Our House Before & After, The Library

Since I'm getting all excited and wiggly inside about our new Keeping Room, I thought it would be fun to show you some other rooms in our house that have already undergone a make-over.

Our house was built in 1980 and we bought it from the original owner in 2005. The fact that only one person owned the house for all of its 25 years is a big reason to buy it. She also had not had any pets, which is another good thing. I like pets, just not in my house.
The house was well-built and well-maintained. But suffice it to say the previous owner's decorating tastes and ours did not mesh.

This is the room to the left as you come in our front door. This is how the room looked when we viewed the house:

And this is the room now. We call it the library. I love opening the plantation shutters to let in the morning sun. I spent a lot of time sitting in the big red chair holding Adam when he was a newborn. And that desk at the right is where I create the masterpiece I call my blog. I'm sitting there now as a matter of fact.

This is one of my favorite little nooks in the house. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you will see some of my "big cat" art collection. I'm lucky enough to work at an art gallery/interior design firm and my boss started the collection for me with the engraving of a lioness head. Above it is an intaglio of a lion. The frames were made at our studio, too.

As things get a bit more put together around here, I'll continue this tour with the grand finale being The Keeping Room, previously known as The Porch Project.

Thanks for visiting!