Before and After

Before and After: A Novel | Rosellen Brown

My 7 year old‘s reading loft is finished!! 😍 He has 2 closets, so we decided to do something fun with one. My dad built the reinforced platform and ladder and I did the rest. Painting the trim white was super not fun. It‘s a big room and it took 4 coats to cover that drab tan. 😩 So happy with the outcome, though! 💚

My 5 year old gets one, too, but it‘s not finished yet. I‘ll posts photos of it eventually.

MicheleinPhilly LOVE!!! 5y

Cinfhen Looks awesome 😎 5y

charl08 Wow! I would have loved one of these when I was a kid. (Wouldn't mind one now!) 5y

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Amiable That‘s fabulous! 5y

LibrarianRyan I totally get the covering with white. I have this weird brown wall. I have at least 7 coats of white paint on it and I and everyone else can STILL see the brown. This looks awesome BTW. 5y

Cortg Amazing! 5y

Hooked_on_books 😍 5y

TheSpineView It looks fantastic! 🤩 5y

Ruthiella 😮 WOW 😍 5y

SilversReviews Looks great!! 5y

writerlibrarian Looks of envy here from my much younger self. 5y

saresmoore I love it! And I think the trim painting was worth the effort—it makes such a big difference! 5y

night_shift 😱😍 I wish I had one of these as a kid, hell wish I had one now! 5y

xicanti This is amazing. 5y

rather_be_reading That is super cool!! It turned out great! 5y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 💚 Looks great! I need one of those. 5y

Dawnrod1970 Love it, looks great! 5y

LeahBergen I love it!! And I want one!! 😆😆 5y

Aims42 What a fun mama you are!! I love this 💚 5y

britt_brooke @MicheleinPhilly Thank you! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @charl08 Thanks! 💚 Yeah, I need an adult-sized one. Wishful thinking!! 5y

britt_brooke @Amiable Thank you! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @LibrarianRyan It‘s so annoying trying to cover dark walls, etc! So much work. 😩 I still have to paint the trim and doors in my other son‘s room, and naturally, he has crown moulding, too. Not cool. Luckily, the rest of the house is not like this! 5y

britt_brooke @Cortg @Hooked_on_books @TheSpineView @Ruthiella @SilversReviews Thanks so much! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @writerlibrarian 🥰🥰🥰 5y

britt_brooke @saresmoore Thanks so much! 💚 Yes, definitely well worth it .... and I listened to a few audiobooks along the way. 🤓👏🏻 My other son‘s room has the same tan/brown accents plus crown moulding, so that‘s the next project. 🙄 Luckily, the rest of the house is not like that. 5y

britt_brooke @UnidragonFrag I think we all need adult-sized ones!! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @xicanti @rather_be_reading @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @Dawnrod1970 Thanks!! 💚 5y

britt_brooke @LeahBergen I‘m still tying to figure out how to work this into a master suite remodel. 😆 5y

britt_brooke @Aims42 Aw, thank you! 💚 5y

LeahBergen 😆😆 5y

Kalalalatja Love it! 5y

SilversReviews Looks amazing. 5y

britt_brooke @Kalalalatja Thanks! 💚 5y

Eggs That is brilliant. As a kid, that would have been heaven for me- a personal reading nook 📚 5y

britt_brooke @Eggs Thank you! 💚 5y

Mdargusch This is amazing! 5y

britt_brooke @Mdargusch Thank you!! 5y

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swishandflick

Before and After: A Novel | Rosellen Brown

Non-bookish post (apologies for that) but I wanted to share with my Litsy fam. This past year has been a journey - I had weight loss surgery, started working out 4x/wk, completely overhauled my diet, and lost 75 pounds. These two pictures were taken exactly one year apart (😱). I'm just here to say - never be afraid to go after what you want!

WLS also sometimes has a weird stigma, so I'm trying not to hide that part of me. I'm proud of myself!

Librarybelle Congratulations! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Megabooks Wow! Congratulations!! 🥳🥳 5y

VioletBramble Congratulations. 👏 5y

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cherinium Congrats! It sounds like you made a full commitment by making complete lifestyle changes. I think that's the key! 👏👏👏👏 5y

BookDragonNotWorm That's fantastic! You look great and you look like you feel great too! 5y

Lreads Congratulations! We are all so proud of you! 👏🎉💕 5y

JulietReads Very inspiring! Congratulations, girl! 5y

JenReadsAlot Thanks for sharing that amazing journey! 5y

GypsyKat Wow! What an incredible accomplishment!!! Thank you for sharing! 👏👏👏👏👏👏 5y

TheDaysGoBy Great job! 5y

Lcsmcat 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y