home tour... a girly room for Lydia
I've recently had some kind requests from a few friends for a tour of our home... I've wanted to do this for some time to tell our story about how much craziness, love & just plain hard work has gone into this place. For those of you that don't know the story, I'll give you a little background. Dan & I bought this old farmhouse and acreage about 6 years ago on auction. It's a lovely setting in the country, we liked the size & style of the house, but knew it would need a total remodel. Well... we spent one entire year working tirelessly on this place before moving in {along with lots of help from family}, although it was not in any way "done". We started in early June I believe pulling down plaster walls & ceilings, pulling out lath & nails, old wiring, insulation, crappy carpet, plywood paneling that was covering a good portion of the downstairs walls.... I could go on & on. Long story short: we took it down to the studs, rewired, replumbed, reinsulated, redrywalled, refinished floors... & since moving in we've jacked the house up to put a new basement under it, built a wrap around porch, resided & reshingled.
and so... here is Lydia's room
BEFORE
and here it is
AFTER
Notice the walls are once again pink... hopefully a little more appealing than the original paint job. The window & door trim, baseboard & crown moulding were all made by Dan & my brother & is the same all throughout the entire house. It's one of my most loved things. We've used the same paint color on the trim through the house too {Craft White. Eddie Bauer. Valspar}. The pink on the walls is Pale Peony {Valspar}. The floors are original to the house, but had to be refinished after we unearthed them from carpet foam & glue. They are a really lovely pine varied plank with lots of character. Her bed & her dresser are antique finds from one of the sweetest places near Kalona, Ia called Sister's Garden. I love the place, but nearly every time I go there I end up with a piece of furniture in my car. The photos were taken by two amazing local photographers Amy Becker {1 yr photos} & Kathie Brune {baby photos}.
So there you go... room #1 on the Meierotto Farm house tour! This is going to be a long process, as having 3 kids in the house I will try to photograph rooms as we finally complete them & before the kids do too much damage!
{robyn}
08.29.2010
Reader Comments (3)
How cute is this!! TFS!
LOve it! My gosh, I have a whole new appreciation for just HOW much work you all were doing that whole year. LOVE the way you're doing your house tour - keep the posts coming :) You are so inspiring!
Oh so glad Liz told me to check this out today. I am a decor whore and I love stuff like this. We also have an old home so I related immediately to the lath walls. Ugh. That is so much work.
The pink you chose is perfect and I think I have been to that little farm/shop in Kalona.
Love the contrast of the worn dresser with the freshly painted walls. It all works.
Can't wait to see more. I will be following.
Pam