a few more before afters (liv curtain, basement sofa)

Living room curtains:

top fabric is for living room, bottom is for faux shades in dining room

before...

after!!

since i used all the cushions already on this sofa to make cushions for Greg's office, i took a trip to target and....

viola! cheapies but i like the fill in them, and the size. yeaey.

DIY faux Roman Shades before/after

before, the windows are at the perfect height to see my neighbors knees and shins.

and now? with a tutorial that i found on pinterest??
here: http://evolutionofstyleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/no-sew-all-faux-roman-shade.html

The Materiasl:  $3.99 tension rods x6 from amazon, 2 yards or remnant from G street fabrics for about $12.00
YEAEY!

Chairs completed!

Before and after pix

the clear poly made the chair less white so i'm glad i distressed it alittle.

the black paint was so easy to use. must go find more things to paint black!

My new project, updating an old chair

We used to use these green chairs at the kitchen table. We got them at a yard sale for pretty cheap. They are pottery barn.

I hope to paint it black and upholster the seat area.

Living room gets a rug--finally

After waiting over 2 months, my rug is finally here.

The Before Shot--without rug

The After Shot--the great reveal

I'm working on adding a little color into this monotone room: see lemons and the bits of yellow. hoping to get some bright pillows. the one on the couch is temporary, I think.

I went looking for a bright yellow vase but failed. Instead, I made do with a vase and filled it with lemons.

I also took some pictures of the house in its "lived-in" state.

And finally our upstairs guest room. I spent an afternoon hemming my king quilt to a full...by hand.



Landscaping completed--need fence now

Even though the seeded grass took pretty well, we ripped it all out and put in sod as well as prettied our landscaping.  Here is the before:

This is our front yard now (you can see Seth at the top of the stairs)

Saturday, Ron Benson, our fence guy will be in to put in a fence around our yard.


here are pictures of the back yard:

Getting settled, getting sassy!

Now that we've moved back in, have days without subs in and out of the house, I've been able to start making our "renovation" into a "home."

Here are some pictures I have taken today bc we had purchased some chairs a while back and Greg finished putting them together tonight :) for mother's day.

we had these ugly country looking green wooden chairs. they've now been replaced with these dark wood ones assembled by Greg.

the view from above

I also took some more pictures of the downstairs.

Powder room--the art above the toilet is a water color by Mrs. Sorgi.  She was the lady who lived across the street from us in Manhasset when we first arrived to the US

This is a picture of the hall way.  This is what you see when you come into the front door.

Built in cabinets along the hallway

front door

Living room with the mirror finally hung on the wall

and the gaps fixed under the fireplace tile area.

Dining room-the only room that stayed relatively the same but with a new light fixture.

Pictures of the upstairs

guest room (with real blinds in the windows finally!)

the mirror used to be in the old living room over the fireplace

guest bathroom/shower

another Sorgi original on the wall

laundry room

Daniel's room

ever so proud of his guitars (may have posted this pic before)

boys bathroom

Seth's room with his bed and a bed for superman

Greg's office

office other view

new stairs in the back

our bedroom with our mirror finally up!

and the new curtains

master bath

hall from bedroom to the bathroom