Love the bathroom transformation – mine is stuck in mid-80s country blue (UGH!) and I haven’t had time to attack it. This is exactly what the doctor prescribed – hex and subway tiles galore!

That back yard is blowing my mind. What a perfect place to relax.

I love the Kate’s couch. It’s a very good work !

love the day bed!!

I liked the couch better before. Sometimes I find it a shame to hide some nice wood under a coat of paint. In a few years, someone (let’s say Kate’s grandchild) will have very uncharitable thoughts about Kate when trying to take that paint off that lattice !

The bathroom is beautiful!

I’m looking to paint a wooden piece white…did you have to sand the daybed b/f painting?

I want that chandelier! Where did you find such a beauty?

Absolutley love. I’m dying to know where that chandelier came from, as well – I need it!

that couch is amazing!!!!!

I adore that couch!!!

the daybed now looks generic, the paint is not working for this bed in particular (yes, should have just sanded the wood down and stained it while just changing up the cushion and the fabric). the grass looks nice in the backyard and as for the bathroom the chandelier is the after.

I’m so in love with that couch!!! It looks like the side boards were made from harem windows or screening. And I love the touch of tassel, it really completes the design.

And of course the bathroom is gorgeous! Wow what a difference to a small area. Makes me feel like I could change my small boring bathroom into something special.

Thank YOU!

Loving the chandelier in the bathroom!

Oh, the daybed is sweetness, lovely makeover.

Please have both the couch and bathroom delivered to me this weekend, won’t you? LOVE!!!

I prefered the daybed before too. It does look pretty, but might just as well have come from Ikea. I am holding off painting things characterless white, because I know I’ll regret it soon enough when wood is back in fashion.

ooh i am obsessed with that couch/daybed. my living room is dreaming of it!

the bathroom is AMAZING!! i love it! :)

i WANT that daybed so bad. so gorgeous!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE that bathroom!!! x

Love the cushions/pillows on the couch! Where can I find them, or have you made them yourself?

that couch is crazy!!! LOVE!!! I have to have one, where can I buy one!! ;)

thanks for all the nice comments! the daybed was sanded lightly before painting- it was an old fruitwood finish that was sooo hard to remove. the pillows i had made with kravet and lee jofa fabric. the brown and white pillows are thomas paul :)

My God I love your Web site.

That couch is phenomenal. The green tassle on one arm – perfect!

I also preferred the daybed “before”. I think it would have been great to do jewel tones with sort of an Indian or Morrocan vibe.

The daybed AFTER is gorgeous – it would cost THOUSANDS at any store here in LA!

Pity! The daybed could have been wonderful, but now looks like something straight out of any single girl’s apartment in the 1970s. The before had so much potential, but the after closed everything off.

Why does everyone insist on painting over gorgeous wood tones in a boring paint color? What happened to leaving the integrity of our antiques alone? Some things are just not to be messed with. Sorry.

I hope you reused the pendant light from the before bathroom somewhere else–it has charm; though its scale was indeed too small for the space.

Thanks for the lovely comments! The chandelier in my bathroom was purchased from Craig’s List for $5o. [I think it was originally from Lamp's Plus].

Love the other re-dos as well! Thanks for the post, Grace! xo.

In response to the wood purists — sure, I prefer natural wood to white paint too (not to mention the ubiquitous teal), but you got to get your priorities straight. From both a practical and an ecological point of view, it’s better for furniture to be painted and used and loved than for it to be thrown away because it doesn’t fit in with the owner’s other stuff. As for trying to please theoretical grandchildren… way down the list of priorities the way I see it!

Gotta love how the text makes it sound like she robbed her grandmother of the only piece of furniture she had left after the hurricane! Sorry. Hee.

I’m not a huge fan of chandeliers, but I adore that bathroom. The tile is gorgeous, and it is clean and open, with a retro feel without going overboard. Awesome.

yay for Amanda and Jimmy!! I love love love the backyard:). also a HUGE fan of Amanda’s work.

where did you buy the cushion for the couch? i love it! so jealous of this amazing piece of furniture!

I like the couch- even in its painted form- except Im sad she covered up the lattice work with fabric. IMHOP That’s what made the piece special …

Oh, Erin your bathroom is so pretty! I’ve been wanting to change the color of my bathroom and now I’m thinking I’ll paint it a creamy white ~ my sink & mirror are similar but my ceiling is way too low for a chandelier… darn…but, I’m inspired!

Also think the daybed was wonderful in its original form

You can never go wrong with white subway tile! Love the bathroom makeover. I also really want those colorful pillows! Where can I get those?

Love the stripe-y fabric on the day bed pillows! It looks a lot like some fabric I got years ago at IKEA, and have used on cushions, etc.

Holy Wow – I have that exact same daybed!!!! I got mine by the side of the road for $15. and it was painted pink & teal. :( It took me days to get it striped and I still couldn’t get it completely clean! I had to rebuild the framing, and I still haven’t got new cushions for it – INSPIRED TO FINISH NOW! thanks so much!!

I love Kate Pollmann’s couch where she painted it white. I recently bought a varnished and laquered wooden bed but I would like to paint it in white. The vendor told me that it’s impossible to do that because the paint will fall off easily. Is there any paint or solution that I can make the bed white eventually? Thanks alot.

Loving the daybed makeover… The white paint looks lovely and fresh! It looked nice in the original finish, too. However, I think it fits into your room best in white. If I were you, I wouldn’t regret painting it one bit!