The "Mid-Wall" Before and After

Well, I'd love to be finishing up the details of the Reading Nook, but I'm going to have to wait until the hubby can get some lighting arrangements finished up in there. He probably won't be able to do this for a couple months (I know, so sad) so we will be moving on to what I call....the Mid Wall, which I finished a few days ago. 

These are the before pictures, well really, these are mid-way-through pictures. The wall and stairway beams were originally knotty-pine wood paneling, and the floor was the "old-school" linoleum. I don't have an actual "before" picture.  

This wall was a dart-board wall for the previous owners, and that is why you see a lot of white blotches. This is where we added putty to cover up all the dart holes. The strip of wood on the bottom is where we took off an unused baseboard heater and added some molding, and the blue smudges are from the kids drawing in blue glue stick...oh renovating around little kids. Two steps forward and one step back, right?

Here is the After....

The line you see to the right of the computer is a push door that opens to a storage spot underneath the stairs. The Mid-wall is in between the Reading Nook and the stairway. 

I organized the bookshelves. 

I  used my "Be Thankful" painting. You can see my DIY for that here.  It fit perfectly in my new thrift store frame. 

I glued a couple things together to make a frame, still need a smaller picture though, and I have a small catch-all bowl. Because every room needs a catch-all!

I found the green and gold frame at a thrift store about a month ago. I loved it so much, I decided not to paint it and to incorporate kelly green into the room.

We usually do our home school downstairs and even though there is no leg room in the shelves, it works well to sit here and do my work while I help the kids with theirs. My husband's desk is directly across the room. 

I added a little plant and put a few fun, gold and white feathers in my pen cup. 

I made a new pillow for my chair, which brought more green into the space. These green strips were made from an old shirt. Tutorial to come soon. 

So once again....the before.

and the after!

Now to finish the trim on the downstairs gallery wall!

--Katie

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