Before: Took down curtains which made living room dark and obscured beautiful leaded glass windows.
After: Brought in lighter furniture and decorated blank walls and bookcase.
Before:Beautiful stain glass doors are partially hidden behind furniture.
After Room is made more open, highlighting french doors.
Before: Furniture and curtains are outdated. Room stiff looking.
After: Take down curtains and remove large rug to show wood floor. Exchange furniture to create a more charming den or so called “media room”.
Before: Room looks too formal and uncomfortable. Curtains make room dark.
After: Without curtains, living room is now sunny. Furniture is rearranged, making room more inviting and intimate.
Before: This lovely room with views of the river was used as an office space which ruined it’s great potential. I put the office in attic with sky light and river view, that was unused, larger, and more private.
After: Now this same space I made into a comfortable sitting room, great for morning coffee and favorite reading material or for talking on the phone, watching the sun glisten off the river.
Before: Repaired and repainted purple wall in a soft white. Put work station in less conspicuous area.
After: Moved bed from across the room so can look out windows to landscaped views.
Before: Black curtains hide view out windows as well as making room darker.
After: Take down curtains, add headboard & pictures. Changed bedspread and throw to softer, lighter colors.
Before: Repaired ceiling in this laundry room and boxed in dryer pipe. In back room added new wainscotting where it was missing.
After: Painted both rooms and decorated. Removed from the 150 year old built-in the yellow vinyl tiles on top, sanded and stained the wood. By scrubbing the filthy white doors, the old paint colors were revealed and then polyurethaned.
Before: Removed TV from open space to create more light and get rid of electrical cords hanging in other room of master suite. Took out Formica work area.
After: Opened up river view, put in desk and bookcase for working, and sitting area.
Before: Took barren garden and filled with lots of perennials.
After: Added painted arbor and created sitting area with bench and wicker chairs.