We bought our yellow house on July 27. Directly after the closing, we went to the house and Adam immediately punched a hole in the wall. Not with his fist (we love our house), but in eagerness to open up the kitchen. Some before and after shots:
Our kitchen, as it is, looks like Home Depot puked in it. Well, it's not that bad, really, but it's not much to look at. We're going to change that right up thanks to the brilliance of inexpensive Ikea designs. Also, Adam braved the 50 years of accumulated mouse poop to bring down the dropped ceiling, and he revealed some lovely old wallpaper showing Colonial scenes on an olive green background. Nice.
Next but equally important is creating a livable bedroom. It hasn't quite been achieved yet, but it's now a very happy yellow color...excuse me, "Kansas Grain." We came to this conclusion after realizing that a rainbow of swatches would not be so attractive (see photos). Reagan has gotten a little carried away scraping and scraping and scraping the old paint, but she's managed to get somewhat close to being done. The process:
Bedroom before
Decisions decisions...
Kansas Grain it is! And Reagan's almost done with the trim.
2 comments:
I hope that you will be steaming off a piece of that wallpaper to send to Gail as a fine example of Colonial Revivalness!
And can I have the beadboard from the kitchen?
I have/had that same muddy golden color on the trim in my house!
It looks great. Congratulations, you guys!
where are the movers pic..lol its jonathan keep up the good work with the house. looking good
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