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 color choices, you can really appreciate the whole house palette in these photos(see neon kitchen)
    • red built ins
    • gold fireplace
    • flesh-toned bricks
  • the fireplace doors are taped on to the fireplace
  • Linda’s decor style: ALL. THE. DEITIES.

livingroom-before-fireplace-wall-king-tut livingroom-before-fireplace livingroom-before-wall-color

livingroom-before livingroom-before-angle livingroom-before-fireplace-decals

Immediate Plans

  • paint walls
  • paint trim
  • paint fireplace bricks
  • paint fireplace doors
  • securely attach fireplace doors
  • patch floor
  • refinish floor
  • build a coffee table

Future Plans

  • repair leaded glass doors
  • buy a new couch
Picture of Michelle Kowalski

Michelle Kowalski

Michelle tries things in Cleveland, Ohio.
More from Michelle Kowalski

Share:

More Posts

Attaching a wood fence to a chainlink fence

As I mentioned in my last fence/gate update post, I helped Erika attach a wood fence to the chainlink fence in her backyard. The process was similar to when I converted a chainlink fence to a wood fence, except in this case, we left the chainlink fence intact. This method is a good option if you want to add a little more privacy to your yard or camouflage a chainlink fence while you wait to save up for a completely new fence. 

Gift Guide: Indoorsy

Struggling to find gift ideas for your favorite people? We’ve got you covered with our And Then We Tried gift guide! First up: your friends and family who are decidedly indoorsy. While we can’t claim to be experts on much, things to buy people who like to stay inside is definitely in our wheelhouse.

and then we tried obsessions 10.19.18

Obsessions: 10.19.18

You wanna know what we have been decidedly NOT obsessed with in the past month? The blog. Womp womp. We’re hopping back in this week, but we’ll be posting a bit more sporadically for a while. Here’s hoping you all loved getting caught up on Michelle’s driveway gate plans yesterday. See what else we’ve been obsessed with in this week’s And Then We Tried Obsessions.

Fence Updates and Two-Panel Wood Driveway Gate Plans

Hellooooo, I’m thinking about fences again! You all had the pleasure of following along as I moved and rebuilt the fence in my backyard and then converted a chainlink fence into a wood fence along my driveway, and now it’s finally time to build that driveway gate. Of course, I can’t just build a driveway gate and leave it at that, I’ve also decided to cap the entire fence to cover up the dogear pickets and give everything a cleaner and more finished look. HOORAY!