Dining Room Before and After

This is the before photo of the living room in our fixer upper that we bought last July. The entire house was original to the year it was built.

We pulled up the carpet, scraped the popcorn ceiling, put in porcelain plank tiling, planked the ceiling and painted the walls a nice soft coastal shade of blue.

Here is a different angle. We wanted a coastal feel but not too elegant.

Here is a close up of the dresser I painted. I added fabric to the curtains (sister stitched them for me) to give them something a little extra. This photo was taken in the evening with flash.

The shelving is a project that I painted in while still in Indiana. It gives the dining room a fun and whimsical feel. This photo was taken in the morning with natural light through the window. The walls look very different depending the time of day.

If you've read my previous posts, you know that we're trying to get away from the uptight, museum style home. We've lived that rigid lifestyle, 4600 sq. ft. brand new home with all the high dollar furnishings. There is nothing relaxing or comforting about it. Even though we had to give up a lot to achieve the simpler life, it's been well worth the hard work and effort to renovate this fixer upper into a quaint and charming home. The stale museum feel of a home where everything is on an uptight display doesn't feel warm, welcoming or inviting. 

If the paint color looks familiar, it's the same color that we used in Indiana. We had an entire gallon left over and I absolutely love this shade of turquoise. The hardwood floors made it look a lot richer. But I love our porcelain floors for living in Florida.