How Nosotros Updated Our 1970'S Household On A Budget (And The Living Room Reveal!)

s merely jump correct inwards as well as alternative upwardly where nosotros left off How We Updated Our 1970's House on a Budget (and the living room REVEAL!)

Hey guys!!!

So, I haven't blogged inwards nearly four months. It's crazy.

I barely fifty-fifty know where to begin! There's thus much to state as well as thus much to share, thus let's merely jump correct inwards as well as alternative upwardly where nosotros left off.

Our trivial Ava is forthwith five months quondam as well as doing actually great. We survived four months of colic/milk allergy/reflux as well as betwixt that as well as a pretty hard pregnancy, I felt similar the current of air had been knocked out of my sails. But, trivial past times little, things are getting thus much improve as well as I'm piece of cake starting to experience similar my quondam self again. Thank yous guys thus much for beingness patient alongside me as well as agreement that I needed some fourth dimension off to focus on Ava. I'm thus grateful for this precious girl, and I'm certain i solar daytime I'll facial expression dorsum as well as express joy close the past times year.

But, like, non yet.

Ava on Halloween...finally giving us all sorts of sweetness smiles.

So, let's acquire downwards to business.
In the terminal few months earlier I had Ava, I was able to portion alongside yous guys the finished basement renovation, our upstairs flooring redo, as well as the nursery. But I kinda ran out of fourth dimension (duty called) earlier I could portion the finished living room. So, a quick five months subsequently I finished it, today I tin john last demo it to you.

Many of yous guys receive got been next my weblog for awhile forthwith as well as receive got already seen the earlier pictures of the upstairs living area, but I'll portion them again, every bit it's e'er a overnice reminder of how outdated our trouble solid was when nosotros commencement moved in.

So, hither are the earlier pics.

This is the living room inwards May of 2010 when nosotros commencement moved in...wall to wall carpet, outdated low-cal fixtures, nighttime woods trim, as well as windows thus quondam that yous could experience the current of air inwards your pilus when yous stood adjacent to them.

This was what the entryway looked like. Outdated low-cal fixture, parquet flooring as well as carpeted stairs, rickety quondam step rail, as well as nighttime woods reduce as well as door.

This was what the dining room looked like. There was a wall betwixt the kitchen as well as dining room that made the room almost every bit good tiny to use. There was an quondam drinking glass sliding door that barely opened, nighttime woods reduce as well as wainscotting, outdated low-cal fixtures, as well as a tile/carpet combo.

This is what it looked standing inwards the dining room as well as looking into the living room.

This trouble solid sat on the marketplace for a actually long fourth dimension earlier nosotros bought it, every bit it was manifestly totally outdated. I was a trivial scared, every bit it was our commencement trouble solid as well as I had never renovated anything inwards my life. But, ultimately I decided to merely acquire for it as well as I'm thus glad I did. Renovating it took me almost five years to complete. Sometimes it was totally stressful, sometimes I wanted to quit, but ultimately it's i of the most rewarding things I've ever done. And I learned a lot. Which is dandy because nosotros won't alive hither forever, as well as the adjacent fourth dimension I renovate a house, I'll live much improve equipped.

So, that beingness said, hither are the pics of what this upstairs expanse looks similar today.

Let's start alongside a trivial recap of the dining room as well as entryway as well as thus we'll movement into the living room.

One of the things that made the biggest departure was knocking downwards the wall betwixt the dining room as well as kitchen. We also built a novel step rail, painted all of the reduce as well as wainscoting white, added novel low-cal fixtures, as well as installed white washed hardwood flooring.

I painted our kitchen cabinets and updated the hardware when nosotros commencement moved inwards the house, as well as although inwards an ideal basis I would receive got been able to fully renovate the kitchen, I decided that I could actually stretch our budget past times merely icon the cabinetry as well as working alongside what nosotros already had.

In the dining room, I added a bold carpet that I flora for $60 (I know it's non for everyone, as well as that's okay.). I flora the dining room tabular array at a relieve shop, as well as the white leather chairs alongside metallic element legs I flora on Overstock.

The master copy post close the dining room alongside sources tin john live flora here.

Also, we've talked close my orchid sabotage many times, so...that's a mistaken orchid.

I've got a nestling to raise.

Here's a quick persuasion from the landing at the move past times of the stairs. You tin john come across where nosotros also knocked downwards the wall as well as widened the quondam doorway into the hallway.

Here's a facial expression around the corner. You tin john come across how nosotros painted the quondam outdated wainscoting white.

We also replaced the quondam sliding drinking glass door inwards the dining room alongside overnice french doors.

In the entryway, nosotros replaced the low-cal fixture, as well as installed double doors on the coat closet.

We replaced the carpet on the stairs alongside hardwood treads as well as painted white risers, as well as nosotros also built a novel stairrail.

I painted the existing front end door Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze (favorite!), as well as added a trivial silvery coat claw from HomeGoods.

One of the deer heads broke off subsequently I brought it home. And forthwith this trivial coat claw reminds me of Jesse tinkering inwards the garage for an hour, determined to ready it for me. I retrieve at that topographic point was some ametuer welding going on inwards the garage, but I was every bit good meaning to waddle out at that topographic point as well as watch.

And now, let's movement on to the finished living room. I don't await this room to blow anyone's mind. But, it's come upwardly such a long way, as well as it's where nosotros pass most of our time, thus it definitely deserves at to the lowest degree a trivial fourth dimension on the blog.

We replaced the low-cal fixtures, added some cheap tufted couches as well as a giant comfy ottoman, the rug is from awhile back, as well as thus I thrifted the TV console.

Here's a pic of the TV console I flora at the thrift store. It's manifestly zero special, but it was the correct size as well as $20, so...sold!

I painted it (using the exclusively slice of furniture paint I ever work anymore) as well as changed out the hardware.

It has a super glossy lacquer destination as well as looks actually dandy upwardly close. I'll eventually mountain the TV on the wall, too.

Here's a closeup of the hardware. Some trivial polished nickel pulls from Home Depot.

I haven't decided on what kinda curtains I desire to hang yet, thus for forthwith the windows are merely bare. It took us five years to last supervene upon those quondam windows, thus I don't hear looking at the novel ones inwards the meantime.

I added some Etsy pillows to the sofas.

Here's a persuasion of the living room looking dorsum into the dining room, i of my favorite views.

We built the mantel as well as made the stacked log insert for the fireplace (both were done awhile ago) as well as thus I freshened upwardly the mantle alongside some things I had around the house.

The trivial framed floral fine art is a impress I flora on Etsy.

And then, I made some fine art of my own...some dark as well as white abstract fine art for inwards a higher identify the sofa.

I had Jesse build me a basic wooden frame.

And I spray painted it alongside this Krylon Foil Metallic silver spray pigment (affiliate link). It's good, ya'll. I retrieve I'll live using it every bit my go-to silvery spray pigment from forthwith on.

It made my trivial frame facial expression similar actual metallic element or similar it was silvery leafed. Either way, skillful stuff.

For the icon itself, I merely used some Sherwin Williams Simply White pigment (the same color that's on the walls), mixed it alongside a trivial gray, as well as thus sketched out a doodle as well as filled it inwards alongside some Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze (the same dark pigment I used on the front end door). It's in all probability non gonna destination upwardly at a museum, but it took me an hr as well as exclusively toll me a few bucks, thus homemade fine art for the win.

And that, yous guys, is the finished upstairs living area! I'm certain it volition boot the bucket along to evolve as well as change, but it feels dandy to at to the lowest degree receive got it furnished as well as non nether construction. We lived inwards the basement throughout most of my pregnancy, thus it's overnice to no longer live a cave dweller.

And I'll move out yous alongside this icon demo of how the living room looks inwards existent life, filled alongside infant stuff. Because it would live ridiculous to pretend similar my trouble solid e'er looks similar the inwards a higher identify pictures....it took me at to the lowest degree 20 minutes to create clean out all the infant apparatus earlier I could accept some weblog pics. Let's live honest. :)

As for the blog, a lot of yous receive got asked what my plans are. I conception to piece of cake acquire dorsum into the swing of things, every bit fourth dimension allows, as well as every bit apace every bit my encephalon starts performance similar normal again. Thank yous guys for all of your sweetness comments as well as messages. I appreciate it thus much.
I know I'll eventually honor my groove again, but correct forthwith I'm even thus doing a lot of this. And I wouldn't receive got it whatsoever other way.