Remnant Ranch Interior~ Filling a Tiny Space With Things We Love.
In my last post, I shared the details of how and why we bought our tiny house, and I debuted the exterior photos. Here is just one to jog your memory. My first impression, Tiny House was pretty cute.
The next step was to call the owner and arrange a viewing. I am not very bold in these situations, which is kind of a surprise because I am usually quite chatty. But when the situation involves buying and selling, I get very insecure; shy actually. I am even a flop at my own garage sale. Anyway, I asked Larry to call and arrange a viewing for that very evening. I asked him to meet with the seller, a single gal who had taken a job up near Sedona and was in a hurry to move. And I suggested photos. I really gave him marching orders! He is so sweet about doing the things I ask, even when he doesn't want to, or thinks I am perfectly capable and should assert myself.
Larry usually takes excellent cell phone pictures, but either he was not on his game or the interior just simply precluded good photos, but here was my first glimpse. Do you like BEFORE photos? I love looking at these because they help me see how hard we've worked and how much we've accomplished.
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Oh my gosh! Overwhelmingly scary. And it looks so, so narrow. But Larry thought I would like it reimagined. So the next night, I agreed to go have my own look. Believe it or not, I saw potential.
The laminate floor was new throughout. So were the kitchen counters, the backsplash, and the kitchen appliances. Those are very costly, foundational elements that we wouldn't have to spend on. That encouraged me. So, Larry and the seller met again, agreed on a price and a closing date, and I got to work creating a dream board. That's how serial decorators function.
This is my first-ever attempt at making an idea board in Canva. It's not perfect, but it was fun, but frustrating because I'm not a super-whiz at this kind of tech stuff. But this montage is very pretty in my opinion. Remember, though, that our house is of very diminutive proportions and totally lacks all architectural interest, so our finished look is nowhere this grand.
I ordered the jackknife sofa from Wayfair, the rug, drapes, and rods from Amazon, and the pendant light from Nathan James. Everything arrived before we even closed, and closing was only one week after we reached our agreement. This redefined quick shipping.
As I mentioned previously, I painted the entire interior in about 3 days. I used a Sherwin-Williams eggshell finish paint from Lowe's ~ color Du Jour. Prefab houses often come with funky wallpapered wall panels. The wallpaper in this house had been painted over (poorly) many times. The volume of noticeable drips was staggering! I don't know how anyone could live with that. I sanded vigorously and painted on yet another couple of coats. They actually turned out rather well.
I'm going to stop here. I have much to unveil in Part 2, but I'll leave you with a few snapshots of our living room.
Move In Day~ The owner left the sectional!
A few days later.
Thank you so much for letting me share this project. In my next post I'll share decor in greater detail.
Your readership means the world! I'm glad you found your way to my website.
Until next time~
Dana
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