Flashback Friday - Edgewood Ave SE

This week is a "before and after" flashback. I am posting pictures of what our last house looked like just before we bought it in 2003 and what it looked like right before we sold it in March.

The living room was a blah beige color with a southwestern-themed cornice:

We painted the room and gave away the cornice.

The kitchen complete with pink shade, Pepto Bismol colored walls (do you sense a theme?), and gold knobs:

We painted the kitchen a deep red (5 coats!), replaced the window treatment, and spray painted the knobs brushed nickel.

The three season room which could really only be used for one or two seasons:

Our finished four season room. We removed the slider between the kitchen and the room. We took out one of the sliders in the room and replaced it with two windows, added one additional window, and insulated. We put in new carpet and a custom designed (by us!) iron railing.

The upstairs bath complete with wallpaper border, pink shade, pinkish fixtures, and linoleum:

We gutted the bathroom in January 2007. We put in a new tile floor, shower, toilet, sink, countertop, tile backsplash, window treatment and light fixture.

The master bedroom with blah beige walls, ugly wallpaper border and mini blinds:

We painted the room and put Roman shades on the windows.

Nathan and Andrew's bedroom with white walls, train wallpaper and red chair rail:

We took off the wallpaper, painted the room blue, and put up a white chair rail.

The nursery with teddy bear wallpaper border and balloon window treatment:


We took off the border and painted a sun, moon, and stars stencil border. We painted above the chair rail a light green color and got rid of the balloons.
The family room downstairs:

The only thing we did downstairs was get a new window treatment. We also discovered that Easy Off oven cleaner will clean fireplace glass with ease.

I don't have a "before" picture of the downstairs bathroom. We painted it the same blue as the boys' bedroom (leftover paint) and put up a small shelf.