The House that Funk Built
In July, I purchased my own tiny chunk of the Golden State. With nothing but a rigorous commitment to my seemingly-insane aesthetic and tons of free labor from friends and family, the Saucy Dwelling in my mind became reality.
The place was a dirty-looking off-white on the walls. The fireplace was faux lava rock. The floor was glossy tile the color of a bloodstain. I painted, laid down laminate flooring, painted the fireplace (omg, what a project!), had the bathroom tiled, changed the light fixtures and put in new baseboards.
The day i got the house, the living room looked like this:
The bathroom became one of the things I am most proud of. The tile floor is the only thing I paid a contractor to do throughout the entire process. This is a rather blurry photo of the room the day I got the keys:
And a shot of it now:
The cabinets are decoupaged with fabric from some Ikea panel curtains I put up in my dining room. More on those later.
The second bedroom and the master looked pretty much identical, except for size. filthy carpet, etc.
The second bedroom had a closet with floor to ceiling sliding doors. I took those out in favor of panel curtains, and the shelving was the brainchild of my parents... That protrusion into the room was due to a coat closet in the dining room, which seemed like an odd place for a closet. We punched through the wall and built boxes for either side... Creating a huge, deep shelving unit in the second bedroom that really increased storage, and a shallower one in the dining room. The second bedroom after:
The shelving on the dining room side:
As for the dining room itself, I don't have a lot of before pictures. The finished product viewed from the kitchen looks like this:
And viewed from the living room looks like this:
The fabric used for the panel curtains was mentioned earlier re: the front of my cabinets. I also used it as a stencil to make a woodgrain table...
Into this:
The master suite doesn't have anything really extraordinary done to it, mostly just paint and baseboards and flooring like the rest of the place. In case you didn't notice, I love the combination of cool and warm colors!
My bedroom has my first ever walk-in closet, which still excites me every time I see it.
It excited me so much, in fact, that I decided to find the silliest, girliest, sparkliest light fixture I could. I toyed with a chandelier for a while, and ultimately settled on the following:
Thank you so much for looking!!
The place was a dirty-looking off-white on the walls. The fireplace was faux lava rock. The floor was glossy tile the color of a bloodstain. I painted, laid down laminate flooring, painted the fireplace (omg, what a project!), had the bathroom tiled, changed the light fixtures and put in new baseboards.
The day i got the house, the living room looked like this:
The bathroom became one of the things I am most proud of. The tile floor is the only thing I paid a contractor to do throughout the entire process. This is a rather blurry photo of the room the day I got the keys:
And a shot of it now:
The cabinets are decoupaged with fabric from some Ikea panel curtains I put up in my dining room. More on those later.
The second bedroom and the master looked pretty much identical, except for size. filthy carpet, etc.
The second bedroom had a closet with floor to ceiling sliding doors. I took those out in favor of panel curtains, and the shelving was the brainchild of my parents... That protrusion into the room was due to a coat closet in the dining room, which seemed like an odd place for a closet. We punched through the wall and built boxes for either side... Creating a huge, deep shelving unit in the second bedroom that really increased storage, and a shallower one in the dining room. The second bedroom after:
The shelving on the dining room side:
As for the dining room itself, I don't have a lot of before pictures. The finished product viewed from the kitchen looks like this:
And viewed from the living room looks like this:
The fabric used for the panel curtains was mentioned earlier re: the front of my cabinets. I also used it as a stencil to make a woodgrain table...
Into this:
The master suite doesn't have anything really extraordinary done to it, mostly just paint and baseboards and flooring like the rest of the place. In case you didn't notice, I love the combination of cool and warm colors!
My bedroom has my first ever walk-in closet, which still excites me every time I see it.
It excited me so much, in fact, that I decided to find the silliest, girliest, sparkliest light fixture I could. I toyed with a chandelier for a while, and ultimately settled on the following:
Thank you so much for looking!!