Month: August 2016

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Michelle Kowalski

Dining Room: Before

From a few steps back, the dining room didn’t seem to be in bad shape, but upon further inspection, it was just as much work as the living room, if not more work. Let’s get into it:

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Michelle Kowalski

The Upstairs Bathroom: Before

The Crystal Palace has 1.5 baths, but the .5 is in the basement and doesn’t get much use. Once again, the colors really wow in this room. Here is the main bathroom, in all its neon glory. If it’s an aggressive color, Linda liked it.

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Michelle Kowalski

The Living Room: Before

Welcome to the living room tour. This room features a classic Crystal Palace design choice: aggressive paint colors. Good, Bad, Weird Good large front window built in bookshelves leaded glass cabinets fireplace open to the dining room Bad some of the leaded glass panels are broken a piece of the floor is missing/poorly patched the front center window doesn’t stay open Weird awful

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Michelle Kowalski

The Kitchen: Before

After a year of work, I finally have the time to document the house transformation, and the best way to start is with a collection of befores. Those of you following along on Instagram have likely already seen some teaser shots of the hot mess that was the Crystal Palace kitchen, but here it is in all its glory.

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