Started a new job this week......very excited about creating a space from the ground up!  Above you are seeing the area that will become a screened in porch that will include an extra covered porch on the front of it for rocking chairs to look over beautiful land full of trees and water.  In front of the windows will be a deck built for a grill and extra entertaining.  Check back with us on Monday to see the progress that has been made over the past four days.....hard work being done right now to get to the fun of the project.  Stay tuned!!!!

It seems so many of our clients are in the mood to paint!  It is a great way to freshen your rooms and to put new life in them!  The popular colors that we are seeing right now are the golds, greens, some form of browns (khaki) and burnt orange.

Aaron helped prepare a ceiling for a client before we painted the room.  He removed a light fixture and repaired the ceiling and then installed a new ceiling fan and light kit.  Take a look below what a dirty job that can be!!

It also is a perfect time to redesign your room or rooms since your furniture it either in the middle of the room or out of the room!  That is where I can help you.....new look with what you have.  Once the furniture is placed somewhere new, then come the lamps.  Next the pictures will be placed and then the accessories.  Brand new room!!!!!!  Very surprising how your home will look when you walk in the door.

Call us!  We can get that fresh, new look for you in no time!!!!

 

Aaron installed this backsplash for Dennis and Cheryl Dill this past week.  She had been saving these tiles for a long time and once she hired us to come in and redesign several of her rooms including her kitchen she asked Aaron to install the backsplash.  Cheryl said that her sister loved the look as much as she did!  Aaron did a great job!

Cheryl had been collecting lots of accessories for quite a while. With a full time job and two small children it had become impossible for her to find the time to decorate her home the way she wanted to.  She had visited Anna, my daugher-in-law and saw what her home was transformed into and asked HOW, WHO, and WHEN?!  So that is how she found me!!!  The rest is history.

Take a look at the before and after pics that I took.  Phil and Aaron helped me get a huge piece of furniture from the foyer to her kitchen and we then reattached it to the wall for her.  Also, Phil worked with me all day on Monday to get the furniture in it's right place and Cheryl also needed Phil to hang several pieces of iron on her patio.  The job ended up taking two full days and with those two days of work Cheryl received a redesigned dining room, living room, den, kitchen and eating area, patio and some tweaking in the master bath.    We have a phase two coming once she picks furniture out for her foyer and her son's room.  Can't wait!!!!

This is Aaron and Phil attaching a huge antique cabinet to the kitchen wall.  Look below and see what a difference it made being placed in the kitchen area.  The mirror on the cabinet did the trick!!!!

I can help you!!!!!!!  My son, Seth and his wife, Anna and son, Ryder moved mid May and the O'Nan clan got them all set up in their new home.  Once we got the furniture and boxes in the house I had the guys help with the placement of the furniture and then I got to town with the rest!  First on the list was getting the kitchen set up.  Boxes, boxes and more boxes were emptied and cabinets were filled.  I had to show Seth and Anna where eveything was once they got home, but organized it was!  Once the kitchen was set up then more boxes were emptied with lamps, pillows and accessories.  The fun began!  While I was working on the inside Phil and Aaron built a privacy fence for the backyard.  It is amazing how a house transforms into a home once the details are finished.  Anna and Seth had bought new drapes for the den and master bedroom and blinds for Ryder's and the guest room.  Phil helped me get those up and we used some drapes that she had for the office.  BUT, the great thing is that they had everything else to work with from their previous home!  They have had friends come in and want to know where they got all of the accessories and they just say "We had all of this!"  To the guest it looks all brand new because it is placed differently in new rooms.  That is what is so magical about the process of redesign.

I know that you probably think that since it is my son and his family that I may have done something different, but no.....I live and breathe my work while I am in someone's home...I think only of that family at the time and am putting my energy and love into making it as beautiful and homey as I can.  I do have to say though that while I was in Seth and Anna's home I was mainly thinking of my grandson, Ryder!!!  He is almost 4 months old and he is precious!!!!!!  I love being a grandmother!!!!  The happiness I was feeling while I was there was his existence in this world!  Anyone out there that is a grandparent knows what I am talking about!!!!

Take a look at some of the pics...they have a beautiful home to raise a family and to share with friends and family.  We are already talking about where to place the Christmas tree this year!  AND, what fun it is going to be to have Ryder here with us to celebrate the best Christmas ever!!!!

Three weeks ago we traveled to Mayfield, Ky. to remodel a kitchen.  The owner wanted a new look for her kitchen, but not spend a ton of money.  Her cabinets needed a facelift which we were able to accomplish by removing the doors and fixtures.  The doors and cabinet boxes were cleaned and polyed.    The fixtures were spray painted.  We didn't even have to sand the cabinets...they looked great once we got them put back together. It was a time consuming process, but we were all happy with the end results. The walls were prepared by removing the wallpaper, primed and painted.  The bulk of the owner's money was spent on a new tile floor.  Aaron laid the tile and I helped him with the grout!  The owner also asked us to install crown molding in both the kitchen and dining room and also baseboards in both rooms.  That was the finishing touch for the rooms! We were able to accomplish this task in just three days.  I have to say though that we worked from 7AM to 8PM the first two days and then until 4PM the last day.  Take a look at the before and after results!!   

I know that it is kinda of fun to see before and after pictures for most people, but I want you to see what the men in my life are up to besides helping me move furniture.  We had a job in Kentucky a few weeks ago that kept us outside for about three days in the sun and heat.  PAINT!!!!  It is amazing what a little paint will do to give a house a facelift!  We had to rent a lift to get to the highest point of the house and we elected Aaron to take care of that part!!!!!  Phil  stood on a ladder and me.....on the ground to do all the windows and trim...you know, the detail part of painting.  It always amazes me how  the three of us find what we are best at doing at each job and get the job done together. 

I am hoping to keep you caught up on what we are up to on a weekly basis now.....I am trying to learn about all this computer stuff and am determined to be successful with it so I can enable all of you to see just what we are up to!!!!

I am going to post a few more before and after pics of jobs that we have completed in the past few weeks and then post our new jobs as we start and complete.  We have really been busy with kitchen remodels and also some outside work on homes including paint and replacing wood rot.  It seems that alot of our clients are wanting to update their homes especially the kitchen.  If you think about it that is where the family gathers the most even if it is just for a cup of coffee.  Once we go into our client's home for a remodel they want to continue to do more and that is where I COME IN!!!!!  You know that when you remodel your home everything ends up in a cluster!  You try to just find whatever free spot you can  to put your things temporaily and then when the space is remodeled you freak out thinking how am I going to get this stuff back where it belongs?!  I come in calmly and find a new home for your things and before you know it you think that I have gone out and bought all new accessories for your home and in reality it is all of your treasures!

The pictures below are shots of before and after of a den that I redesigned in early June.

I love what I do!!!

I take what you already own and redesign your home to make it more functional, comfortable, beautiful, and reflective of who you and your family are.

For this particular project, I didn't spend a dime on anything but paint! Yes, I paint.  I am open to buy new things, if that's what you want, but it is not necessary. To save you money, I use what you have, and this is what can happen! Here is a typical before-and-after.  Beforeshot:

Here is the aftershot: