The second post in our Chester County Moms Home Renovation Series comes from Kelly Whalen, the founder of The Centsible Life, a blog where motherhood and money meet. Her goal is to help readers live well on less. Kelly is a Chesco Mom to 4, and loves that she can stay at home with her kids, and still pursue her passions for writing, personal finance, and social media. You can often find her on twitter and Facebook talking money and motherhood.
I asked Kelly to tell us about her renovation project and this is what she shared….
We live in a house we affectionately (and sometimes not so lovingly) call “The Money Pit.” Every small issue we come across ends up being a huge project. Painting a room isn’t just painting the walls, it involves hours of sanding, replacing painted over outlets and lightswitches, and more.
About 2 years ago I got a bit by the redecorating bug. I had this idea that I could transform our dark and uninviting family room by painting the paneling, removing some shoddy DIY built-in bookshelves, and replacing the burgundy carpeting with something fresher and brighter.
What started as a ‘simple’ project turned into gutting the room down to the studs. Oops! We joke that it all started because I removed the built-in shelves.
It took us many months, and lots of labor to transform our family room from a dark and dated room to an inviting and bright family space, but it was well worth the wait.
You can read more on Kelly’s blog about how she remodeled her family room (part 1 & 2)
Link to part one: http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/2011/11/before-after-family-room/
Link to part two: http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/2011/12/family-room-reveal-part-two/,
and made a barn beam mantle for her fireplace wall. {http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/2011/12/barn-beam-mantel/}
- To view all of the home renovation projects featured in this series – click here
- If you are interested in sharing your home renovation project please click here. Your contribution to the series can be any room in your house, garden or patio.
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