Room-by-room before-and-after transformations from our historic Charleston home — honest budgets, what worked, and what we would do differently.

When we bought the house, the entry hall had been painted the same shade of greige approximately six times. Not six coats of the same color

We repainted it four times. The lighting went through three iterations. Here's the full documented process.

I painted it dark green and added two lamps. Best decision we made.

See the complete before and after of our Victorian parlor restoration — original plaster repair, period-appropriate paint, lighting, and the decisions that made it work.