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MissMee


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We just bought our house in February and have completely updated and refreshed it so it's more our style.  Enjoy!!!


Family room before (ick):



 


Family room after (fabulous):



The family room has changed a little.  I now have black tables instead of the rattan ones.


 


Kitchen/breakfast nook before (okay but bland plus I hate blue):



 


Kitchen after:



New stainless appliances, new granite countertops, new curtains, new chandeliers, repainted.


 


Breakfast nook after:



 


Formal living room before:



 


Formal living room after (taken from the side):



I now have different, matching lamps on these tables.


 


And here's my 1/2 bath.  I don't have a "before" picture, but it used to be dark blue w/ a colonial style curtain.  I still have a little work to do in here.  The little thing on the back of the potty was a garage sale find.



The walls are actually brown, not mauve (same as the dining room color).


 Dining room before:



 


Dining room after (plus close-up of my rug):



I got the plant and stand in the corner at garage sales yesterday.


Please ignore the junk on the floor....



Master bedroom before:



 


Master bedroom now:



The lamps are more garage sale goodies!


 


 


 



-- Edited by MissMee at 18:51, 2005-06-05

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Your house is just beautiful!! Where do you live?  Your house looks very traditional~

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We live in MA, so the houses are pretty traditional and predictable.  Luckily, the front of my house isn't colonial-like.  It has peaks, so that makes it more interesting. 

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I love what you've done w/ the house.  Very classy and a big improvement.  I especially love the family room and the kitchen.  Your bedroom- vast improvement.  If these this isn't the most hideous bedding set, I don't know what is!  And the valance!  EEK!!!




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Cricket wrote:

 If these this isn't the most hideous bedding set, I don't know what is!  And the valance!  EEK!!!
Thanks so much!  I know, wasn't it HORRID!!!  You should have seen the bed in person.  It was all sunken down in the middle.  And those hideous curtains were also in the bathroom along w/ rolls of matching border which were (thankfully) never put up. 

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oh, i love your kitchen!   everything looks beautiful.

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Your kitchen's before photo is my kitchen exactly (except we never put in a center island); I SOOOO regretted picking out the blue "marble."  Nice to know someone else made the mistake too (not, you I know, but still).


 


ETA: We have very similar tastes in furniture and wall colors.  I am doing similar stuff with my house :)



-- Edited by Drew at 13:16, 2005-06-06

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Very nice!!!!!

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i love your formal living room.  the green shade is so unexpected but elegant/beautiful!  i love everything else too--very classy.

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Thanks, everyone!  The green in the living room and entry (see pic below) were actually much brighter than I'd wanted, but now I really like them!  Here's the entry.  It is 2 shades lighter than the color of the living room:



 



 




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beautiful house!!

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your house is so beautiful! I love New England-style decorating. It looks like a Martha Stewart catalog!


PS- where is your bedroom set from? I it!



-- Edited by halleybird at 21:55, 2005-06-08

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halleybird wrote:

 PS- where is your bedroom set from? I it!-- Edited by halleybird at 21:55, 2005-06-08
 It's from Boston Interiors.  The bed is so tall!!!!

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