The House that went from Drab to Fab - Girls Room

Shortly after the outside repairs were done on the house, we found out we were expecting our first baby.  We immediately knew what our next project would be, but did not know how huge it would become, and the time it would take to accomplish the task.

The room we chose as the babies room was across the hall from our room and as you will see from the pictures it had some very ugly, old, and worn paneling.  This room also had two entrance doors to it; one from the family room, and the other from the hallway.  The light fixture was hideous, to say the least, and consisted of one light bulb on a two light bulb fixture, and the glass cover was missing.  The carpet was an ugly maroon, and very dirty.  We suspect it was installed in the mid  1970s.  The moldings were broken and in some places missing completely.

The door shown in the picture above became obsolete and the only access to the room when finished was from the hallway, giving the room more functionality.

 My husband worked tirelessly tearing all the old molding and paneling from the walls and what should he find below...hideous wallpaper.  He then worked on opening the closet to its full potential. The original small door that was on the closet, only allowed easy access to half of the closet space.

The room pretty much received a total makeover.  The plugs were recessed into the walls (most of the plug boxes in our home were boxes against the walls, making it hard to have any furniture flush against the wall), new light switch and plug covers, new moldings, Sheetrock to smooth out the wavy, damaged walls, the outside wall was furrowed in a bit to add insulation.  Upgrades included new moldings trim, and rosettes, hardware, fan light, carpet, blinds, textured ceiling, bead-board style wainscoting and the walls were painted a light green with a sage green sponged over the top.

I became pretty stressed in February, when this project was not quite done and I was due the end of February.  The room was such an intense project that my Hubby spent all his extra time on it.  The carpet was delayed (causing me more stress) and was not installed until the Friday before my due date (which was Sunday).  Lucky for us the Baby ended up being 4 days late (amazing since I was so stressed out).  This room became my favorite room in the house and when I walked in it, the light was rejuvenating and the room felt as though I was in a completely different house.  It was hard to believe that this beautiful room now existed in such a drab house.

Ready for Baby:

At the time of sell.