Before and After

Just thought I'd share a few before and afters. I'm sort of mourning my old house (of which these pictures are), but I'm so grateful to have a new house to use my creative outlet.

This is the before of our family room. It had one huge window, and a nice mantel, but that's about it. It needed some good love. See "after" below.

This ended up being one of my favorite rooms in our house. It's warm and liveable. It met all our needs, and then the dogs....ugh. Anyone else battling dog hair and losing? More on the dogs in another post.

Oh, the Master Bedroom. This wasn't very masterful. Its pretty plain, and here in the NW, this color wasn't doing us any favors.

Again, much warmer, and more inviting. Not sure if you can tell from this picture, but notice the recessed lighting that was added to highlight the art? It's on a dimmer (big fan!) so it gives this room that certain somin'somin' it needed.

This curtain fabric was selected (more on fabric selection in an upcoming post) because often master bedrooms are too feminine. I'm BIG on not over feminizing your man's room. Come on girls! This fabric was an alternating pin stripe that reminded me of a man's suit, and a fringy pattern that really complimented one another. See art wall wash lighting here, too.

Playroom before. WAY before. Before what? Before I had a shower, I think! Ugh!

Playroom AFTER! Can you tell I'm a warm palette girl? This room made me so happy!

Here are just a few more rooms I like, but don't have pics of befores.