Welcome to my Meadow Brook home! Stick around and Tour our Current Home!
After living in a dated 80s fixer upper in rural Tennessee for four years (you can tour that home here), we moved into this 35 year old home in September of 2018. It was a difficult move for our family but we are loving making this home our own and have been blogging as we renovate each room. The home was built in the 80s and had a few renovations, but still needs much work to be done!
We love sharing our DIY adventures with you and what we’ve learned along the way in hopes that it encourages you to tackle projects in your own home.
I’ll share links to the tutorials as well as list out our wish list for what we hope to accomplish for each room.
This home is still being updated, but here’s where we are now.
TOUR MY
CURRENT HOME
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EXTERIOR
- √ Limewash Exterior (Limewash Exterior for Instant Curb Appeal)
- √ Install Glass Insert in the front door (DIY Farmhouse Front Door)
- Replace vinyl siding with Cedar Siding
- √ Build DIY Planter Boxes (DIY Farmhouse Porch Planter Boxes for Less than $25)
- √ Add Iron Handrails (Repurposing Exterior Iron Rails)
- √ Replace brick front porch pavers (How to Install and Mortar Wash a Herringbone Brick Patio)
- Update Deck
- Build Fire Pit
Brick Color: Romabio Classico Limewash in Avorio White
Shutters: SW Tricorn Black | Front Door: Romabio Misty Eyed
ENTRYWAY
- Scrape Popcorn Ceilings
- Find Beautiful Entry Rug
- Update Light Fixture
- Paint Walls
Wall Color: SW Repose Gray
HOME OFFICE
Not much has been done in this room except for setting up furniture. I have a wish list I can’t wait to tackle.
- Paint walls
- Scrape Popcorn ceiling
- Add French Doors
- Hang Curtains
- Paint Back Door
Wall Color: Sherwin Williams Repose Gray
DINING ROOM
- √ Paint walls (Limewashed Walls Featuring Velatura Mineralwash)
- √ Scrape ceiling
- √ Add picture moulding to wainscoting (How to Install DIY Decorative Wall Molding on a Budget)
- √ Update vintage hutch (Updating My Hutch)
- √ Find the perfect area rug (Easy Spring Tablescape)
Wall Color: Romabio Instant Chateau Velatura Mineralwash
Hutch Color: Celtic Stone
FARMHOUSE KITCHEN
- √ Cut Granite and install Apron Front Sink (Apron Front Sink)
- √ Scrape Ceiling (3 Secret Tricks to Removing Popcorn Ceilings)
- √ Replace Kitchen Island Light
- √ Remove Plantation Shutters with Woven Blinds
Timeless Farmhouse Kitchen Reveal
Wall Color: Grace Note White | Cabinet Color: Benjamin Moore Wind’s Breath | Trim Color: SW Pure White
PANTRY/BUTLER’S PANTRY
- √ Build Pantry (Pantry Build Details)
Wall Color: Grace Note White | Cabinet Color: Benjamin Moore Wind’s Breath | Trim Color: SW Pure White
LIVING ROOM
- Paint Walls and trim
- √ Paint Fireplace (Updating Painted Fireplace)
- Scrape Popcorn Ceiling
- Add Farmhouse Trim to Doors and Windows
- Update Ceiling Fan
- Add ventless logs to fireplace
Wall Color: SW Agreeable Gray | Trim SW Simple White
Brick Color: Romabio Avorio White
SUNROOM
- √ Paint Walls and trim
- √ Scrape Popcorn Ceiling (3 Secret Tricks to Removing Popcorn Ceilings)
- √ Add Farmhouse Trim to Doors and Windows
- √ Paint Brick (How to update Painted Brick)
- √ Update Ceiling Fan
Sunroom Reveal (Cozy French Farmhouse Sunroom)
Wall Color: Grace Note White | Trim Color: SW Pure White
MASTER BEDROOM
- √ Paint Walls and trim
- √ Scrape Popcorn Ceiling (3 Secret Tricks to Removing Popcorn Ceilings)
- √ Add Beams to Ceiling (DIY Faux Cedar Beams)
- √ Add Farmhouse Trim to Doors and Windows
- √ Update Ceiling Fan
- √ Find Area Rug
- √ Move Master Closet Door
- √ Find Shutters to build DIY light fixtures on sides of bed (Tutorial)
Master Bedroom Reveal (Modern French Country Bedroom Refresh)
Wall Color: Grace Note White and Iron City | Trim Color: SW Pure White
MASTER BATHROOM
- √ Replace vanity with custom washstand (DIY Vintage Washstand)
- √ Install Stained Ceiling
- √ Install Shiplap
- √ Remove Tub and replace with stall shower
- √ Move Toilet
- √ Build Shelving unit in old door frame
- √ Replace tile floor
Master Bathroom Reveal ($4500 Master Bathroom Makeover)
Wall Color: Grace Note White | Green: Magnolia Leaf
Trim Color: SW Pure White
BOYS/GUEST BATH
- √ Remove Electrical from shower
- √ Raise Low Shower Ceiling (Shower Renovation Raising a Low Ceiling)
- √ Paint Floor (How to Paint Tile)
- √ Raise low cabinet base (How to Raise a Cabinet Base)
- √ Create Accent Wall (How to Install and Limewash Brick Veneer)
Bathroom Reveal: ($1000 Bathroom Reveal)
FAMILY ROOM
- √ Paint walls (Limewashing an Interior Accent Wall)
- √ Scrape Popcorn ceiling
- √ Replace Flooring (How to install LVT over concrete)
- √ Close wall and add door to Recording Studio
- √ Hang Curtains
- √ Paint Back Door
- √ Update Stairs (DIY Basement Stair Remodel and How to Install an Indoor Outdoor Carpet Runner)
Basement Reveal (How to Remodel Your Finished Basement (DIY Guide))
Wall Color: Grace Note White | Accent Wall: Celtic Stone
Trim Color: SW Pure White
DOWNSTAIRS KITCHENETTE
- √ Paint walls
- √ Move Craft Room Door Access (Moving an Interior Door)
- √ Replace Floors (How to Install Luxury Vinyl Tile Over Linoleum)
- √ Replace Sink (How to Replace an Undermount Sink)
- √ Install Mini Fridge/Microwave
- √ Make into ‘Game Room’
Kitchenette Reveal (Small Basement Kitchenette Reveal with a Huge Surprise!)
RECORDING STUDIO
- √ Paint walls
- √ Replace Floors (How To Install Laminate Flooring Over Concrete)\
- √ Close in Pass Through
- √ Add door
- √ Soundproof drop ceiling
- √ Add air vent for HVAC
- √ Hang Sound Panels (How to Make DIY Soundproofing Panels for Your Home)
- √ DIY Piano Makeover (How We Made an Old Piano New Again)
WORKOUT ROOM
- √ Paint/Decorate Rooms
- √ Replace Carpet
- √ Hang DIY Mirror (DIY Home Gym Mirror that is super affordable!)
- √ Hang Sound Panels (How to Make DIY Soundproofing Panels for Your Home)
- √ Add TV/Entertainment Center (How to Upcycle An Entertainment Center for our Home Gym)
Home Gym Reveal (Our Small Home Gym Reveal)
BOYS ROOMS
- Paint/Decorate Boys Rooms
- Fix Boys Closets
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
- Paint Walls
- Paint Tile
- Rip up Carpet, replace with hardwoods
LAUNDRY ROOM
- Build walls to hide Cinder Block
- Paint walls, ceiling and trim, and cabinets
- Add utility Sink
- Replace Floor
- Build Hanging Rack
- Build Folding Table
- Add better lighting
MISCELLANEOUS
- √ Replace Roof
- Replace Sunroom Windows
- Organize Garage
Phew – quite the list – but boy oh boy – look at those before and afters coming along slowly!
While we are in the process of updating our Meadow Brook home, feel free to look around our old home that we affectionately referred to as our “Almost Farmhouse!”