before and after: playroom and kid's bathroom

My out-of-town family (which is all my family) has been bugging me about posting pictures of the progress on our house, so here's a start.

This is a before picture of the dining room.  It had not-my-style wall paper, boarder and a paint job. 

Here are a couple after pictures of what is now a playroom.  I've always wanted to have an african-themed room, and the playroom seemed like a great place for it.  Bryan's mom and aunt painted the walls and ceiling.  We swapped out the light fixture.  The art on the wall is a genuine mud cloth -purchased off ebay : ).   We also bought the large area rug to make the room more inviting for toddler-play!

Naturally, with a foreclosure, there were no window treatments, so they are all new as well.  This picture also shows the foyer with our new door and grey wall.

Still to do in this room is some more wall art and I'd like to get some african baskets and an authentic african drum - but I don't trust my kids with them yet.  Also, in the long-term future, the hardwood floors need to be refinished.

Here is a before picture of the kid's bathroom.

And after:  I found a whale shower curtain on clearance and went with it.  This is the first room where we started to paint the popcorn ceiling, and after one swipe with the roller, decided to scrape it off!  The walls are chocolate, and I made the simple valance.

 I'm planning to have the kids do some "whale" art and frame it for the walls.

In the future, we want to replace the fixtures and floor.