We are getting ready to move homes to another dated house to makeover so I wanted to document my before and afters of this sweet home before we go. Plus, I hope it will give you hope when you see pictures of our next dated space. Lol

Before: Someone said, “You know what, let’s paint this house cream and put cream rock all around it. That will set it off.

This is our 2, 000 sq ft ranch home we bought almost 9 years ago. Here is what it looked like on move in day in 2012.

After: Needlepoint Navy is the brick color with Colonial Yellow for the door. I believe it was from Porter Paints. We moved the Japanese Maple that was oddly in front of the big windows because it was to big for that space. I added a new light and paint and plants did the rest.

Original living room before:

After! I had my dad build my some simple custom shelves and a custom mantle and we walled in the bonus to make a master/4th bedroom.

Believe it or not, this was the original master! It looks bigger in this picture than it really was. This room is approximately one king size bed big.

After: New paint, lighting, and window treatments go a long way. Also, nothing like a rug to change a room. If you want a big change to a room, go rug and windows first! They warm up a space and really complete a look.

Before: Let’s talk about what you see here. It will be therapeutic because you can’t un-see it. What you are experiencing is a wet bar with fake leather pillowed front and fake marble tiles behind it to really set it off. For a special effect, the whole room is wrapped in red wood paneling. This is the room that became our master!

After: I never really felt like I finished this space, but it beats cheesy strip club wet bar any day.

Before: One of the girl’s bedrooms and I need you to know that there are 7 levels of border on that wall. SEVEN. Why do people do the things they do? Just don’t, Christopher. Don’t.

After: Those solid bunk beds are something special. That is an Opalhouse clearance indoor/outdoor rug. I like to use outdoor versatile rugs because, you know, kids.

Before: Kitchen

After: Added lighting and replaced lighting, added shelving, paint, and decor.

Here’s another angle.

Before: Laundry room corner

After: Home school space! I use to have a big cool rug in here and then, rabbits. They pooped and peed on it like a litter box and I gave them away in my mind for a minute.

Before: Front foyer

After: Paint and added this wall of hooks with shelf for just around 100 bucks. This is not how the shelf is normally styled, but we are moving and I don’t care. lol

Before: Hall bath

Again, just take this in. This yellow is something special. Also, please note the fronts of this vanity is covered in fake mosaic wallpaper. You’re welcome, eyes. The after is still under construction but….

After: New ere’thang. I JUST started doing this a few months ago during COVID stuff not knowing we were about to move. That’s a dark blue solid wood vanity with quartz top and soft close doors. New lights, epoxied yellow tile, new fixture, bath fitter, toilet, floors, and a cool mirror you can’t see all the way that is sort of rainbow shaped. The mirror was a big mantle mirror and I loved it. I actually used liquid nails to adhere it to the wall so it’s there until the house burns down or falls apart. Enjoy.

Well folks, that it’s for this sweet house. There are more rooms and I have more pictures, but my kids were in the bulk of them so this will have to do.

I CANNOT wait to move in to our next home and I will be documenting it heavily here and with videos on Instagram.

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