Bathroom & Boatroom ~ Before in Between & After

I'm sneezing and blowing my nose as I'm writing this. Have a terrible cold and as soon as I'm done I'm getting in under the blanket on my favorite armchair. I'm so not going to work! Great thing is that I'll get a bunch of laundry done today. Every cloud does have it's silver lining.

Before and Afters downstairs coming up!

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Downstairs Bathroom sink side

1998

I guess this was pre homestyling before putting your house on the market. The used tooth brushes and other hygene products on the yellowed plastic shelf really give this bathroom that special touch, no?

 
2008

Still the same tile and basin but we managed to clean up the space slightly. Still not my fave area in the house but I can live with it.

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Bathroom WC side

1998

It as all very utilitarian and not much style. 

2008

A little better.

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Boat room window side

1998

Not very nautical as is but this was to become the boat room. Low ceilings painted dark red, wood floors stained a weird mustard brown and cheapo panels. 

 
2004

Floor boards painted white. Wonky walls covered in fabric, ceiling painted white. And there it is, the little former kitchen table, turned into desk upstairs and then desk in here and later catchall in the storage room.

 
2009

Early this year I ripped the fabric off the walls, wall papered, painted, repainted the ceiling, trim, windows and floor and Martin and I later built the desk along the window wall.

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Boatroom toward garage 

1998

The radiator had this odd position on the wall above the day bed. The boat room is partly under ground so mybe this was what one did back in the days? The door leads outside in front of the garage. Cosy decor, don't you think?

 
2004

We had the radiator removed and repositioned under the window and because of some very weird phone cable placement in the ceiling I did a quick cover up job with a canopy. Good enough for MIL to come stay which was what the room was used for initially.

2008

Here's that same corner a year ago. Martin reluctantly agreed to Billy book cases along the wall (he wanted to custom build the whole thing but I put my foot down seeing as I was the one who would have to paint he whole thing...). The odd choice of widths is due to the door being behind the third book case. We figured, if we ever wanted to have access to the door again we could remove that one section. We added trim and molding to give the whole thing a more built in, less Ikea look.

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Boat room garden corner 

 
2004

Here's what the foot end of the bed and the two book cases that the previous owners left us looked like a few years ago. My best tip if you want to make people happy AND get rid of stuff is to put "For Free!" ads on Craigslist (Blocket over here). We've gotten rid of so much unwanted stuff that way and it gets snapped up and removed within a couple of hours.

2008

 
2008

This is a fun shot because I didn't arrange it, the crew that came over to shoot a commercial at our house a year and a half ago turned the bed around and I loved the look. We kept it like this for a while but ended up turning it around again because Martin didn't want the desk facing the wall.

 
2009

Ok guys, my nose is dripping all over the place. Need to blow it urgently! See ya tomorrow!