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Thanks for following our progress through this entire transformation. We are so happy for the new owner. And please stay tuned for our Colonial with a Twist project!!!
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Laurel,
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get that Maine artwork hanging in the foyer? I need it!
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Monique
Beautiful. I have fallen in love with your style. The MAINE board .... did you make it? If yes, How? thk for sharing
ReplyDeleteThe Maine artwork was done by the very talented artist Ellen Thayer. Check out her website at www.maineislandtreasures.com. Her artwork is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteIt was so creepy and dark before.
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who doesn't want to paint wood. They need to look at this. You did a fantastic job. You need your own HGTV show.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cheryl!!! And I appreciate the HGTV comment, although I think they want more 'drama' than we want to deal with :-) Our goal is to have a renovation go smoothly, although that's a real challenge, even under the best of circumstances.
DeleteIt is lovely - so light and airy and charming. Congratulations! Thanks for letting us live the process along with you. We're looking forward to the next one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Elisa, it's so great to hear from you!!! I hope you'll enjoy this new project, it's a huge amount of work, but we think it's going to be a fabulous home.
DeleteLaurel - these are fantastic! Both houses you've renovated are gorgeous, but this second one is really just terrific. The buyers of both are lucky recipients of your talent and great style!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Stacie. We had a great time transforming this one!! Can't wait to get our latest project completed!
DeleteWhat did you use on the hardwood floors? They look great.
ReplyDeleteAren't they beautiful? They put 3 coats of polyurethane on them, after many hours of sanding!
DeleteThanks for reading the blog!
Laurel
Just found your website and I'm loving the before and afters! My husband and I have a dream to do something very similar to what you two have undertaken. If you ever get time to write more about how you made the transition from "shower before" to "shower after" you have a ready audience!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading the blog Susan! I hadn't thought about doing another blog post about our transition......but maybe I should. I guess I'm not the only one that fantasized about changing my lifestyle after many years in a corporate world. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteI just love everything that you have done! True inspiration. I would love to paint my knotty pine paneling to look as good as yours. Is there a place on your site that shows instructions or would you mind sharing how you did them?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Laurel!
Dawn
Hi Dawn, covering up the knotty pine wasn't hard - but very time consuming. You need to start with an oil based primer (original Behr or Zinser). After that has dried, then we did two coats of latex. Even with that, we had a little bleed through and had to go back and do some spot prime follow up. We used heavy nap rollers to get into all the cracks, with a brush for some of the tricky spots!
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Laurel