Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Blood. Sweat. Tears.

Before
This room is on the top floor of our garden house and was used for storage of EVERTHING from old refrigerators to Ensigns from the 1900's. I decided with a little TLC, it could be turned into something wonderful!




After three months of sanding (on my hands and knees), stain, paint, more paint, plaster, lots of windex, very large shop vac, mirrors and a bar....we have

MY NEW BALLET STUDIO!!!!




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21 comments:

Newton said...

Congrats BJ! Looks great! How exciting!!

b.liz said...

Ohmygosh! That's incredible. I can just imagine some darling little girls in pink prancing proudly in that room. Congrats on a huge accomplishment!

Sara and Dustin said...

WOW! That's amazing!! I'm seriously so impressed, BJ! Great work and how fun to have a ballet studio at your house. You're awesome.

laurice. said...

yay....it turned out great!

Meredith said...

how fun! can't wait to see it in use.

BJ and Alexis Gremillion said...

It looks great! Good job!

Anonymous said...

Wow that looks awesome!

Shanell said...

Way to go BJ! That is awesome. And the best part is you don't have to drive to your studio! Looks great!

Beth said...

Holy CRAP!!! That's amazing and I am so jealous!

Laurel said...

Its is beautiful. That is something to be so proud of. Have fun with it. I am sure you will inspire so many little girls to dance:)

Knight Bliss said...

That is beautiful. Great job. I wish I was still dancing, I just can't find the time. Plus I am trying to get all this weight off, then I may pursue it more. What a great addition to the house.

Erin said...

WOW! That is a lot of work but it turned out wonderful! Nice work and enjoy it.

Unknown said...

Oh bj its DARLING!

Unknown said...

that last comment was not from rock...it was from janelle ha

Mariley Johnson said...

Hi Barbara Jo!
Your ballet studio looks great! I wih i had one!

Hope you are doing well. It's been so long since we've seen you.

Dana said...

That is awesome! You know what would be fun...the salon I go to has wood floors and they've either painted it black or stained it black and then sanded it so it looks shabby chic. It is SO cute, I wish I had a picture to send you. It would be so fun to do your wood floor like that! I wish I was closer I could come help!!!

Way to go, it looks AWESOME!

The Seare Family said...

BJ--it looks so GREAT!!! Nice work, you're amazing! How fun to teach dance in your own personal dance studio...it really makes me wish I could dance.

Anonymous said...

Looks great. What became of that old pool table? Bet there was some great games played there. If only it could talk, oh the tales it would tell!

Ashley said...

Wow! That's a HUGE project! I'm impressed!

Me... said...

So cool, BJ! What a lot of work!

Arian said...

Wow, BJ! That is beautiful. I am so impressed! Great job and good luck with all the little ladies down there. We're coming down again for Thanksgiving. If you guys are around, I'd love to come check it out. :)