We do not have a before picture of the front porch. Here is the after. Not much has been done except for adding some Boston ferns, Adirondacks, tables and lanterns. The biggest transformation we made was paining the ceiling haint blue! If you're not familiar with this tradition you should look it up! We had the house pressure washed so as soon as the ceiling was dry we slapped on a coat of Benjamin Moore Polar Sky. We both couldn't be more pleased. It is a fantastic place to have a cup of coffee in the morning or a cocktail in the evening! 

This is the best before picture I have. This picture was taken the night before we had the granite installed so the drawers were already removed. This kitchen reno was a labor of love. It took months to say the very least but with an infant and us both working full time we did a little here and there until we FINALLY finished. In the kitchen we removed the old white formica counter tops and added granite along with a new sink and faucet. Mike and I tackled the back splash after going to a workshop at a home and garden show, it was quite the experience. Since this picture we have updated all of the hardware as well. Throughout the entire kitchen, breakfast room, and hallway the walls were painted and texturized with a mixture of the red and gold you see in the before picture. It was a nightmare to smooth out the walls and it took FOREVER! We couldn't be more proud of the finished product! 

Powder Room 

The powder bath had wallpaper! Three layers of it that we had no idea about it until we started removing!!Wallpaper removal is a labor of love to say the least! We painted this room a diluted Sherwin Williams Tidewater like our bedroom and it feels so fresh and clean. 

Millie's room might be my favorite in the entire house. When we moved in this room was actually a little girls nursery that was painted a super dark shade of mocha which made the room feel and look so incredibly dark that it would never do for us. It took two coats of Kilz and two coats of Sherwin Williams Swimming to bring it to the happy space it is today. We went with all white furniture to keep it feminine as we did paint a girl nursery blue. As a lover of Lilly Pulitzer I decided to decorate her room with a loose LP theme. There are a lot of fun colors and elements we added like the book nook in her dormer. It is such a sweet space that everyone comments on when they see it. Soon she will be upgrading to a big girl bed so this space will look much different next year but because we didn't use a true nursery theme it will not be hard to incorporate her new furniture into this room! 

The back of the house has been updated with new patio furniture and cute pop up lights(which were destroyed in a hail storm but will be replaced soon). We love this area to grill and entertain. 

Going forward. We have actually finished(need to caulk and touch up) our master bath small renovation. I will add it when I snap some new pictures. Next up is taming our insane pantry. I am buying and installing the Algot kit from Ikea so fingers crossed. Soon after we will be updating our impending arrivals new room! I cannot wait to FINALLY tackle another brown room(she says sarcastically). That may be all we can do for a bit as we will have a barely two year old and a newborn. I love seeing these pictures and noticing all of the hard work that has gone into this house to make it a home we really love. Will we ever be done? Probably not! I feel that there will always be room for improvement of the home variety :)