Mudroom Before & After

It's Friday afternoon and the kids are officially on Christmas break. Let the chaos commence!!


A few weeks ago I showed you the design I was working on for my neighbor's new mudroom.

The original laundry room was off the garage, and was rather small and cramped…

Borrowing space from the garage enabled them to have a much larger room with plenty of space for laundry and storage.

 The floor tile is Restauri Porpora, and the wall paint is Benjamin Moore "Mosaic Tile."

The electrical panel was cleverly hidden behind doors that were coated with chalkboard paint...

The countertop is quartz black noir. We're still waiting for the faucet to be installed.

It's such a great space. I'm a little jealous :)


You can see in this "before" picture, the space they grabbed from the garage to create the mudroom...

And the view from the garage now...

It really didn't affect the garage area at all, and now they have a much more useful room to store all the kids' gear.

I've got to go hang with my boys now, but I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Mom's Dining Room Reveal

Today I get to do my favorite type of blog post… a before and after!


I've been helping my mom make some changes to her dining area. Her home has an open concept floor plan, and the dining area was looking rather dark and drab.


Here is the room before…

And here is the after…

We started by recovering the dining room chairs with a blue and white geometric fabric.

Then we (or I should say my dad!) painted the walls. We used Sherwin Williams' Comfort Gray above the chair rail. The walls below the chair rail were painted white to match the trim of the house. The new paint colors really helped to revive the space.

We added a few new accessories. The ginger jars came from Home Goods. And, the gorgeous prints came from the lovely and talented Jennifer at The Pink Pagoda.

My mother brightened up the existing mirror by lightly brushing it with some of the "Comfort Gray" paint.

We are absolutely loving the new look of her dining room.

Hope you like it, too! :)


Sharing at The Pink Pagoda's March Blue and White Bash