The House Tour Continues: Living Room with Wood Paneling! YIKES!

 

  

So wood paneling...not so pretty. If could have been worse. At least the previous owners put a coat of white paint to lighten up the otherwise what I would image was a very dark room. However, wood paneling is still wood paneling, and I was thinking we would just leave it until we could rip it down or drywall over it. Yeah, I know that sounds like a lot of work! Sooo we actually went another route, and...

I had no idea wood paneling could look so good! First, for some reason, I thought wood paneling could only look good if it was painted white...and as much as I love white paint, that wasn't really doing it for me! Thankfully my (color-blind) Father-in-law convinced me that we could do a color, or rather two colors since it's a pretty big room.

We choose two colors next to each other on the paint chip sample - Classic and Country Club. They are very similar - many people don't even notice we have two different colors! Can you tell in this next picture?!

  

And, see that little wood end table? I have two of them, actually found them a couple of weeks ago on the curb while my good friend Sarah and I were hunting for some curb-side treasure! They probably have a makeover to look forward to in their future!

Wow - it works, right?! I don't even think the wood paneling looks that outdated anymore. This, I can live with! :)

And I love my new desk. I plan on doing many crafts here, and I can still chill with my hubby while he watches TV. It's actually very organized, you should be proud :)

 

  

Well, there you have it! :) I like it. We still need a bookshelf, and I still have it in the back of my mind that I need to put legs on that TV stand, I know it looks funny...but it's been so long, it's easy to just put it off! We just started putting some pictures up on the wall and I need to do some more decorating, but it kinda makes me nervous putting holes in our "new" walls!

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House Tour: The Master Bedroom

Get EXCITED - the house tour begins! :) I'm am excited to show you our bedroom today! First - this is what is looked like when we moved in:

We brought along a pillowcase with us to help find a color that would match our comforter set - and we came up with Gulf Winds by Behr. And we painted the trim white - or technically, Swiss Coffe by Behr!

Frugal Home Tip: Home Depot takes competitor coupons! We used coupons from Lowe's and Ace Hardware A LOT! Every little bit helps :)

Here it is painted and waiting for furniture! Our room isn't huge, which is fine, who needs a large bedroom anyway - like we don't plan on having large parties in here :) 


I was nervous our bedroom set wouldn't fit - it is quite large and our room is small! But we got the main pieces in - we both have a nightstand so that made me happy! :) The armoire is chillin' in another room which is fine, we don't need that :)

What do you think? I think I'm going to return the curtains for ones without the circle hook things - only because that part is an oil rubbed bronze look and the curtain rod that was already in the room is a satin nickle. 

 

  

And I plan on working on those closet doors - eventually. I think some fun crystal glass knobs would be fun for a quick easy change to begin with!

So there you have it! I love how it turned out! :) Do you have a bedroom makeover you've blogged about that you want to share - please leave a link - I'd love to check it out!! If I get a few links I'll do a feature post - wouldn't that be fun!?! 

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