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We’re not sure if it was intentional, but somehow it just made sense to tackle the house in order so next came the living room. The living room is the first room just on the other side of the sunroom and is technically the first space of our home. We probably spend more time in this room than any other and we absolutely love how it turned out. We previously tackled the biggest eyesore of the room by adding the shiplap wall. You can check that out here. The renovation began by adding 3” crown molding. Next came scraping back old paint and then freshening up the room with a new coat of white paint and painting an accent wall. There was some minor electrical of work splitting the recessed lighting into zones and adding dimmers perfect for movie nights. The furniture and styling made the room come to life.…

The first time we stepped through the front door of our now home, we were greeted by a small, dark, room with grey carpet on the walls. Needless to say, it was quite an odd room. It had a drop ceiling along with fluorescent lighting making the room feel even smaller. It wasn’t the warm and beautiful space we wanted our guests to walk into when first arriving into our home. It took a lot of vision to get a plan of action on how we wanted to renovate this space. We started by pulling down the florescent lighting and the drop ceiling. We’ll probably mention more times then once about how well this house was built, and this ceiling was a great example. It took some muscle and sweat, but we finally pulled out EVERY SINGLE NAIL. Behind the drop ceiling was the original bead board. We liked the…