{Our Cottage} Master Bedrom & Bath

I wish I really had a before picture of this room. Before our renovation, it had two closets to the left and right of the window. They had mirrored doors, and took up what felt like most of the room. On the solid wall between the bedroom and bath, there was a double window {now on the front of the house}. There really wasn't much you could do with furniture placement in here. Fitting in even a queen bed was tough. Maybe one day I will run across a true before shot, but for now, this is the best I can do! The before was when we first moved into the room after the reno. Very bare bones, white walls. Then, as you've seen here, and here.
The bathroom and closet were the biggest before and afters. Yes, you are seeing correctly, the bathroom used to be a screened in porch. We spent many days sketching this on napkins, scraps of paper-you name it! Again, living in a space before renovating makes a huge difference! I can truly say we love everything about our new master bath and walk in closet!

More to come, next Exterior before and after!

{Our Cottage} Dining Room

Here is the dining room before & after. Remember in the kitchen b&a, there was a single doorway into the kitchen? Well, we took that wall out. We now spend a lot of time at the dining room table, since it is so open to the kitchen. {Only had a before picture that was taken during the progress!}

Here's one thing I learned about renovations. If you live in the space for awhile, you have time to think and go over different options. Charles and I discussed this for a long time, and we have been so happy with the result. There isn't any detail we would change!

{Our Cottage} Living Room

Wednesday I posted my first before & after of our house. I tried put the pictures in a way that they are side by side. Once the post went live, I realized it cut off some of the pictures. I have tried to change it a bit today. Still not as clear as I want. Maybe tomorrow I will go back to posting the individual pics. I really need to take a class in computers and blogging!

Today's B&A of our house is the living room. When I met Charles, he already lived here. I immediately thought the house was super cute. Also, I didn't think his living room was too bad for a bachelor. He had a friend who helped him with the furniture. Being a UGA grad, I thought the red and black theme was fitting. I wish I had a better picture of the sofa. For a red, leather sofa, it was actually cute. And the striped black fabric on the club chairs. Anyway, once we were married, we merged a lot of furniture. I guess you could say at that time, I had different style as well. My scheme in Newnan used reds, greens, and yellows. We had a couple years mixing the two. Over time, and hundreds of magazines later, I found "our" style. Let's call it cheerful, casual with hints of coastal!
I really did things backwards. The paint color was changed first. The wall color is Glidden Ruffled Feathers. A very light gray with green undertones. Next, I got the teal/blue dupioni silk curtains from Pottery Barn for the dining room. I know, not the way to go, but at least I painted a neutral paint color! Once I realized the house didn't match the curtains, I was on the hunt for a fabric to go with them. When I saw this fabric in a magazine, I knew that was the way we were headed! {the Azure colorway} Being a Romo fabric that is only available to the trade, I didn't really want to deal with that, so I went to Lewis & Sheron in Atlanta, and found this, and our new living room was born!
Update since this picture was taken, I have taken down the 2 paintings that I did. Decided the colors weren't right. And the black, rattan chairs are placed at more of an angle, not side by side. I also planned to paint the chairs, but that will have to wait until the next house one day!

I really think the fireplace/mantle situation was one of the biggest game changers in the room. The mirror went all the way to the ceiling. The mantle and brick were sooo dark. We ended up putting up new sheetrock on the ceilings in the living room, dining, and kitchen. The house had the old plaster ceilings, that didn't look great. While we were at it, we ripped out, and replaced all the crown molding, and window trim. So, a new mantle piece was created. The trim inspiration came from the original built in bookcases to the left and right of the fireplace.

Sorry to those of you are are receiving this for the second time via email. As I mentioned, having computer/blogger difficulties!

Since writing this post, our house is now listed for sale! See the preceeding post.

It's Official!

The Comer Jones cottage is now officially for sale on Georgia MLS! You can visit Griffin Realty for more info and details!!

Priced @ $154,900. Please feel free to spread the word. I will resume normal posting tomorrow!

{Our Cottage} Kitchen & Mud Room

Today's post is going to feature a little "before & after." Going through my old files, I found some good ones to remind me of how far we've come! Here is the kitchen back in the bachelor days. Some new appliances, paint, sheetrock, new trim, and painted wood floors later, I have been so happy with the result!

{Notice the single doorway into the kitchen from the dining, remember this for a post to come, we removed that wall!}

And off the kitchen, what used to be an under used porch. We created a mud room by removing the door between the kitchen and the porch. We then spruced it up with paint, a bench, shelves, & a $50 chandelier from Wal-mart.

What do you think? Our main goal was to open up the house as much as possible. It has been amazing how the mud room is now a usable space. Great place for doggie leashes, and a perfect eating spot! Also creates a more pleasant pass through for entertaining since this is the main exit to the deck. My tip, if you have a door that never gets used, i.e. closed, then take it out! Don't forget to patch the spots where the hinges were for a nice framed opening.

{Our Cottage} Guest Bedroom & Bath

In all honesty, this is my least favorite room. I really wanted to focus on our master bedroom, so this room is really a hodge podge of what we already had.
When Charles and I were first married, this was our room. It was closer to the bathroom. {Remember, the master bath is only a year old} I chose this blue a long time ago. I think it's Ben Moore, Yarmouth Blue. It's a tad dark for my taste now.

The previous homeowners had removed the closet doors, so I hung white mattelasse curtains. It has been nice to be able to open and access the entire closet at once. We also added the shelving and rod system that you can move around.

The dresser went with me to college, and has been painted MANY times. The tiny tv was also my very first tv that I took to UF. That was the first time I ever had a tv in my bedroom. From then on, I think I have had tv's in every room except for maybe the bathrooms. :)

The great thing about this room is the natural light. Tons of windows.

This is the guest/hall bath. Over the years it has had a few curtain changes. Charles bought this house before we met, so I was happy that the bachelor pad at least had a white bath. And it was white! White tile, and white walls.

We painted this a Behr color, I think. Very light. Then I changed the cabinet hardware, light fixture, and towel rack. You can't see it, but I am a huge fan of the double hang towel bars. We also have one in our master bath. And the most recent, final touch, the cute heron prints. There is also one over the towel bar. Tough to photograph this room!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am working towards getting the house on the market for sale. The main thing left to do, is straightening up the basement. For a small house, we have tons of space! I still need to get my office/3rd bedroom clean for pics. Stay tuned!

{Our Cottage} Master Bedroom Update

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July weekend! We had a nice long vacation in San Destin, Fl. I will post pictures from the trip later this week.

Remember awhile back I posted pictures of our master bedroom here. Well, I feel like I can safely say it is finally complete! {minus curtains} We recently bought a dresser that I think works perfectly! It was a great deal from a lady here in Griffin. It brings me much joy. She said it originally came from HomeGoods. I am pleased with how it works with the bench.

I wish our tv was white. Let me know if you see any cute white ones. Other than our tiny white one in the kitchen, I haven't seen any.

So in other news, we are going to be putting the Comer Jones Cottage up for sale sometime this week. Isn't it always the case that just when you get things right, it's time to move! We will be sad to see it go, but Charles and I both agree, it's time to move on. Don't worry all my Griffin friends, we will stay in the same neighborhood!
As I start to photograph the house for the listing info., I will be posting more pictures. I would appreciate any critiques on my photos, and on the house! Being a real estate broker, I am realizing this is going to be tough. When I sold my house in Newnan, I had already moved out, so not as stressful :) More to come...