Our House!

I am back and am determined to be more diligent in updating the blog, as I have alot of updating to do!   I thought I would start with some photos of our new home that we moved into mid-October.  Here are a few before and after shots....there was much work to be done and it is fun to see how far we have come!!

First off, here is the outside of our house!  Thankfully this was very well-kept and we haven't had to do a thing to it:

And here is the front hall before,  pink wallpaper and all:

Mom and Dad Sylvester spent hours taking this small amount of wallpaper off the walls for us.  We are forever indebted to them - if you have ever done this you know it is a terrible job!!  But worth it - here is the front entrance now, after lots of paint and a new engineered hardwood floor:

I love this little nook - the bench is from Homesense and the mirror from my parents' house!  Score!

And now the lovely orange living room before.....

And after....

The red chairs are going to be re-upholstered in a dark grey tweed.  They were a Moveline score for less than $100 each!  I am also waiting on some wall art to finish off the shelf above the couch.

The Aberfoyle Antique Market was absolutely crucial in the completion of our renovations!  This buffet is from there and just took a bit of painting and some spraypainted hardware to transform it.  It is now one of my favourite pieces!

Almost everything in our home came from thrift shops or the antique market, with the exception of this Ikea couch.  I love that the slipcover is removable and washable (yay!)  I also scored big-time in the Fabric District in Hamilton with these fabrics which I had made into pillows. I love the pop of colour they add to the room.

The living room is open to the kitchen beside.  Here is the kitchen before - pretty sad and drab:

And after....amazing what a little paint, hardware and lighting fixtures can do!

(Now you can see why I love that buffet in the living room so much....limited cupboard space in here!!)

Probably my fave piece in the house, and my biggest score, is this hutch.  I found it at Value Village for $30!!  It was a natural wood colour so we just painted it white and Mark and my dad figured out how to hang it on the wall.  I'm so happy with the result!

Finally a place to display our City Mug collection!

We've come to the end of our tour today, folks.  Stay tuned for more before and after pics!!