Making Kathmandu Home…. On the Inside


Finally some inside shots of our new home. I never really had my act together with before and after pictures, but I’ve managed a few below. We try to do the maximum “cheering up” of the home around the dreaded Drexel, government-issued furniture, with the minimal amount of stuff. A few scatter cushions, flowers, rugs and plants….Here’s the final attempt at making the new house our new home:

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Living Room Before. We were blessed with government lime green furniture on a puke olive carpet. They made a quite bright space look pretty depressing

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Living Room After. Still the same funky furniture, of course. But a lot more liveable with a lighter carpet and a few splashes of colour.

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Its nice having a fireplace but its way too expensive to run because of the price of wood. Maybe just one or twice a year for the holidays

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TV Room. Was the dining room. The dining room was massive and the TV room tiny…we fixed that by swapping them over.

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Kitchen Before.  The kitchen was the hardest space in the house. Cabinets without drawers, windows you can’t really open, a freezer where the fridge should be, an electric cooker (hate electric) and generally a dull space.

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Kitchen After. Pot hanger, center table island and wall mounted knife rack make all the difference. GSO was able to swap out the giant freezer for a small one that could fit elsewhere and I could then put the fridge in the right place.  I added some gold stickers to brighten up the cabinets but it still needs some colour.  Maybet the right rug if I can find it?

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The upstairs landing makes an pretty good office space

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Kid’s guest room. There’s another adult one downstairs

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With rooms galore, I was able to make one of them my own dressing room!

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Master bedroom. Its nice we have a balcony too.

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…and finally…this is the first thing that greets you when you walk into our home. ‘Nuff said.

4 thoughts on “Making Kathmandu Home…. On the Inside

  1. Pingback: And Making it Home …. on the outside | Wright Outta Nowhere

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