Sunroom Reveal!

The day has finally arrived… our sunroom is DONE!

It is been five long weeks of work… let us 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

Art can be purchased here and here

And that is where we left off last.

Now that we are 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 memorable. You will not find a better pillow shop on Etsy… I have looked!

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 well suited size to tuck neatly underneath this narrow console table, when I stumbled across these bicycle baskets on Ebay. The look and size were well suited, and they even combined shipping and got them to me within 3 days so I could have them in time for my party. Could not 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 did not 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 am 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 will 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!