At Home with Renaissance Mermaid Happy Home Tour
Renaissance Mermaid Happy Home Tour
This week’s Happy Home Tour has us at home with Julie Reinwald who blogs on Renaissance Mermaid. Isn’t that one of the most wonderful blog names you’ve ever seen? I happen to love anything mermaid and even have a Pinterest board about them. Her tagline, “redesigning a home and a life” fits her perfectly.
Julie has loads of DIY projects and home design ideas on Renaissance Mermaid. Her style is on the elegant side with a touch of fun along with some really unique pieces. Julie finds a lot of treasures at yard sales and then makes them over to match her home decor.
I don’t remember exactly how I found Julie on Renaissance Mermaid, but I am so glad I did. I am on the hunt for dining room drapes so it may have had something to do with her dining room curtain before and after post that is an amazing transformation.
Welcome to At Home with Renaissance Mermaid starting with her wonderful spring wreath on the front door painted this refreshing color of green.
If you follow Julie it will not be hard to know she likes the color green.
A wonderful spring tablescape includes this birdhouse Julie painted that used to be a solid red. I have a lot of favorites of Julie’s and this is number one!
Renaissance Mermaid Before and After Front Door
The front door before stood the test of time and was the typical white for many years until one day….
while the cat was out to play. In this case the cat was the husband, Julie had painted the front door an emerald-green and then decided it needed to be this nice olive-green color. Husband never “said a word” and either he did not notice or has the wisdom not to make a comment. Ha! This is so endearing as husbands are like that aren’t they.
Just inside the front door is the stairway landing with a stylish oval mirror and a personal touch dog statue of a greyhound in honor of The Reinwald’s greyhound Mario.
Visitors are also greeted upon entering with these doorknob shadow boxes and keys. I love this ingenious front door decorating idea of doorknobs and keys.
RENAISSANCE MERMAID HEARTH ROOM
Just wow!. Julie studied home design and it shows. I am crazy about the round coffee table, windows above the fireplace and mixed patterns.
An original and elegant wall decor by Julie was made with Pheasant feathers, branches, and faux flower pods.
The most adorable spring mantle with twin wreaths, forsythia, a bunny, and a little white chick under glass.
DINING ROOM
Originality and elegance! The elegant chair here and seen below were re-upholstered by Julie. Her home is full of vignettes like the bird nest on the silver tray.
I just got a bird nest yesterday and want to clone this idea..See more about this setting on A Little Touch of Spring.
Dining room drapes before and the after below shows how hanging drapes from floor to ceiling makes an impact on how a room looks.
The dining room after. I am in awe of the mix of chair back styles and colors and how well they look together. Take a back seat House Beautiful!
Here’s Mario hanging out in luxury.
Julie found her new drapes at Bed, Bath and Beyond. I love the style of the rod that looks like an arrow.
CRAFT ROOM
The walls are hand stenciled by Julie. Her high fashion craft room has a fun secret….
and that is this pop art seat cushion hand painted by Julie.
BATHROOM
Like I said she hunts down treasures at flea markets, garage sales and tag sales. The bathroom mirrors had a plaque in-between them. A bigger one found on a treasure hunt looks so much better than the smaller plaque.
I have to say Oh my gosh how much I love the fun cheetah rug.
SUNROOM BEFORE AND AFTER MAKEOVER
Before the floor in the sunroom or sun porch is red with Mario sleeping in a hysterical position.
Sunroom after. The floor is now green and looks amazing. The black rug is from Ballard Designs. Julie says “the black grounds the room and lends some drama to the space.”
The coffee table in the sunroom is an old door painted black DIY project. Clever how Julie attached plain stock legs purchased at Lowe’s and painted them black. Then the doorknob and table legs ends got a touch of glam gilded in gold.
I have a lot of Hosta and never thought of making a centerpiece out of Hosta.
A conversation piece is this mask that was plain wood before it got a gold makeover. The cabinet that holds photos aka faces now has an icon.
An antique chair with a carved face completes the look. Very cool how she tied all this together.
By now I know you’re probably thinking…but does Renaissance Mermaid have a mermaid?
The answer is yes, of course!
Get to know more about Julie on Renaissance Mermaid. Plus here are a few highlights: Cupboard door table makeover and 3 Good Reasons to Hang Floor-to-Ceiling Draperies.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Happy Home Tour as much as I did.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog.
Click here for more Charming Home Stories like Miller Manor above that is a trash to treasure story.
If you are referring to the coffee table, that is a one-of-a-kind DIY piece of furniture and cannot be purchased.
I would love to connect with you, ARod!
Wow, Crystal, that’s so nice! I am giving credit to Sue for making me look good 😉
Thank you so much, Carolann 🙂 I agree with you that Sue shares so many other great home tours!
I met Dana at Bloggy Boot Camp St. Louis last year. She is amazing! And now I consider both of you my friends as well. Thank you for all of the kind words!
Oh that is a perfect way of putting it…. making something out of nothing, I so agree with your Cyndi. I think Julie knows Dana too in our small blogging world.
Please feel welcome to reply to commenters here as well.
It makes me so happy you enjoyed the feature Julie. Your reply to me makes it all worth the while and I honestly believe your home is amazing.
I just love Julie – I don’t remember how I became acquainted with her either – interesting….she hails from Omaha (my birthplace). She has a way with making something out of almost nothing. Love that pheasant feather art piece in the living room and what she did with the sun room – wow (the only thing better would have been to get Mario to have posed for the after pic. Great post Sue…Wonderful house Julie!
Sue, I can’t thank you enough for featuring my home on your blog! You really make me look so much more amazing than I am, haha 😉 What a treat to read the wonderful comments from your friends, too. I so appreciate all of you and would love to connect. What a nice thing you do here for other bloggers, Sue…I am feeling like I won the lottery today!
You came up with a great description on Julie’s “raw talent” and how she brings “nature into so many aspects” of her home.
I love how beautifully decorated this house is. I like that she brings a bit of nature into so many aspects of this house.
That is some raw talent with the painting and decorating the home like this.
This was a fun home tour.
Oh yes, the animal print chair is to die for and to think Julie did it herself.
So glad you are connecting with her Anj as I thought especially of you often as I read about her projects.
what a great tour Sue thanks so much for sharing I’m headed over to follow her now she seems right up my alley
Love her sunroom. Another great home tour Sue! Mario is adorable too! That chair in her dining room is stunning!