The day has finally arrived… our sunroom is DONE!
It’s been five long weeks of work… let’s do a quick recap.
The befores:
Before we bought the house:
After we threw some furniture in:
Phase 1: Building a secret cat outhouse:
Phase 2: Tearing out the ceiling panels, adding insulation and a new humidity resistant drywall ceiling (with recessed speakers and lights)
Phase 3: ‘Wood’ tile flooring
Phase 4: Building the beds, coffee table and console table
Phase 5: Accessorizing
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| Art can be purchased here and here |
And that is where we left off last.
Now that we’re all up to speed…. I present to you, our finished Sunroom:
Disclaimer: No, I did not place my cat there for staging purposes. That is “her spot” and she can always be found either right there or in my lap. She put up a fight when I tried to make her move so I could take these, lol.
I am beyond happy with these pillows. I purchased 14 (double sided!) custom covers from Etsy seller FestiveHomeDecor, in various sizes ranging from 16×24 to 26×26 for $295 shipped. The selection, quality and service were amazing. You won’t find a better pillow shop on Etsy… I’ve looked!
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| Both the lantern and table started out as black… <3 spray paint |
These baskets are my new favorite thing:
I had been looking everywhere for some wire baskets that were the perfect size to tuck neatly underneath this narrow console table, when I stumbled across these bicycle baskets on Ebay. The look and size were perfect, and they even combined shipping and got them to me within 3 days so I could have them in time for my party. Couldn’t be happier!
And this chair cover…
Holy crap.
Can you believe I managed to put this together with some hemming tape and an iron?
It took me 9 straight hours… but I pulled it off somehow. Surely my biggest accomplishment to date. *pats self on back*
I originally didn’t include a cost breakdown since there were so many random trips to the hardware store for miscellaneous things that I know I forgot to record, but I racked my brain to come up with this list for you:
Cat Outhouse: 75
New ceiling + insulation: 921
Floor tile: 756
Floor tile installation: 430
Lighting/wiring: 70
Misc. electrical: 45
Fan: 137
Paint/tape/caulk: 51
Beds + mattresses: 700
Sheets, pillows, bedding: 215
Pillow covers: 295
Metal side table: 35
Spray paint: 15
Rug: 30
Blue lanterns: 20
Coffee table: 70
Console table: 20
Chair slipcover: 85
Curtains/rods: 100
Baskets: 40
Vase + flowers: 20
Ballpark Total: $4130-ish. I would say $4200 would be safe for the small misc. stuff I’m missing.
Apparently $4200 is the magic number for us… our kitchen, master bathroom, and now sunroom renos were all right around this number. Strange! But I’ll take it.
That pretty much covers it! Right now this is everyone’s favorite room in the house. Summer is around the corner and we’ll be spending most of our time out here enjoying the weather. In fact… I took those after shots about 5 minutes before our official summer kick off party began yesterday.
Looking forward to many more this summer!
This room has been featured on House of Turquoise, Centsational Girl, Hooked on Houses and Young House Love!
amy@winecountrymama says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Beautiful job! I love every inch of it!
Vel Baricuatro-Criste, MD says
it is so beautiful! I love your flooring, decor, everything! Great job!
Gwen @ The Bold Abode says
Slam dunk…or maybe I should say, CANNON BALLLLLLL!!!!! It's beautiful!!!
Julia {Pawleys Island Posh} says
this is AMAZING!!! I am so glad I found your blog! xoxox, Julia
Kim @ keller-creative says
I just downloaded your JennaSue earlier this week and I love it. Then, today I was on Centsational Girl and saw your gorgeous sunroom. Love you font, this room and your style! I'm revealing my new screened in porch this week too!
Kristin @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia says
It looks like it came straight from a magazine! Just gorgeous! thanks for sharing with us.
XO
Kristin
Carolyn says
I can't even tell you how much I'm in love with this room.
C.A. @ How To Be A Heroine says
Absolutely gorgeous! I am getting ready to redo our covered front porch, and you've given me a huge dose of inspiration! xoxo
Galexi says
Hi,
I'm new to your blog, having found it by accident while I was doing some research. First of all, I love your redone sunroom but what I really wanted to say was that your little black cat is super adorable!! Great job with all the renovations to date. Consider me a new follower.
Jackie
https://wwww.galexicupcakes.blogspot.com
Primer and Painted Nails says
Love the room!! Beautiful. We too have a room that was once a patio in our home and has been converted in to a sunroom. In your before shot it looks like that old carpet was laid right over the patio – with slight downslope (like ours as is per usual with a patio). How did you level out the floor in order to put down those tiles? Our floor is our biggest obstacle to moving forward on this room!
Jenna Sue says
Ikea Egeby, $30!
Jessica &Daniel says
Oh I LOVE the look of this room! So relaxing and comfy looking 🙂
Just out of curiosity… do you remember where you got that rug from? I'm looking for something similar and haven't been able to track down much that I like.
Jessica &Daniel says
Oh I LOVE the look of this room! So relaxing and comfy looking 🙂
Just out of curiosity… do you remember where you got that rug from? I'm looking for something similar and haven't been able to track down much that I like.
A Delightful Design says
Beautiful! I would love to have this floor in my house.
SHERRY HART says
So so dang cute! All of you hard work truly paid off. The floors are amazing.