I didn’t really mean to leave y’all hanging on seeing the before and after pictures of Watson’s house. I just kind of ran out of space and time ????
I left Sunday morning. Since I was travelling I, of course, had to have some sustenance and Hardee’s was on the way.
With sausage biscuit and Diet Coke in hand, off I went.
I arrived in Farmville around noon. We unloaded, planned and figured then all of the sudden it was 1:30! So off we went to Lowe’s.
By the time we got home and got started, it was already 3:30 – at this point, I could tell we weren’t going to get everything finished that we wanted to, but I knew we could come pretty close. So, we painted and straightened until 10:30 that night! After that, we finally put our feet up and ate a delicious steak salad that Watson made, then crashed at midnight. The things you do for your children—I’m usually snoring by 10!
First, the before pictures. Now remember, Watson is 27 and lives in this little house by himself. There is no one else to help or blame for the state of affairs. I want everyone to know that I really did try to teach him (and his sister) to keep things picked up, but alas, it didn’t stick. Now, in reality, the apples probably didn’t fall far from the tree.
Anyway, first up. The living area. It’s one room with a fireplace, 4 windows, 3 door openings and a laundry closet.
That’s a world map held up (not so much)with duct tape. There is NO overhead lighting anywhere, so lamps are a must. Before, he only had two – one of them being a cheapy floor lamp from goodness knows where. The wing chair is from our house and the nice leather sofa came from the shop.
Nice color on the walls, but all the red sort of made you feel like you were in a cave.
Here’s the after–kind of.
The new color is around the fireplace. That’s the highest I could reach with the roller on Monday after Watson went to work. I REALLY wanted to get that map down and put up art so he could see where we were going. I brought the tortoise candle jar, the dog and the lawn ball from home. The lawn ball has his initial on it. I found it in London—it was his present I brought home. At the age of 13, he wasn’t too impressed, but now I think he appreciates it.
We pushed the sofa back to give more space in the room. (The front door is behind the sofa, but no one ever uses it, so access wasn’t important.) It faces the TV (of course). The pie safe is now in the left corner and can hold extra clothes, CD’s, whatever.
Here’s a better photo. The wing chair and a Hitchcock style chair are on either end of the sofa. The rug is on loan from a friend until we get what we want. The trunk is the coffee table until we find one. There is now a nice floor lamp on the wing chair end of the sofa, and a lamp on the bookcase on right and a lamp on pie safe on the left. With all the new lighting and the change in wall color, it should feel much lighter now. We’re going to get a matching floor lamp for other end of sofa.
Next blog—the bedroom and the bathroom. Stay tuned because my before and after pictures are much better for those!
Patience grasshopper!