the toews, take two!

you may remember my favorite family, the toews? you know the fearsome renovating foursome, whose number one priority after buying their house was painting over all of their primary colored walls, switching out the light fixtures, and ripping out the questionable wall-to-wall carpeting. earlier in the month we shared their bedroom makeovers and today’s we’re touring some of the public spaces in their home. starting with their entry hall! before it was mustard with a sculptural iron chandelier and double story sheer taffeta curtains. today it features a perfectly scaled 16” barn light electric deep bowl pendant, white walls, wainscoting, seagrass carpeting, and coat hooks.

upstairs, the entryway opens up to the spacious living room. the family space was also mustard with green and pumpkin walls looming nearby. today it’s light and bright with benjamin moore’s intense white walls. doug and elissa installed dark flooring, crown moudling and baseboards, adding some architectural pizzazz to the space. they also crafted custom pillows and bargain shopped for furniture.

finally we go back downstairs to the home office, where they went all out, ikea hacking up a storm. never have i seen a billy bookcase look so amazing. doug replaced the flimsy cardboard backs with bead board, built up the base, and added a substantial header and crown moulding. he also designed and installed a customized panel for the end gable and trimmed out all the joints to make it look like one unit, not three. HOME OFFICE HEAVEN!

i would once again like to thank elissa toews for granting me the permission to borrow photos from her blog, our house. don’t fret, there are more toews transformations where this came from!