before/after

Here is a little display of before and afters. I need to take more after pictures of the backyard etc but at least these pictures below will give you some idea of what we did to the house. We haven't worked on the house (except for organizing) for like two weeks. I still can not believe what a little (or a lot of) elbow grease and paint can do for a room. Happy Viewing!

upstairs/main bathroom before

what we did:
gutted everything...all new walls, new ceiling, new ceiling light/fan, new high efficiency toilet, new vanity, new mirror, new wall at end of tub, new tile on floor and in bath/shower, refinished green tub to make it white, new faucets, new baseboards/trim. The only thing we didn't change was the door and the window. :)

the bathroom today! (still need to put the window trim back on and paint it)

old toilet (was leaking)

old bath/shower and vanity...are you sad we got rid of the green?

view of new mirror, vanity and toilet.

old guest bedroom (keep in mind the ceiling and all the walls were wallpapered...about 7 layers. What we did with ALL of the bedrooms and hallway up stairs was have the wall paper sealed with glue and then two layers of a skim plaster was applied to get us nice clean new walls!)

what we did:
prime and paint the walls/ceiling and door/floor trim.

guest bedroom today (still needs some finishing touches)

the study before (notice how yellowed the trim and door frames are)

what we did:
prime and paint the walls/ceiling and floor/door trim.

study today! we still need to put a second layer of paint on the trim and doors but what an improvement.

study before

study today!!!

dining room before

what we did:
painted the popcorn ceiling, painted over the cool textured wallpaper, painted the chair rail and under the chair rail, put bamboo blinds in both windows, scrubbed the floor multiple times.

dining room today!

the view of the fireplace in the living room before.

the fireplace today!

the view from the living room into the dining room before

what we did:
paint the popcorn ceiling, primed all surfaces with Kilz primer, painted every wall, put bamboo blinds in one of the windows and scrubbed the floors multiple times.

the beautiful living room/dining room today!!!!