We have been on a break for a while from House Projects. And I'm ashamed to say that because life got so overwhelming for us, this first section of projects we hired out. Please don't judge us for this!
Remember these wagon wheels? I don't have a good picture of these since painting the house because I tried to always crop them out of every picture I took. They are exterior front porch wagon wheels, and we almost felt better when the neighbor down the street had them on their front porch. But then they redid their front porch and got rid of them. Point being: they're even too ugly for outdoors.
We hired a wonderful man named Homero, and look at the miracle he performed! Yes, it looks normal. I stare at it for hours a day, enjoying the lack of tackiness in the house. (PS, Greg is posing from the couch!)
And this had been ugly for too long.
So Homero fixed that as well, along with all sorts of ceiling and wall problems, and added crown molding.
Before.
After. And Greg requested this column. Looks so fancy!MY PROJECTS
Before - this is the kitchen, living room, and half bath gold light fixtures.
And this is after. Thank you Wal-Mart's $5 globes. Do you see how ugly the globes used to be in the previous picture?
Before.
After. Please note my Christmas present from my mom - my new quilt! Love it!!!!
And a close-up.
Before.
After. Yes, I painted the mirror and the light fixture. 3 bottles of Rustoleum later and hundreds of dollars saved. I love my projects!
9 comments:
Great job! Looks so good! I'd hire out too if I could (and I had a house). Well done.
Everything looks great!!! Good work on the fixtures! I agree with Dev! Hiring out is quicker! It all looks great!
That looks like a huge amount of work and I'm SO EXCITED TO SEE IT PERSONALLY!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!
Lara - I love before and after housing projects. It gives me such wonderful inspiration.
I esp love the painting of light fixtures, etc. Such a cheap way to make a huge difference. Bravo!
Love it! Your place looks better and better all the time. Glad you had a nice quiet Christmas. I have been thinking about you a lot, just wanted to say Hi and we miss ya.
It's looking much better guys- great job! Homero did a wonderful job- jealous of the crown molding- one day we'll think about adding it.
Maybe WE need to hire Homero! No Seriously!
awesome--everything looks great! congrats on finally getting your wagon wheels off...hahaha...they bothered you sooo much! Great new fixtures (and painted ones), too! yay!
Glad you had a nice time in Charleston. A Shell station for dinner on Christmas eve, huh? Wow--does that mean you had a hot dog?!?
Lara, I love seeing home improvement and thrifty ones at that! You would enjoy reading this blog http://www.younghouselove.com/
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