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Living Rooms

Kitchens

Furniture

5 In outdoors

Jessica’s House

Jessica’s house was lacking in the “eye-catching” department. If I drove past this house, the first and last thing I’d notice would have been that luscious lawn and not much else. It really reminds me of the neighborhood in Napoleon Dynamite, and sho nuff, Jessica lives near-abouts where that movie was made.
 But the after is a different story. With new shutters, siding and stonework, her home has not only been brought up-to-date but given a focal point as well. It even looks bigger. And the lawn continues to look great! Thanks Jessica!

9 In desks/hutches/buffets/ tables/dressers

Dresser n Desk

Here are a few more I loved by Bethany at Dwellings by Devore. First up a vintage dresser redo (Is it really vintage? I don’t know, but I do know that my grandma has a dresser almost exactly like this, and if grandma has it, it’s vintage, honey). I love how she mixed it up with the black and white, and I think the drawer pulls are so unique!

This was Bethany’s husband’s beat-up old desk. It needed some TLC, and for the cost of paint and $5 for a recovered thriftstore chair, she’s got herself a brand new desk. I like how she added the cork tiles in the middle, to break up all that white. Thanks Bethany! Check both projects out HERE.

5 In living room

Sonja’s Drawing Room

This Better After comes to us from overseas! Sonja live in Ireland, in a home that is 200 years old! How cool. I can’t imagine all the history and memories that have taken place there. 
 One memory Sonja would like to forget was painting her drawing room walls burgundy. So she and her husband did a little make-under and stripped the walls back to their original state with a sugar soap wash. (Don’t have a clue what that means … must be an Ireland thing?) 
 With the now neutral background, all of the character of this room was able to stand out on its own: the tall ceilings, two beautiful windows looking into a park, and original wood floors refinished to a deep brown. 
 Check out her blog Craft-Werk to see more of this room, and the light fixture she made out of paper! Thanks Sonja!

9 In kitchen/dining/ laundry rooms/ other rooms

Cookin & Cleanin

Here are a few more redos from Jamie, who you may recall had previously fixed up the exterior of her house that was being eaten alive by junipers. 
 This before kitchen had some unique features, like that lone fluorescent bulb pretending to be a light fixture and a floor tiled in brown and more brown. 
 She fixed it up with some creamy paint and new pulls for the cabinets, new flooring, lighting, countertop and backsplash. Looks great!

And here was her spooky laundry room before, a room I probably wouldn’t set foot in without wearing rainboots and carrying a hammer to smash spiders. (Although her before washer and dryer are way cooler than my current set, and her after set is even better! No fair!)

De-spookified and looking good! Thanks Jamie!

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