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January 5, 2017

Our Family Room Post-Construction Reveal

I know… I know… You have already seen a sneak peek of our family room furnished on social media so you aren’t exactly dying to see it unfurnished BUT it will come. In due time. Once I am no longer helping my hubby put on his underwear (post ACL surgery) #kiddingnotkidding. I am trying to share everything in stages and in reveals and this is the reveal of our COMPLETED (construction wise) family room!

Our family room… the room that was originally the kitchen… the room that we weren’t exactly sure WHAT to do with… the room that literally evolved from my desire request preference adamance “over my dead body will we have the television over the fireplace!!!” in our living room. If you’ve followed me for a while you may remember our “Mantle Wars” in our previous home. This time there were no wars. It was me or the TV ;-). Hehe. No really though our living room fireplace is waaaay too beautiful for a dang black box that we never even watch. Because here’s the thing… we never watch TV. And I honestly didn’t even really realize it until we lived in our rental home. We turned the TV on like twice. And then after we moved in here, we went two weeks without turning it on even once. I swear we turned it on out of habit at our last home. For background noise or something. Mark and I LOVE to get hooked on a series and watch it every evening but life was too busy for that for a while and then the girls would rather play Legos, make messy artwork and fight than watch tv. LOL. Red wine is my truth serum and I just finished a glass tonight. Taking care of two kids, a crippled (ACL surgery) hubby, the house and the dog for seven days and four hours (but hey who’s counting?) calls for a glass or two or the bottle.

So ANYWAYS, we I decided to make this room our family room. A cozy space with the blue velvet sectional we kept from our previous home. One of only five items we kept. Literally. Because I am OBSESSED with that sofa. And you will be too when I reveal that room soon. And we LOOOOVE this room. We play in the main living room during the day and evening while I (or Mark) cook dinner and then we snuggle in the family room at night.

So here’s the BEFORE…

Our Historic Wonderland 15DOur Historic Wonderland 13D

So here’s what we did…

1. First, we removed the original dumbwaiter and pantry area and created an arched doorway to the new mud room.

2. We re-ran all electrical, all HVAC and restored the original windows.

3. Spray foam insulation.

4. Sheetrock.

5. We installed beautiful thick molding on the baseboards, crown and windows! Read more about that HERE… “Trim, Ceilings and Moldings Oh My!“

6. Paint! Read more about that HERE… “Paint, Paint and More Paint…“

Wall Color- Gossamer Veil by Sherwin Williams

Trim Color-Alabaster by Sherwin Williams

Window Sash Color- Inkwell by Sherwin Williams

7. Flooring!

Read more about that HERE… “Family Room Flooring with Floor & Decor!“

8.Lighting!

Chandelier… Shop It HERE

Sconces… Shop It HERE

Shop Our Family Room:

AFTER:
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Images Above By: David Cannon Photography

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And a sneak peek at this space partially furnished that I recently shared on social media!

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Curtains

XOXO, Brittany Hayes

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  1. Sally says

    January 6, 2017 at 12:22 am

    I LOVE your home! Thanks for sharing, it’s turned out gorgeous!

    Reply
    • Brittany Hayes says

      January 6, 2017 at 3:34 pm

      Awe thank you! You’re too too sweet! XOXO

      Reply
  2. Dawn says

    January 6, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Looks amazing! I tried to order the same floors that you used through Floor and Decor but the name that you listed is not the same product that they sent me as a sample. Do you know if the floors you used have been discontinued? The Drift Oak Timberclick is more of a pieced together light butcher block where as yours look like a lovely whitewash. Any advice you can send my way would be much appreciated 🙂

    Reply
    • Brittany Hayes says

      January 6, 2017 at 3:34 pm

      Let me check on that and I’ll let you know!!!

      Reply
  3. Jill says

    January 7, 2017 at 12:30 am

    Love this reveal! Everything is beautiful. I absolutely love your color pallette with all the original home elements. Amazing

    Reply
  4. Traci R. says

    January 10, 2017 at 1:02 pm

    Did you order your windows in the black or did you have to paint them before installation?

    Reply
    • Brittany Hayes says

      January 11, 2017 at 8:22 am

      They are 111 year old windows actually! We painted them 🙂

      Reply
  5. Debbie says

    January 10, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    I love your family room! It looks so cozy and that light fixture! A-ma-zing! I can’t wait for more reveals!

    Reply
    • Brittany Hayes says

      January 11, 2017 at 8:22 am

      Awe thanks dear! That means so much! XOXO

      Reply
  6. Nayyer says

    January 18, 2017 at 2:34 am

    I am reading your blog from the start and thinking about you because you wrote all this , the way you are telling the whole story I’m enjoying it and suddenly I realized that even bloggers are stars, they have a high life style and standards. I have seen your pic , you are beautiful and stylish and you know how to decorate your house to make it look beautiful then after all this you also know how to write the whole feelings and scenario , you have decorated your home, you are beautiful and you have also beautify yourself with style, then you have wrote so many beautiful articles hehe xx I m just saying that everything around you is beautiful so the name of the blog is correct wonderland xx thank you habibi

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  7. Tracy says

    January 29, 2017 at 1:19 pm

    When will we see more photos of the finished space? I bought the same pendant for our 1929 bungalow and, it hasn’t arrived yet, but I was starting to doubt my decision. Then I ran across your blog and it was great to see it in a room with light gray walls (like mine) in a craftsman style home (kinda like mine). I’d love to see the rest of this room!!!

    Reply
    • Brittany Hayes says

      February 7, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      Very very SOON!!! I am photographing it later this week 🙂 Thanks!

      Reply
  8. Amanda says

    January 2, 2018 at 4:36 pm

    Could you tell me what color you used on your door? It’s gorgeous!

    Reply
  9. Jordan says

    October 16, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Can you share what stain color you used on your wood door? Thanks!

    Reply
  10. Amy says

    October 25, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    What color did you use on the ceiling? I’m trying to decide if I want the ceiling to match the trim or walls.

    Reply
  11. Ann says

    April 4, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    Hi,

    I am having a home built and thinking about gossamer veil
    as my wall color. My kitchen cabinets are going to be white and
    the island a navy blue. Open floor plan with the family room. Haven’t picked out granite yet. Floors are a brownish/gray lvp. Do you think this is a good match? I am not good at all with picking out colors.

    Thx

    Reply

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