The previous owner of our house decorated like she was 80 years old. She couldn't have been older than 45. It was tough to overlook all the floral curtains and "special touches" (the word Amy used for this woman's decor choices) -- such as flowered knobs on all the closet doors and flowered contact paper in all the kitchen cabinets -- and imagine the house fit for 30-somethings. I wanted to rid the house of the garden motif. It took Amy and I an entire evening to rip out all that contact paper. And Jaime was nice enough to take down every single curtain on every window of the house. Little by little, we are making the house livable (at least to my standards). One of the most noticeable changes is the dining room. Here are the before and after photos.
The before photo was taken when we were looking at the house. The after was about a month after we moved in. I have since added some art on the wall...but that's about it. I wonder what Ms. Special Touches would say about the house now?
Remember that show Moving Up on TLC, where old owners came back to see what the new owners did to the house? She might not have sold to you if she'd known what you were going to do with her chandelier!
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