Category Archives: Living Rooms

Until Tomorrow…

Posted on by
12
I love making blog friends an I made a new one recently. Her name is Val from Until Tomorrow, Val. With her permission, I grabbed some of her before & afters and DIY projects from her blog to share with you. They’re the “wow” type before and afters we love to see.

Val’s livingroom:

before
after
Twix decided that he wanted to be a part of this photo shoot. so i thought it was only fair to include one shot of him. He was a little sleepy…hence the slit eyes.

and her kitchen and dining area:

before
after

her stairway…

sprucing up her office drapes:

DIY wall art:

Thanks for letting me show off your creativity, Val! Great job on your home projects and DIY accents and of course, Twix is just so cute! 🙂
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

A Little Bit of Everything…before & afters

Posted on by
8
Roberta’s blog, A Little Bit of Everything,
Alternative Name
has a little bit of everything we love seeing…awesome before and after pictures of her beautiful home. Here are some peeks. Head over to say hi and to see more.

1/2 bathroom before and after – my favorite parts are the beautiful vanity & sink and the Benjamin Moore “Little Falls” color on the walls which seems to change color in different lighting. So pretty, Roberta!
Before and After

Stairway before and after…beautiful wood floors!

The finished look….

The back stairs were added after the fact and required constructing a wall in the garage thus incorporating one of the garage windows into the design of the stairwell. This resulted in a rather unique back hallway. Everything in the photo below was part of the garage originally.

In the first design we used carpeting on the stairs which we later replaced with hardwood to match the rest of the house and a coat of Benjamin Moore “Whitestone”.

Kitchen…I love the new cherry cabinets and fresh white trim!

Before and After

Before and After

Before and After



Master bath remodel…a beautiful soothing remodel.

Before and After

Before and after

Before and after…

Warming up the sun room…

Before..
and after

Before and after family room…so cozy. It looks bigger brighter. I’d love relaxing here!

Before and After

Before and After

Pretty guest bathroom transformation…love every detail!

Before and After

Before and After

Roberta, thank you so much for sharing your home tour. You have a beautiful, inviting and comfortable home!
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

Bit of a Home Tour at Sixty-Fifth Avenue

Posted on by
23
Looking for some inspiration to motivate you to dive into your next DIY home project? Londen from Sixty-Fifth Avenue submitted her before and after living room and play room. Both are a-mazing!

Her Pottery Barn inspired playroom is a near twin. She did a fantastic job!

Pottery Barn Kids Playroom Remake

We were starting to be taken over by toys in the living room so a playroom was definitely in order. After looking for inspiration for the design, I found one in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog. Forget inspiration at this point, I loved everything about it and knew I wanted to recreate it but on a budget.
This was my inspiration picture….. I mean picture I wanted to copy.

And this was the small room I had to work with.

I was not looking forward to painting over those dark walls. I read that the Aura paint by Benjamin Moore would be perfect for this project and it was. It covered the dark paint with 2 coats and no primer! It was awesome!

Next I commissioned my sweet husband to paint the trees and a few birds. I showed him this picture and he went to work.

Pottery barn was charging $100.00 for one decal!

My handy Dad built a couple of bookcases for the room. This was his first time building furniture and they turned out great! These were a perfect first project because I was painting them. I only needed three tubes of caulk! Just kidding, only two! Love ya Dad!

There is a closet on the side wall so the bookshelves are not centered.

This dream house lived in the playroom until Santa brought the little one her very own train table. She is Thomas the trains #1 fan for over 2 years running. My dad to the rescue made the table.

On the other wall I made this butterfly art with a punch and a bunch of old magazines.

Not very easy to photograph.
WOW! Isn’t it amazing? The wall mural is nearly exact and so darling. My favorite part is the DIY butterfly art – gorgeous job, Londen!

Her living room is beautiful too!
Check it out:

Living room before and after

Here are a few before pictures looking from the kitchen into the living room. When we bought the house it had pink carpet, pink walls and a small doorway between the kitchen and living room. Two ceiling fans were practically on your head and ugly metal awnings on the windows.
About an hour after we got the keys the first thing to do was rip those awnings down! That weekend we opened up the little doorway.

Neutral carpet was installed until we were able to afford hardwood floors.
You can read about that here.

We scored the new wood front door for $100.00 because it was a canceled order.
The stereo speakers are hiding under the two skirted end tables.

This dresser is one of my favorite pieces of furniture. The mirror I found at the flea market in Paris and carried it all the way back to our hotel in the rain. I fell in love with a chandelier for my dining room, but passed it up because I didn’t do my research about shipping things home. I regret it all the time, it was so cool!
Awesome, right?
Thanks so much for sharing, Londen!
I LOVE both transformations!
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂