Nicole wrote to us with some amazing transformation photos of a room she spent two days redoing at her parents' place. You may not believe the "before" shot (granted, the photo appears to be taken at night after the work had already begun):
Before & After: Nicole's Bedroom Transformation
Before
After:
A Wicker Park, Chicago resident, Nicole traveled back to rural Pennsylvania for this project at her parents': an old town Grange-Hall (from late 1800's) that they remodeled and transformed into a home.
Paint:
Valspar from Lowe's in 3 colors:
Top: Toasted Pecan (2 gallons flat)
Trim: Camel Ride (1 quart satin)
Bottom: Dylan Velvet (1 gallon flat)
Time:
The job took 2 coats of paint so it took about 2 days total.
Furnishings:
All of the furniture is from sales/auctions/family members and the art is personal photography done in Rome, Italy.
Congrats, Nicole! We love the results.
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very clean and simple, i like! we have chair railing in our house and i never knew how to deal with painting the room, i really like what you have done.
view wwoolsey's profile
this is amazing! fantastic! really great job and what an improvement!
view jessimarie33's profile
Much nicer! good work!
view SherryBinNH's profile
Love it but please move the cords around to the back of the bureau.
view Matilda's profile
It's nice, but can you really sleep in that yellow? It would keep me up all night.
view djs's profile
Love the colors you chose and they look great with the furniture. You did a great job considering that super creepy before state.
view PepperDoll's profile
Never been a fan of either the "diagonal bureau" or the stair-step picture hanging method, but to each her own, and congrats on a sunny and charming makeover.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
Just lovely.
view joelmurr's profile
Very unusual color choices- way to be bold! I love how rich the furniture looks in this setting.
view shockthebourgeois's profile
Good lord that was awful!
Good job!
view bepsf's profile
very pretty colors!!!! I just love long/puddled drapery myself..Great job!
view keeks's profile
Lovely! And I like how it looks good with the brass bed, which is a lovely piece but often hard to fit into a room. And I would never have thought of those color choices, but they look great!
view JulesDC's profile
You obviously worked so hard and did a wonderful job!!!
view sassydo's profile
Off topic - how do you post a topic on here? I tried asking the site through contact us but no one has responded.
view ChrisGal's profile
Wow. what a wonderful transformation. I, too, would never have thought to put those colours together, but boy does it ever work - and it makes the room look much larger than before! That dresser is to die for. Amazing piece of furniture
view wc_canuck's profile
Me too - congrats on an excellent job.
view JoanneM's profile
wow I've never thought of putting those 2 colors together - looks great!
view lovelyrita's profile
You did an incredible job. Very chic.
view caitlinmarie's profile
Chartreuse and another shade of chartreuse? I'm sorry, I'm sensing some conflicted issues with the parents here. I found the "after" depressing and confining. Shades close to these were often used in hospitals in the 40s and 50s. I remember a color close to these from the hospital room of my childhood tonsillectomy. Combined with the dark wood -- my God, put me under, fast!
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