a dream room makeover in the making.

The dream room makeover show that I recently participated in doesn't air until the beginning of October...but I did manage sneak a few behind the scenes progress shots!
(hope I don't get in trouble)

The car was packed to the gills with all my supplies plus some and I was off! But first lets make sure of the essentials... iced coffee, water, ipod and notebook, check! Okay good to go!

To catch you up to speed here is a rundown on how it all went down. There was a contest with Fox 61 in CT to win a Dream Room Makeover and the room winner (Tom) was chosen out of 2 other finalists through an online vote.

Tom's stats:
recent college grad and bachelor
purchased the house in January although it looked like no one lived there still!
Quiet guy yet I sense a quirky personality

Okay onto the pictures but can I just say I FORGOT my flipping camera when I went back down at the end of the week to finish up! Seriously! I think I was so wrapped up in remembering all my painting supplies and worrying about my time restraints. So most of these were taken with Jeff's cell phone.

 Okay so brace yourself for the before shot:

Craziness...that is all that has been in the room! Aren't those drapes pretty stellar! (I kid!) I bet someone paid a pretty penny for those circa 1980.

First order of business new manufactured flooring right on top of the parquet. Made to look like real hardwood, it came in stripes that clipped together. Gotta love dark hardwood flooring!

 

If you can't tell from my awesome picture..the dining area windows got dressed with pretty white plantation shutters....Yes Please!

Then there was painting...lots of it. There were three different paint colors all within the blue-grey family. One for the dining area; another as the main color in the living area and the third on an accent wall (way to the right in the photo below) where my piece was going! The paint color names have slipped my mind but I'll be sure to look into it.

There was also a lot of woodworking going on. I think this is so important and such an easy update in any home! Some homes lack any architectural interest or like mine just the basic builders grade moldings and such but you can easily switch that up yourself! Wainscoting and moldings add tons of character. You can even add faux columns for instant sophistication! There was nothing there before, just a plain old door opening!

Onto the windows. The old drapery got thrown in the dumpster and in came some new floor length panels. The fabric was a textured tweed with different shades of blues and some white. They tied everything in beautifully.

And speaking of tying everything in check out those clever curtain pull backs. Easy and cheap to re-create. Just a metal eye bolt screwed into the window casing (make sure you know where you want it because it will leave a mighty big hole) and some rope.

 When I left everything was still "in the works" so I'm not sure of the overall end results but I did see two of these hanging out in the garage.

And I unzipped the covering to find one of these too! I thought about throwing it into the back of my car on the way out but no such luck.

Finally onto the star of the room...okay I only wish!
Here's the hutch before, a decent piece but visually heavy and a little tired. And can I just say enormous!

In progress...getting some primer! Not really sure why I took this picture. Probably because I had to be quiet as they were filming at the front door which was right behind me. It was fun to see how shows get put together. There is a lot of improv and do overs!

Here is the general contractor and the door guy filming a bit on the new front door that was about to be installed. I think it took 4 attempts to nail it. That's Tony one of the producers behind the camera. He was fun to work with although I kept catching him filming me when I wasn't aware and I'm sure I was looking like a fool.

Here is part of the hutch after it was finished being painted but before the distressing and poly. I debated on painting the metal quatrefoil grating and I'm glad I decided to. It made a cool graphic pattern that really stands out and modernized the piece.

 At one point I got roped into being the "flag girl" like in Grease when Cha Cha DiGregorio used her scarf to signal the car race to start at Thunder Road (yeah, just like that). I'm sure there will be some sweet footage of that on the bloopers reel! Here the producer is filming the show host and contractor racing down the driveway on dolly carts.

Finally the monster hutch is done! I've yet to see it put together or in the room but the show photographer promised he'd send me some pictures.

I'll be sure to follow up with more info once I get it and let me know if you have any questions on anything and I'll try to get the scoop.

If you happen to be in the Connecticut area here is the airing schedule, otherwise I'll post a link to the video and photos once it airs.

On FOX CT - WTIC

Saturday 10/1 & 10/8 at 5p

On The CW - WCCT

Sunday 10/2 at 11:30a

Saturday 10/8 at 12:30p