Renovations at the Oak House-Living Room

When we moved here, although many of the rooms were dated, a few had really nice paint colors.  But coming from my own home and having tons of old paint cans, we didn't want the sellers to leave behind any old paint.  I ended up sort of regretting that because now I had no way of touching up anything. The existing paint color was a cool gray blue and had a very airy feel to it, but...

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Renovations at The Oak House- The Laundry Room

I painted this room when we first moved from head to toe.  But  I recently found a little mini throw rug at Homegoods that really elevated the space.   This room has so much potential, right?  I love the fact that it had 42" cabinets and a utility sink.   BEFORE (listing photo) BEFORE  I started with taking down the little shelf over the sink. PROGRESS Next...

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Renovations at the Oak House-The Family Room

We finally painted the family room a couple of months ago.  This was one room that really did not set right with me.  I know some people are really against painting wood.  Ever.  But I think that if you can't update it, you need to paint it.    In defense of this particular paneling, I loved the bones of it.  I also think it would have looked awesome...

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Renovations at The Oak House-The Foyer

It's been quite a while since I posted any updates to the house.  But I have been working over the last few months.  I thought I would first show you some changes we've made to the foyer.  When we first saw this house, one thing that stood out was the natural light.  It filled this open, two-story foyer with the most incredible airy, bright light. What wasn't so great was...

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