It’s Fall and football in Alabama is serious business. Just ask anyone in this state who they are pulling for and you will quickly hear which side they are on. It’s either Alabama or Auburn and there is not a lot of in-between. Alabamians love their football and I quickly found out how much when we moved over here almost 3 years ago. My hubby….he is a Tide fan through and through. There are many mixed marriages in Alabama, I’ve found out. Meet my friend, Lynn, and her son, Barrett. Lynn is my friend who has the monogram business (and who did all my fabulous monograms!) and I helped her put together all the fabrics for their game-day condo at Auburn University. Their youngest son, Barrett, signed with Auburn as a quarterback and is a freshman this year. Needless to say, they will be spending lots of time at Auburn this football season, even though Barrett is red-shirted this year (which means he won’t be playing in the games), but will be doing plenty of practicing. They’re excited about their new space.
I had no idea what a game-day condo was until Lynn told me. I’ve been out of the loop on college football, so this was all new to me. Here are a few before pics so you can see how bland the space was.
This condo is really a studio and the first thing they did was take out this little wall which separated the space. Since it’s not going to be lived in full-time, they put in a daybed and opened the room up more. Lynn and I went fabric shopping and I helped her pull it all together. She had already picked out a cream sofa and a contemporary chair with a geometric pattern, so that was our starting point.
This is the BEFORE on the cabinets. They painted them all white. Lynn wanted to bring in orange (of course!) to the condo, but do it tastefully. I think she succeeded in doing just that.
AFTER: The condo got new flooring, paint on the walls, and all new furniture brought in. All the fabrics really pulled it together and I was so happy to see the pics of how it turned out. We found the rug at Homegoods and both lamps were on clearance from there too. Lynn made the drapes and pillows. We found a really neat contemporary oil painting at Homegoods that was mainly orange tones & it hangs over the sofa. Wish we had a photo of that.
The kitchen cabinets were painted white. See the cute little Aubie lamp she picked up? Their mascot is the tiger.
Just painting the cabinets made a big difference.
They put in recessed lighting too to really bring it up to date. This is the contemporary chair we worked the colors off of and that’s the daybed in the back under the windows.
A tiny space, but wow, does it look 100 times better.
Lynn even put some monogrammed towels in the bathroom, along with the shower curtain she made. I think it turned out fabulous. Hope you enjoyed going along to the game-day condo too!
ATTN: Birmingham girls…I’m having a yardsale at my house on Saturday, October 11th, so if anyone wants to come, email me for directions. I’ll have some lamps, artwork, possibly bed linens, and misc. accessories, but no furniture. You’re welcome to stop by to see if I have any treasures you might want! It will start at 8 a.m.
I had no idea what a game-day condo was until Lynn told me. I’ve been out of the loop on college football, so this was all new to me. Here are a few before pics so you can see how bland the space was.
This condo is really a studio and the first thing they did was take out this little wall which separated the space. Since it’s not going to be lived in full-time, they put in a daybed and opened the room up more. Lynn and I went fabric shopping and I helped her pull it all together. She had already picked out a cream sofa and a contemporary chair with a geometric pattern, so that was our starting point.
This is the BEFORE on the cabinets. They painted them all white. Lynn wanted to bring in orange (of course!) to the condo, but do it tastefully. I think she succeeded in doing just that.
AFTER: The condo got new flooring, paint on the walls, and all new furniture brought in. All the fabrics really pulled it together and I was so happy to see the pics of how it turned out. We found the rug at Homegoods and both lamps were on clearance from there too. Lynn made the drapes and pillows. We found a really neat contemporary oil painting at Homegoods that was mainly orange tones & it hangs over the sofa. Wish we had a photo of that.
The kitchen cabinets were painted white. See the cute little Aubie lamp she picked up? Their mascot is the tiger.
Just painting the cabinets made a big difference.
They put in recessed lighting too to really bring it up to date. This is the contemporary chair we worked the colors off of and that’s the daybed in the back under the windows.
A tiny space, but wow, does it look 100 times better.
Lynn even put some monogrammed towels in the bathroom, along with the shower curtain she made. I think it turned out fabulous. Hope you enjoyed going along to the game-day condo too!You may see Barrett Trotter on TV one day throwing the winning touchdown for Auburn.
ATTN: Birmingham girls…I’m having a yardsale at my house on Saturday, October 11th, so if anyone wants to come, email me for directions. I’ll have some lamps, artwork, possibly bed linens, and misc. accessories, but no furniture. You’re welcome to stop by to see if I have any treasures you might want! It will start at 8 a.m.
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Hi Rhoda,
I really love before and after pictures…and these are great. You and Lynn really did warm up the space! It is much more inviting! It really looks great.
Good luck with your sale. Wish I was going to be over that way!
Diane
The before and after pictures of this condo are great! You all really did a great job on this place – it looks amazing.
Oh how I wish I lived close enough to come to your sale…bet there will be some goodies…as for the condo…wow…it doesn’t look like the same place and that’s a good thing… 😉 Bo
What a great transformation. So smart to have a place like that for game weekends!
Great condo transformation!! Isn’t it amazing what a little paint and fabric can do to a space?
Blessings,
Sher
I really enjoyed this post (as I have become a hardcore Auburn fan) and the little condo looks AMAZING! The rug is perfect.
I will actually be staying over night in Birmingham Sunday night (I need to email Judy) so I can either meet you at Homegoods Monday morning, or your house…whichever works the best for you! 🙂
Layla
Wow….that is amazing how good the redo turned out. I love the colors in the living room. The “before” cabinets look just like my cabinets…..very boring. It is amazing what a little white paint will do. I would love to paint my cabinets white but I am a little nervous about doing it myself.
Wow! I love the space – especially because it’s Auburn! And, to know a blogger who has a friend whose son signed… does that make me special? HA!
The condo turned out great! I love the Tiger lamp in the kitchen. My family are huge Tide fans. You should have seen them dressed up for the game, and they were only watching it from home! I am talking black under the eyes, knees wrapped up, jersey’s on, houndstooth jewelry…sparkly crimson and white hair bows. It’s wild during football season. We on the other hand here are Gator fans! : )
I will have to find out where this yard sale is going to be! We are planning on being up there for Kayla’s fall break. We go to the Baker Farm pumpkin patch every year. Stopping by your yard sale, that would be the icing on the cake!
Your friend did a great job on that little studio condo! It looks beautiful & homey now! Great post!
LOOKS GREAT!
WAR EAGLE!!!
Hi Rhoda –
What a wonderful little condo. The transformation was fantastic! It turned out to be such a great little place. Thanks for sharing it with us. Wish I could stop by your sale this weekend but it’s much too far to drive from Oregon to your neighborhood. Hope you’ll share it with us soon.
~Adrienne~
What a great transformation!! Looks great!
What a fun place to have! I really love the way she brought the tasteful shades of orange in. It is a really simple but lovely space.
We have had several friends with family at Auburn over the last several years and game day spaces are quite popular. I guess since my Kenzie-Grace wants to go there to play basketball (this Georgia fan is quite disappointed) we’ll have one someday as well.
Have a great weekend!
Jen
How fun and it looks awesome!
Oh I wish I lived in Birmingham..I would love to come to your garage sale! The condo turned out beautiful. Love the colors!
Karin
What a great little condo, very cute.
Can you do a virtual yardsale for all us out of staters ??
Hope you have nice weather !!! Have Peter take lots of pics 🙂 you know those of us that can’t come want to see them.
Kathy 🙂
War Eagle! The game day condo looks great.
I can’t believe Peter let you even post those pictures~ LOL
We have one of those mixed marriages. Although after all these years Bill is easing up a bit. You still won’t catch him wearing orange!
Just love what they did with the space. I didn’t know what a game day condo was either:) Looks great. Tastefully done!
Rhoda,
It does look better-so warm! What fun!! Would you mind sharing the paint and trim (cabinet) colors?
Kelli