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Outdated Family Room

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Before: 1970s Style
« After: Comfy Retro | After: Contemporary Style »
The kitchen is connected to the family room and is also filled with dated style. The backsplash tile looks like a relic from the 1970s, the cabinets are dark and dreary, and the large florescent light box is just obnoxious.

For specific product information, click on the first After photo of the room.



Before: Doesn’t Feel Like Home

After: Comfy Retro

Before: 1970s Style

After: Contemporary Style

Green Solution: Bamboo



Resources
paint
Benjamin Moore
Website: www.benjaminmoore.com

decorative project materials
Cost Plus World Market
Website: www.worldmarket.com

decorative project materials
Urban Outfitters
Website: www.urbanoutfitters.com/

decorative project materials
Smith & Fong Plyboo
Website: www.plyboo.com

decorative project materials
SkimStone
Website: www.skimstone.com

decorative project materials
Scandinavian Designs
Website: www.scandinaviandesigns.com

decorative project materials
Tile For Less
Website: www.tileforless.com
Also in this Episode
Carter Can : Episode HCCAN-209
•Outdated Family Room
•Mantel Cover
•Entertainment Center
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