I should probably start with a major update, considering that our last update was back in October. Since that time, Lee has moved into our home
in Easley - he has been staying there since late November. He is such a sweetheart that he decided to stay in one of the guest rooms so that we could "move in" to the master bedroom together after the wedding. How lucky am I? We have slowly but surely been making some improvements to the house. We are so blessed with supportive families that have been wonderful at helping us get things accomplished. We purchased furniture over a few week span in April - May. My goal was to get the living room, dining room, and master bedroom completed before the wedding. We successfully accomplished a great deal in those rooms, and while they are no where near complete, they make me happy :)
Most of our projects have been minor cosmetic changes to make our home prettier - we repainted the living room, dining room, and bedroom. We installed a new chandelier and molding around it in the dining room, as well as installed some chair rail. Once the painting is complete and we return from our honeymoon, we are planning to install picture molding on the lower half of the walls in the dining room. We also have purchased the large furniture pieces for those three rooms - everything came from Haverty's and Pottery Barn and we are so in love with our purchases! There are still some items that we need to purchase - but the overall bones of the rooms are in place!
Here are a few sneak peeks of our progress - Please note: These rooms are NO WHERE NEAR completion - I have big plans for decor and have already made a few purchases of fabrics and project materials that I plan to use to add some "oomph" to our rooms.
New paint in the living room with new sofa, chair, rug, coffee table, and matching love seat & end table (not pictured). This picture was taken with a cell phone camera which makes it look really dark. We are going to have some custom throw pillows made, as well as some drapes. I also have a plan for a wall shelf display on the wall behind the chair that will hopefully look something like this:
Here is the dining room in its current state:
Our dining furniture from PB :)
New paint on the walls and chair rail - picture molding coming soon :) (remember that this room was the most depressing shade of dark brown when we bought the house - It looked like we were in a cave)I also bought an assortment of white plates and platters that I plan to use to create a wall display similar to this:
I have also had my eye on this rug to use in the dining room. I think it would be a great addition :)
Some of our biggest changes have occured in the Master Bedroom and I am soooo excited about how it is coming along! The picture I have had in my mind is starting to come together :)
Let's recall what it looked like when we bought the house last year:
Hmm - plain, plain, plain - and super dark and dreary. The room reminded me of rainy days for some reason, and although those are very nice and relaxing every now and then, I didn't want Lee or myself to develop Seasonal Affective Disorder, haha. So we changed it up a bit :)Here is what it looks like now:
New bed - upholstered head board from PB = one of my favorite things!! New bedding, new paint, new pillows :) We also bought some other furniture for the room:
These pictures were taken with cell phone cameras, so they don't do a great job of showing how good the room looks now - but I promise, it is such a huge improvement. We also have purchased white linen drapes to hang, but ran out of time - those will be up after the honeymoon. I am also hoping to add a mirror like this above the bed:
So that is the condition of our house right now - we obviously have a long way to go, so check back in for more updates :) I promise to do another one soon and not wait another eight months to update! Enjoy your day!
- Gina
