Southern Colonial Transitional home tour fixer upper

Welcome Kelly from

View Along the way.

I have only known Kelly for a short time, but immediately knew,

this gal has some mad skillzzzzz

in the decor and diy department.

Here she takes you room by room of Before and Afters.

Thanks Kelly!

First up,

THE

OFFICE

AFTER

 

What we did:

• Removed popcorn ceilings, old flooring, old windows.

• Installed new hardwood floors, new windows, new moldings.

• Built new bookshelf wall.

• Created our own DIY capiz shell chandelier

• Read more on this room here, here and here.

Still to come:

• Art, curtains and seating

 

 

Laundry Room

and the After is surely a WOW Kelly!

This entire makeover only cost us $157! See all the details in this post.

 

 

Dining Room

 

 

• Removed popcorn ceilings, wallpaper, lighting and carpet

• Added crown molding and chair rail. Caulked and painted within an inch of our lives.

• Installed hardwood flooring, new chandelier and new windows.

• See more here.

 

 

Living Room

 

• Removed popcorn ceilings and old flooring.

 

• Installed new hardwood floors and new windows.

 

 

• Added crown molding and painted everything.

 

 

• Updated the lighting (but still need to replace that ceiling fan!)

 

 

Still to come:

• Replace the ceiling fan.

 

• New rug, seating and ottoman.

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfast Nook

 

I love this color and have to ask Kelly what it is…LOVE it.

What we did:

• Fun plate wall (details here, and an easy, cheap plate-hanging hack here.)

 

• Updated and recovered the chairs.

 

Still to come:

• Window Treatments!

 

• More on this space here and here.

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery

 

Now, after baby #2:

What we did:

• All the standard stuff – removed popcorn ceilings, new carpet, windows, paint, etc.

 

• Built front-facing bookshelves

 

 

• Built custom closet organizers

 

 

• Sewed new curtains

 

 

• Created the pinwheel wall installation

 

 

• More on this room here.

 

 

 

 

Half Bath

 

 

 

• Total gut job! Read the details here.

 

 

 

 

Entry

 

 

 

Master Bedroom

Our DIY bed:

Another shot with our DIY lined backtab curtains (this room is SO in progress!)

 

 

 

Paint Colors

• Living room, kitchen, breakfast nook: Benjamin Moore Brittany Blue

 

• Dining room: Benjamin Moore Deep Caviar

 

 

• Nursery: Olympic Irish Lace

 

 

• Guest Room: Benjamin Moore Quiet Moments (mixed at half strength)

 

 

• Master Bedroom: Benjamin Moore Silver Sage

 

 

• Trim paint throughout: Benjamin Moore Atrium White

 

 

• Ceiling paint throughout: Benjamin Moore Butter Pecan

 

More rooms to come: Master bedroom, master bathroom and bonus room… someday. 🙂

Make sure you check out my brand spankin’ new project gallery here!

 

Thank you so much Kelly for sharing your fabulous home tour today.