Not long ago, I met up with Maggie, a newlywed here in Birmingham, who recently got married and moved into the cutest little bungalow in the Mountain Brook area of Birmingham. This house has so much potential and Maggie and her new hubby will have so much fun making it their own.
This is a different kind of Feature Friday, in that decorating the house isn’t finished yet, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek at this fun project.
Maggie found my blog and contacted me, then asked me to come over for an in-home consultation to give her ideas on paint colors. As you can see, the previous owners painted all the woodwork dark brown, which can be a great look, but not if you’re trying to lighten things up. 
Coming in the front door, Maggie has decided to paint all the trim a creamy white and the walls a golden color. The previous owners also really loved orange, which you’ll see in various places around their house. 
So, I’m happy to be working with Maggie on her new home and I hope to get some beautiful “after” shots for you when we have a chance to make some changes around here. I’m not sure how much I’ll be helping, but I look forward to the transformation. 
See? Orangey diningroom, not such a great color, looking into the orange familyroom. I do absolutely LOVE the dark stained floors. Those are gorgeous. 
Here’s the familyroom. They will be looking for new furniture for this space, as well as new diningroom furniture. 
This is a small brick clad floor space, that leads out to a spacious and beautiful screened porch. Oh, how I love this screened porch. 
Tall beamed ceilings and a stacked stone fireplace. Could you die for this space?
What a fireplace! Maggie said this porch really sold them on the house. I’d say, a big yeah on that.
A small open deck is off the porch. 
And back inside, this hallway leads into the kitchen. This area is pretty dark, so it will be hard to pick a perfect paint color, but she is looking at green shades. 
See, more orange in the kitchen. Yikes!
One guestroom with a pretty antique bed.
And another guestroom which is holding all the extras for now.
Their master suite is really neat and has this little sitting room as you walk in. I can envision a really comfortable relaxing spot here with some chairs and maybe a TV for lounging. 
And a little hallway connects to the bath and bedroom. That’s cute Maggie there at the end of the hallway.
And yep, more orange. Orange has never been my favorite color to decorate with and I can definitely see why they’d like to get rid of it. 
The master bedroom is very spacious.
Plenty of room for furniture and it also has a door outside to the deck. 
One more guestbath in the hallway and that’s the grand tour of Maggie’s cute cottage.
I hope to share more along the way as Maggie gets her house updated and makes it a real home for the two of them. I know it’s going to be outstanding when some finishing touches are put on the home.
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This house has so much character and potential. The hard wood floors look amazing from the photos. The rooms are nice and spacious and the screened in porch of course is the one we all wish we had attached to our homes. I will be fun to watch how this house progresses.
That’s a whole lotta orange. The space is beautiful, I can’t wait to see the final design. But the orange, ooooh that orange.
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What a great house! The orange is, um, a little too loud. I can see why they are anxious to change it. I don’t mind orange in small pops with accessories, but maybe not so much with entire walls in rooms. :s
Their porch is to die for, and how lucky that they have a deck too! I bet their kitchen would seem much larger if they lightened things up in there with paint….
Oh yes, she got some great potential here, Rhoda! The previous owners did love orange, that’s for sure! What’s nice is that after fresh paint {and lightening up a bit} they really don’t have too much that they HAVE to do. It’s always nice when you can decide to do something because you want to and not because you have to.
What an adorable house sans the orange! I’m sure you will help her make it light and lovely. Of course, with a porch like that she might never come in the house! It’s gorgeous!
What a cute house, please keep updating!
I’ve never seeen so much orange in a house in my life!! Those hardwood floors are gorgeous!! Can’t wait to see some “after” shots!
OMG!!!! That screened in porch IS to DIE for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT IT!!:):) I can imagine it in the fall with a beautiful big wreath on the fireplace wall, gourds and pumpkins on the mantle and hearth and a roaring fire to sip some apple cider!!!!!!!!!! OH, be still my heart. I do have a LITTLE sorta orange in my home but mostly greens, golds and tans. With black accents. I would LOVE to get my hands on that adorable cottage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see what you 2 do! XO, Pinky
My dining room was a lovely shade of a deep sexy pumpkin ginger that enlivened conversation and cast a lovely glow…but I tired of it after two years and changed it. I recall when “pumpkin” was all the rage not too long ago so maybe they took it to heart and into too many rooms. Love that fireplace with the stacked stone…too die for. Can’t wait to see the re-do pics
That little cottage is adorable!!! I would spend all my time out on that screened in porch. It is awesome! I know you will help Maggie so much getting her paint colors picked out. Can’t wait to see how things turn out. I know it will be beautiful. Love & blessings from NC!
I see what you mean about that house being a challenge. What a colour scheme! I am sure you will work your magic and the house will end up a delight!
Kate
Holy Orange-ness! 😉 Wow, can’t wait to see the after pics! So much potential; and I just love house tours. That screened porch would sell me on the house. Thanks for sharing!
Cute! That’d be a fabulous house to work on.
I can’t wait to sell our house and start looking for a fixer-upper. I have vision now… LOL
Can’t wait to see what they do with this house.
I adore that screen porch – and the floating sinks in the bathroom…and the beautiful floors in the kitchen!!
It really does have some good potential, can’t wait to see the finished product, hopefully we’ll get pictures of every detail!
I so love the wooden floors and the outside deck & patio! With the right paint colors and furnishings it will be gorgeous! I have cottage/bungalow envy. 😉
What great potential in this home, and that porch! Yeah, I’d’ve been sold by that, too! What a great project–it’ll be so fun to see how things go. Thanks for sharing it with us!
~Angela 🙂
That screened in porch is to.die.for. I LOVE IT! The house is really nice, just needs a little lightening up. The dark floors are gorgeous. And wow, that’s orange overload. I like orange but a little goes a long way. haha I hope you will be able to show us the progress on this cute house.
I’d say a huge yes on that awesome screened in porch with the dreamy fireplace. I would not have cared what the rest of the house looked like, I would have made it work. That porch is a keeper:) Wait till the fall having a warm drink with a beautiful fire going and a group of great friends….dreamy:) Have fun this looks like a fantastic project.
What a cute house, but that orang,e OMG. Kudos to Maggie for being able to get past/see through all that orange. Can’t wait to see the afters!