Mother-in-law Apartment Reveal

Today was graduation day for my mom. She stepped through the gates of heaven at 12:23 this morning.

God is good.

Can I say that again?

God is good. His grace is sufficient.

I thought it fitting that on this day, on this my DIY blog, that I share with you the before and after pictures of her apartment.

This one is for you mom…

We bought our quad level home two years ago after nearly 2 years of searching for a home in the country with a yard for our grandkids and a MIL apartment for my mom.

It was in rough shape, but we knew we could make it ours (and hers).

Here are the before pictures.

What do you think of that black flowery wallpaper?

B.L.E.C.K.

Nuff said.

DH put up a wall here to make this a separate room for my photo studio.

Mom’s kitchen is bigger than mine. When we moved in, she told me, “There are so many cupboards, you can use half of them!”

After she got all her stuff unpacked, there wasn’t an inch left. She had a lot of stuff!

This was her bedroom “before.”

The wall to the right was bright red. That was a bugger to paint over.

While Mom was in the hospital for her bypasses and aortic replacement in October, we worked on doing the little things we hadn’t done when we first moved in. She came home three days early from heart rehab so I had her wait in the car when we brought her home so I could snap some pictures for you (before she messed it up!). When someone is sick off and on for a year straight, you tend to let things go. So I spiffed up her apartment and put cards and gifts on her dressers from family and friends. My DH replaced her sink and faucet – something we’d planned for some time. 

Here are the after pictures.

Let me know what you think. I truly love your comments.

When I am old, I shall wear purple…

Doesn’t this look like a Meemaw Pepper’s apartment?

Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too? (Some of you won’t get that.)

She even had plum colored frying pans.

She made plum afghans, quilts and curtains.

She bought plum rugs and a plum bedset from IKEA. April made her a plum scarf for her window.

Friends and family sent their well wishes – all lined up on her dresser.

There are plum candles all around.

Family literally had her covered from head to toe.

She had plum colored leggings, plum colored shirts, pants and even her coat and scarf were plum.

Jillian had bought her a plum bubble vest and hat for Christmas.

April bought her a plum sweater.

Whenever I see plum I’ll think of my mother.

And I know that when she entered the gates this morning at 12:23, my Dad met her and said with quivering lip, “What took you so long!”

As you celebrate Christmas over the next few days, hug your family tight. I know I will.

My family sustains me, especially today.

God bless all of you who lifted our family up in prayer. You have been my Aaron and Hur.

And I’m glad you do – blessings, my peeps,

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