Saturday, May 16, 2015

Garden Room - Before and After.


Hi there everyone.....it's been a WHILE l know, but over the past few weeks l've been busy making a dream come true, not a life changing, or ALL important dream mind you, but a GOOD one just the same:-)
For YEARS l've been SO wanting to paint our brick garden room but hubby's never been keen on the look of painted bricks, and trying to convince him that they'd look HEAPS better if he'd just TRUST me:-) was a battle.....The ceiling really needed maintenance and fresh paint, so something had to give....we discussed maybe timber lining the walls, having them plastered over, or rendering them, however any of these options would have been expensive and time consuming...in the end he put up the scaffold (so l could reach the ceiling) and reluctantly let me GO FOR IT.......and FINALLY it's DONE.....To my eye it looks beautiful and hubby doesn't HATE it, haha...Hope you enjoy the before and afters. The colour is Dulux Antique white USA.


 
Now 

Before
Now..... Tablecloth turned curtain helps screen the view into the garage.
Before

 
Pretty woven baskets....mostly Italian and English.
Now.. 
This is the before...... showing our Christmas table last year.


 

Garden room into the kitchen - dining area....Completely different and a much more cohesive look with a fresh coat of paint.....


Pretty new pink 1950's frock.... a lovely gift from my Mum.
 

 Hope you all have an awesome weekend:-)....and thanks so much for stopping by.


Bron.

 

12 comments:

  1. Bron,
    I think the transformation is gorgeous!! Love all the pretty china in the hutch also! Bet your hubby secretly loves it, hehe! Have a great weekend
    Teresa
    sugar, spice and whatever's nice

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by Theresa and for your lovely positive feedback. Not sure if hubby secretly loves it, but l bet he'd never admit it anyway...haha!!

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  2. Wow. This is the prettiest blog I've seen in a long time. Thanks for the happy, romantic, feeling. :)

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    1. Aww thanks so much for your lovely words Lisa, l'm so happy you enjoyed your visit. have a great rest of your week:-)

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  3. Your garden room is beautiful!! the painted brick looks so good. I know your hubby loves it, just doesn't want to admit you were right all along.

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    1. Thanks so much Karen...l can't tell you how much l'm glad to be rid of those red bricks....the room's still a work in progress, it needs a bit of colour or something l think but at least it's a nice blank canvas to work with now:-) l hope your week is wonderful.

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  4. Your Garden Room looks Amazing Bron.
    I love the before & after pics.

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    1. How lovely you could stop by Shel.....thanks for your lovely comment also and thanks for your help in choosing the colour:-) Have a great rest of your week won't you, lets hope we have some sunshine at some stage:-)

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  5. Good call! Never listen to men when it comes to design!! LOL! It looks updated, fresh and bright now. Great work!
    hugs♥,
    Caroline

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  6. Hehehe....l agree Caroline. Thanks so much for popping in. Hope you're having an awesome weekend:-)

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  8. The change is amazing - it is absolutely beautiful!!! Your husband should never doubt you - you had a vision and it came out perfect. I really love this space and how you decorated it. I am sure it puts a big smile on your face every time you look at it.

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