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Home Tour: Living and Dining Rooms

April 17, 2013 by dailygnome 4 Comments

Finally. Revealing the inside of our home renovation.  First up: the living and dining rooms. Other than paint and fixtures, we didn’t do a whole lot to these rooms. But what a difference! Here’s a shot of our house before we moved in two years ago:

diningroom_before
Prepping. Originally we weren’t going to paint the woodwork – it was kind of a last minute decision. I love original wood built-ins but ours weren’t exactly in the best of shape.
LR_during
And so glad we did. What a difference in the brightness of the room:
dining_room_after2 dining_room_after dining_room_after3

Our living room before we moved in:

vintage_fireplaceDuring the process:

LR_during2

After:

living_room_after living_room_after2

Next up: Kitchen and mud room. Stay tuned!
See also:
Portland Bungalow Before and After (our exterior gallery)
Creating Built-ins To Look Original

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Breaking In The Front Porch

February 4, 2013 by dailygnome Leave a Comment

With the concrete set we couldn’t wait to celebrate with an impromptu Front Porch Happy Hour with our neighbors. I sent out the word the night before when we realized a February heat wave was hitting Portland (due to break 50 degrees and sunny!). Mojitos, lemonade and hot chocolate on tap.

We missed our neighbors and were so happy for an excuse to break in our front porch.

porch_party

DSCN0418 porch tsts


 

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