Alright guys and gals, now that you’ve seen the befores and afters from the kitchen and dining room it’s time to scope out the family room!

For all you brown paint haters out there, let me warn you – there is more of the same brown paint in this room, so brace yourselves.  :)

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Here’s how the family room looked 2.5 months ago . . .

. . . and here’s how it looks now:

We kept the paneling for budget reasons and I’m actually really thrilled with how it turned out after some fresh paint!

I personally really like the beams, but they were a little lacking in their medium-tone stain and that fan wasn’t helping matters . . .

. . . so we darkened the beams with brown paint (!) and brightened up the space with some recessed lighting.

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We also liked the brick fireplace and the set of French doors, so we kept those . . .

. . . but we installed new windows because the old aluminum ones left a little something to be desired.

Hardwood floors instantly added some much-needed pizazz.

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There were bifold doors on the doorway to the hall as well as to the entryway, so we removed those to make the room feel a little more updated.

Also, do you see those scallops on the built-in bookcases above?  Those suckers had to go.

We used the same staging furniture throughout the house that we bought for our last flip – luckily everything fit into this home perfectly!

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That’s it!  This is a giant room – I can imagine the new owners having lots of fun movie nights and having friends over.  Can you?

P.S.  You can see more “before” photos of this flip here.

All photographs taken by me, unless indicated as “Courtesy of Lance Hames Photography.”