Before we had our son we had to do some remodeling to prepare for his arrival. I knew I wanted it to have a farm/cowboy theme. I love how it turned out! But it was quite a journey to get there.
This is where it started.
Our home is more than 100 years old. And I think previous tenants must have added a layer of wall paper every year! There were so many layers! And the walls were a fiber board that just kind of crumbled if you did much with it. We opted to do a little framing and just sheet rock over it rather than deal with all of that wall paper.
The sheetrock by far took the most work. Not really hanging it, but the mudding seams and screws and sanding them all down! It is just a tedious process. But I can't complain my husband did most of it!
After that we used a Texture Gun
to add texture to the walls, then hung beadboard and painted, before we got the new carpet!
to add texture to the walls, then hung beadboard and painted, before we got the new carpet!
We also had to frame in and hang all of these doors, and had to build the closet door ourselves since they didn't sell a standard door that size. We basically just sandwiched 2x4's between beadboard and added hinges.
This darling mobile was made by my sister-in-law. She cut out bronc riders with a cricut, then punched holes in them to hang them from string. Believe it or not the top loop is a fan belt! She just tied the string to the fan belt, and hung it all from ribbon! I LOVE it!
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The red wainscoting is TO DIE FOR! You little guy is going to love his room! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hopefully he appriciates it when he gets old enough, but if not I love it and that is enough! Thank you so much for reading!
DeleteI LOVE it!!! The mobile is so cute! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYes my sister-in-law made that. She did a great job. Thank you so much for reading!
Deleteoh wow, it looks so great! You can tell how much thought and love went into making the nursery! So adorable! ~Andrea @ Life in Dawleywood
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Oh thank you! That is so nice! Thank you so much for reading!
DeleteThis room turned out great - I love the cowboy theme you chose and the red wainscoting is perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at Beautify It Monday! We were thrilled to have such a great turn out for out first party! Features will go up on Saturday and we hope to see you back again on Monday for week 2!
This is beautiful!
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It's adorable! Such a fun room & I love the red paneling!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was really happy with how it turned out. I'm a glad you visited the blog!
DeleteWhat a great transformation. A lot of work but well worth it.
ReplyDeleteYes it is very different. Thank you so much for commenting and reading my blog!
DeleteWow!!! Hard work paid off! It looks great!
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What a brilliant way to cover up all that horrendous wallpaper! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYes I sure didn't want to deal with that stuff! lol Thank you so much for your nice comment, and thank you for reading!
DeleteI love it! The theme is absolutely adorable!!!
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DeleteSo sweet! Great job, beautiful details! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! ;)
That is sweet! Thank you so much! That you for hosting a wonderful link party!
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Wow that transformation looks great. It gives me an idea since we are facing a similar dilemma with old walls and wall paper. The walls of our post WW2 house is that the walls are asbestos. We can simply sheet over them. :)
ReplyDeleteYou mention "previous tenants" Does that mean that you rent? Are you allowed to do major work in a rented property? We are in Australia and have to get permission from the home owner if we want to make any changes as a tenant. If we are improving it at our own expense it is usually approved.
We own our home. But there have been two previous owners that have done some crazy things that we are now fixing. Many layers of wall paper is just one of them. It just depends on your landlord, but I know in a lot of instances Landlord are sometimes willing to let you do the updates for your rental payment that month if it is equal to what you would be paying them. Good luck!
DeleteLots of work! It looks great. I love your blog, just found it.
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