MyORC--THE DEN

The Den

it's interesting what this room gets called these days but I think I just grew up calling it a den and so DEN it is!

I wonder if all the before photos are orange because of the orange shag carpet?

to the left is a window that became the "door to nowhere" and is now the chess table window

The door to the right goes outside and the smaller door goes into the garage

These are the stairs that were relocated to the entry

the double doors were the laundry room and is now our bar

I really regret doing away with this light fixture you can barely see

I wish I was like Joanna Gaines from Waco and had a barn to keep cool stuff

in that closet beneath the stairs we found bowling balls 

we spent an afternoon knocking out this wall with them...there might have been wine involved...

I cannot locate the photo anywhere of Mr. PV. Wall Bowling 

I will let you imagine it for yourself

but here is the Santa who also lived under those stairs

yep...him and the bowling balls

probably my all time favorite holiday photo of Miss Betty so far

however I did see one the other day where her mom's CEO was Santa (last year)

 and she knew she knew him

the look on her face is very similar to this one

The blurry photo shows the space into the kitchen

the door and window to the left are now the pizza oven

This is the main fireplace..one of 4 in the house

I have considered over and over painting this brick

maybe someday in a future renovation!

I love painted brick and just don't understand why I don't just paint the dang brick???

Mr. PV was gone a few days on a business trip and 

I hired a couple of fellas to help me move into 822 to surprise him

I left him this note at 1107 to come "home"

all one needs is a little fire and a few cozy chairs

when he left, the bedroom upstairs was nearly complete

but he was greatly surprised to come "home" to this!

this is how we lived for at least six years weeks in the kitchen/den

it sure was a mess!

are ya ready for today?!

my photos leave a lot to be desired!

missing a few stairs, a wall, the laundry cubby and that old orange carpet

the door to the bathroom has been closed up and the old window replaced with a bay window

 can you recognize this area?

~inspiration~

this is about the time I lost my inspiration

really

demo makes me sad

but this little nook makes me happy!

~we~

• did I mention we moved the stairs?
• did I mention we moved a wall---partially with bowling balls?
• after that all we needed was paint and new carpet and a little grass cloth
• the beams were there as was the popcorn ceiling (bye-bye popcorn hello #2 knock down)
• we closed up a door into the bathroom (who wants a bathroom entrance or laundry room in the den?)
• I wallpapered the back wall with grass cloth.  My mother was an interior decorator and we had grass cloth in our house in 1965...it was all the rage!

~favorite thing~

I love our co co cozy den

~biggest challenge~

living with all the demolition

I do not like tearing things apart that people have worked hard on and loved

Little Miss Betty and Bill...I think they've met!