Living Big
Two Kitchens? Two Baths? Four Bedrooms? Why not? Turning a duplex into a single family home... for one.
My Bed For Years
Oh, look, there's a cat there.
I guess you can't really call it a home for one. Currently, I have 10 cats and 2 dogs.
Once Upon A Time...
I was a Professional Upholsterer. I never put covers on a sofa! Years later, after several dogs and what has seemed like hundreds of cats, and a beige couch, I became adept at covering that Thrift Store find of $46 and change.
2 King Bed Pillows Replace 3 Back Cushions
Same 2 Pillows - Different Shams
Delicate Look
Another Look For The 2 Pillows
3 Cusions Again - Same Dogs, Rebel And Hero
More Changes
Springy, Florals and Stripes
Last Photo Of Honey - on top of cushion - With Hero
Classic Look - with Miti and Hero
Bare Couch
Throw - seat only - with dog, Maui, cat, Raven...cat, Moni in Coca Cola crate
Oh, Look...
Living LARGE, all right. Here I give you 12 photos of one corner of one room.
Sigh. This is gonna be a long story.
Would You Like To See The Opposite Wall?
I Call It The Keeping Room
I keep everything.
Living Tiny For 10 Years Limited Pictures...
The only art I had room to display was my charcoal pastel drawing of Kris Kristofferson I did in 1990, and one of 2 graduation portraits I ordered 11 X 14 enlargements of my daughter, Tanya, in 1988.
Just What You Needed - One More Picture of the Couch!
Oh, But... Look At The Wall Pictures!
This (couch wall) is the west wall. You see not only one of Tanya's graduation pictures, but both of them, as well as her wedding pictures from 2001. In developing my decorating style, I draped a black lace scarf between the graduation pictures.
In duplicating the scheme on the east wall, I found a similar black lace scarf and mixed my son, Tracy's, wedding pictures from 1995 amongst Kristofferson memorabilia, including my drawing, as the wall was longer.
My Signature Scarf Even Makes the (All White) Bedroom
From This...
To This. .....well, the colors are the same.
Back to The Keeping Room.
The South Wall... The Queen of Hearts Lives Here
The Bunnies....
....have all gone to the All-White Bedroom now.
The Other Opposite Wall - The North Wall
The Northwest Corner - Access to Living Room & Closet Door
I Even Have A Fireplace...in my Storage Room
Storage, Yes... More Mess
Ahhh... White Paint!
Coming Along...
The All White Bedroom
Bed in Southeast Corner
Downstairs Bathroom - off all white bedroom
The 'Bread Boxes' are now painted white.
Kitchen...downstairs
The Barn Door
Foyer
Onward And Upward
So, compared to my camper, I was already living big.
Lower Stairwell
Upper Stairwell (After tenants)
Kitchen ...upstairs
And Now I've Moved My Kitchen Upstairs
September 21, 2017
Temporary Patch
Setting Up A Guest Room
Will also be an Art Room and Library
I like the way this is set up. I now have added a glass and mirrored 2 shelf square coffee table with gold frame.
Also brought up a tall dresser that tucks into the corner just around the door. (Behind the floor lamp and curtain showing.)
Parlor And Writing Room
Better Picture of theParlor
I've rearranged this somewhat. I added some excersize equipment. Well, everything's gotta be somewhere. Ha, my rebounder was under my bed and never got pulled out to be used!
The Back Room will be a Workshop and Sewing Room
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Bought A Piano! Where Do You Suppose I Put That?
The downstairs kitchen, of course.
I Guess You Can Say I've Done It All
I'm going to go ahead and publish this... but since it's an on-going project, I will be adding to it as I go along.
Did I say 'adding to it'? Well, here is my Happy Place project ongoing for 2 1/2 years...
Today's date... June 20. 2020
Tore out this section of wall in Keeping Room... to insulate and re-do. Decided to use boards rather than sheetrock, and finally got some lumber up YESTERDAY!
© 2018 Tiana Dreymor
