What a happy day in February, when we could actually begin reconstruction. The rebuild took four months. Ceilings, walls, and flooring were demolished, then replaced to provide fresh perimeters.
With a blank slate, I began a redesign. First, I decided my rooms had been smothered. Walls and surfaces cried out for breathing space. So, I edited furniture and accessories ruthlessly. We threw away, gave away, and sold the extraneous. I also took this opportunity to update my color schemes.
Finally, in mid-May, we moved back in. Over the summer, we have continued to replace damaged furnishings and have added a few bits of modern to bring the house into the twenty-first century. Now on the anniversary of the flood, all three floors of our home have been given a facelift.
Would you like a tour? I always like the before and after postings on other design blogs, so I'm hoping you do too. Here is an overview of some of the main rooms. This will be followed in future posts by a more detailed room-by-room examination.
The dining room lost its lovely Gracie hand painted wallpaper. I was sad to see it go, but the moisture in the house finished lifting the already compromised paper from the walls. Before the room was a soft yellow with pink, blue, and green accents.
Now, neutral grasscloth adds texture to the walls. The formal swags and panels were replaced by sheer Lee Jofa fabric with trapunto medallions giving a more youthful, casual, and updated look to the room.
The kitchen went from raspberry
to a grayed blue-green Benjamin Moore paint color called "picnic basket" (50%). My husband confessed after it was repainted that he was never a fan of the pink! :)
The adjoining sunroom went from yellow
And the living room went from green
to neutral.
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