pantry
WOW!  Dave, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful home and amazing furniture!  I’ve enjoyed looking through your blog and seeing your creativity and hard work!  Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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An Amazing DIY'er – the Dilletante Proprietor

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Lisa from the Dilletante Proprietor is one amazing DIY diva. I am amazed by her projects!

“I bought a house and half an acre for 600.00 dollars at a tax sale and have set out to remodel and redecorate it for little or no money…using repurposed, reused, recycled items. I believe in organic gardening, growing your own food and living the original American Dream contrary to America’s current value system that more more more is the key to happiness!”

Lisa’s house was built in 1919 and has a history of little work and big chaos but Lisa is patient. She knows what she wants and achieves it with a small budget.  

Her kitchen before was a nightmare to put it mildly. You can read the horrors and HARD work for yourself at My Free,  Repurposed, Reused Kitchen.

She kept true to the 1919 style but with modern conveniences. The result is an adorable old-fashioned kitchen full of original charm. I just LOVE this…


There are more kitchen changes in progress and I can’t wait to see the results!


She also re-upholsters!  (I swear I would have taken a year off from DIY after the blood, sweat, tears and pure joy at finishing the kitchen).  Take a look at this thrift store chair before (love the plank walls and original hardwood floor too)…

And the beautiful chair after… (chair transformation post):


Gorgeous!

Another thing you’ll love about Lisa?  She dug a candle-stick lamp out of the garbage and created this:


What a beautiful lamp rescue, Lisa!

Here’s a peak of
some other pretty vintage finds from The Dilletante Proprietor.  Head over, say hello. I promise you’ll love her stories. 🙂



One more favorite:  Cottage Art
This picture
Becomes this art


Lisa – I love the simple life you’ve settled into, growing your own food, decorating and home renovations on a nearly non-existent budget and creating a lovely comfortable home.  You are an inspiration and I love your DIY projects. I can’t wait to see more now that I’ve gone through nearly every post and had a sneak peek of the stairs and the plank-walled bedroom and iron bed!  🙂


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