Transformation Tuesday: The family room

 I am so excited to say that we finally found the time and money to fix our family room!  Since we moved in over a year ago, it has been on our list of things to do (It was unsightly, but nothing was unsafe and it was pretty functional, so it got bumped down the list a time or two in comparison to other projects/rooms in the house). 

Hugh and I are so thankful to have it done and off the radar now, that I thought I'd share some photos with you!  Of course, we don't have any legitimate "before" photos because we are terrible at remembering to take those.  :(  But here are a few photos that show the water damage on the ceiling and walls.  Also, in the bottom photo, behind that big blue map there were hundreds of holes in the wall from a dart board (previous owners).  And the wobbly ceiling fan haphazardly hung down from the ceiling a few more inches than I was comfortable with, not to mention its broken glass globes. 

Here are a few in-progress shots.  Hugh painted the ceiling and did all of the puttying and wall painting after our handy-man replaced the damaged sections of the panelling.   

 (the white parts are new, the tan parts are original)

And here is our finished product!  We chose a light robin's egg blue color for the walls, and we also replaced the sketch old ceiling fan.  It looks so much cleaner and brighter and more welcoming now!  Our handyman also made a frame to go around our large mirror, so now it looks more finished (though it's still waiting for a coat of paint). 

We are so pleased with the results, especially since we spend a lot of time in this room playing and entertaining guests... now I just need to get around to hanging a few things on the walls and finding some nice curtains.  :)