I know I've been away from Active Rain for just FOR-EVA, but I have been trying to remember to take pictures along the way, and I finally have some "before" and "afters" to share. As you probably recall from my past posts, we are preparing our house to put on the market.
This room I'm sharing today is on one side of that long hallway I posted about here. It is part of the original den to this house (the hall was the other part of the original den but became a hall when we added our great room). This room was a toy room when my kids were little, a home office at one time, and back to being a room for the kids - basically their den where they could hang out with their friends. This room is 9 x 17.
So you have my amateur faux painting (don't even ask), which I knew had to go. Things are moved about because we were getting ready to paint. There was an Ikea cabinet (double doors on top and bottom) in that little niche area.
Kids den before
Kids den before
Kids den before
Kids den before
Afters:
And, of course, the Realtor, Lourdes Hoglo, took this picture {below}, which is better than any I could have taken!
As you can see, everything pretty much stayed the same in this room. Besides painting, we removed a cabinet in the niche and put in shelves; these hold the televsion and baskets for any miscellaneous items. The paint color is Sherwin Williams' Sensational Sand.
I'm hoping to get the long hallway's "after" up shortly. I have a couple of pictures I bought for it, but I broke the glass in one of them getting the staples from the protective cardboard covers out.
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Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are located on Long Island, New York, and offer interior decorating, home staging, interior redesign and much more. Having staged my own house for sale, I can honestly tell you that "I know what you're going through". For more information on our services and fees please visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressions.com.
