Our Home Makeover

Steve & I built our house with Simmons Homes back in 1998 (before kids). Our home has seen many changes since then. Poor Steve used to say, "Most men worry about coming home and finding their wives with another man. I come home and worry another room has been painted and redecorated." 😂

Well, we paid our house off in 2018 and we figured we'll probably live here forever, God-willing. So we decided to do a major overhaul by knocking out the west wall of our house. We extended it out ten feet which made our kid's rooms, utility room, master bath & closet bigger. It was a very long year with some pretty difficult times but in the end it was very worth it. Here's a few pics from the beginning of the exterior reconstruction...

The rest of our interior before and after pics can be found here ...

Asher's OU Bedroom

Dining Room

Guest Bathroom

Laundry Room

Living Room

Master Bathroom & Closet

Master Bedroom

Mercy's Dance Bedroom

Office

* ReVision Renovations did the majority of the interior construction work in our house and we highly recommend them!

Master Bedroom Makeover

We recently made over our master bedroom - again. Poor Steve. That room is hard to paint because of the tres ceiling and bulky furniture. I have to laugh at some of the changes it's been through...

1999 - Yellow walls with white sponge paint on top!

2003 - Diamonds glazed on top of blue

2006 - Gold glazed on top of mustard yellow

One of my favorite things in the picture above is the wooden box at the foot of our bed. Steve made that for me back in the day & it's been several different paint colors over the years.  But it's so useful for holding pillows and blankets. I love it so much ❤️

2010 - off-white and apple green walls

And welcome to 2020! New paint color (thanks to reVision Renovations for painting it for us this time!), new carpet, a barn door (made by our buddy, Thad), and a new seating area. We also did away with our dressers because we put built-ins in our closet when we did our Master Bathroom & Closet Makeover which freed up a lot of space in our bedroom. I spend a lot of time in this room and have enjoyed the lighter and brighter color scheme! ...

Some of my favorite pics from our previous trips to Uganda

Shopping list:

"Act Justly" metal sign - Jimmy Don with Magnolia Market

Canvasses - Canvasdiscount.com (be sure to google a 90% off coupon!)

Carpet - Millcreek

Corner couch & bench - Amazon

Corner hanging pendant light - Amazon

Corner side table - The Vintage Phoenix in Broken Arrow (my fave boutique!)

Curtains, bedding, & side table lamps - TJMaxx

Desk - Amazon

Desk chair - Amazon

Love Never Fails sign, magnet & cork boards, shelving, & most of the decor - Hobby Lobby

Living Room Makeover

Our living room has been decorated in several colors over the past 20 years but for some reason I was always drawn to green. Check out the birdhouse mural and country decor from 2000 😂...

And then in 2006, we "updated" to more jewel tones and more hand-painted furniture...

Oh my. Those colors crack me up. So our 2020 update with greys & lighter colors were a very welcomed change! 😉

We updated the fireplace area by removing the green tile and replacing it with brick & a cedar mantle. We also added shiplap to that wall and added cedar shelves. And finally replaced our dingy carpet with large cement tiles & an updated rug.

It's still a work in progress as I'm on the hunt for light, wooden Roman shades for window treatments, new pillows for our couch, and I'll probably remove the collage wall & do something different there soon. One of the joys of having our own house - making it comfy & our own favorite spaces!

Shopping list:

Black cabinet & most of the shelf & wall decor - Hobby Lobby

Tile floors - Home Depot

Tribal rug - RugsUSA

Dining Room Makeover

Our dining room has seen red and white french country from about 1998-2011...

To African from about 2012-2018...

Of course, farm house style and lighter and brighter colors became popular after that so some necessary changes needed to be made...

Shopping links...

Light - Amazon

Curtains & table linens - TJ Maxx

Chalkboard - Kirkland's (painted by me 😉)

Window shutters & most of the decor - Hobby Lobby, Old Time Pottery, & Big Lots

Epoxy flooring - Designall Custom Concrete