Arlington rambler BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE: Arlington rambler (aka ranch) exterior

AFTER

BEFORE: kitchen

AFTER, with drybar/dish storage/trash pullout in former pantry

BEFORE

BEFORE: back yard & crumbling brick retaining wall

AFTER: river rock wall bottom left, house color

BEFORE: a typical Arlington "front room"

AFTER

BEFORE: The old, broken garage door and crumbling brick retaining wall

AFTER

BEFORE: google street view

BEFORE

AFTER - it's amazing how much you can change the look of a room with paint, isn't it? The pale gray did a lot to cool down all those oranges and yellows, but the real shift came when we painted the beams in the ceiling in Iron Ore (Sherwin Williams).

BEFORE: dining room

AFTER (I LOVE A GOOD SPUTNIK LAMP)

BEFORE: basement kitchenette

AFTER: mid-mod madness!

BEFORE: a basement corner outside the laundry room that collects all the random stuff from the household

AFTER: now it's an adorable little sitting area with its own rattan pendant light and a shelf of miniature MCM furniture.

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE: the view from those old built-in bookshelves looking back towards the back door

AFTER: pillows are a great, LOW COMMITMENT way to add color to your room

This MCM hutch stores recycling bins behind the doors at the bottom, and on top provides a place to showcase a few favorite photos as well as all of the husband's cocktail books.