New Before & After and Shop Our House Pages for Our Florida Home
We had planned a different post this week, but Hurricane Sally rolled through the Gulf slowly and left us with several days of steady rain. Fortunately, we were spared any serious damage—no power outages and no flooding—and we’re incredibly grateful. We hope everyone who was more directly affected is safe and that their homes are okay.
Since the weather kept us from taking the outdoor photos we had scheduled, we used the time to finish two long-requested pages that had been missing from the site for months. For everyone who asked, we finally built them: a comprehensive Before & After page for our current Florida house and a new Shop Our House page listing paint colors and sources.
First up is our brand-new Before & After page for the Florida house. It collects room-by-room comparisons so you can easily see where each space began and how much it has changed. Click HERE to view it.
“After” might feel optimistic since none of the rooms are truly in their final form yet—we’ve only been in the house a few months—but the progress is real and the spaces already feel comfortable and lived-in. Maybe that’s because we’re home more than ever these days, cooking most meals in the kitchen and using every room for multiple purposes like virtual schooling and work. Whatever the reason, this house feels settled quicker than any we’ve owned recently, and the Before & After page captures that journey.
The Before & After page follows the same structure as our previous makeover collections (you can find them under “Before & Afters” in the site menu). It’s designed to be a quick-reference gallery that links to the full project posts, so if you want more details about a particular makeover—materials, costs, or steps—you can go deeper from there.
Alongside that gallery, we launched a new Shop Our House page for our Florida home where we list paint colors, furniture, rugs, lighting, and accessories. Many readers asked for a single place to find exact colors and sources, so this page gathers those details in one convenient location. Click HERE to see it.
On the Shop Our House page you’ll find paint names for each room, links to fixtures and furnishings where available, and carefully chosen alternatives when an original item is discontinued. We tried to match finishes, colors, and styles so you can recreate the look or source a similar piece. The page is intended to make it easier for you to shop and to help streamline any of your own home updates inspired by our projects.
Both pages are ongoing resources. As rooms change and we add new pieces—like a headboard for a bedroom or a different light fixture—we’ll update the photos and the sourcing information. You can always find the Shop Our House page under the first menu item labeled “Our Current House.” If you want the paint colors or sources from any of our previous homes (the pink beach house, our duplex rental, or our last home in Richmond), those remain available in the “Our Previous Homes” dropdown menu.
We hope these two pages are helpful whether you’re planning a full room makeover or just need a paint swatch. Thanks for your patience while we put them together—sometimes bad weather gives you a productive pause. The sun just came back out here, so next week we expect to share updated outdoor photos. The landscaping and outdoor seating areas have changed a lot since we last photographed them, and we’re excited to show you the progress.
If there’s anything else you’d like to see on those pages—more detailed product lists, approximate budgets, or before-and-after cost breakdowns—let us know and we’ll consider adding that information as the pages continue to evolve.