Photos of our home because it stands earlier than renovation begins!
This publish isn’t tremendous new or thrilling, however it serves an essential goal: a spot I can ship you after our renovation to see what our dwelling regarded like earlier than!
I went by way of the home a couple of weeks in the past earlier than I began taking down artwork and décor to seize it because it was on a daily day. I didn’t tidy up, and there may be canine hair in every single place (ugh!).
I’ve lived on this home for 8 years now, and I like its bones. We can’t wait to see how she seems!
House Before: 2014
Our home was a flip mission again in 2014. I truly adopted its renovation on Instagram, and whereas I wasn’t home looking on the time, I began to assume it could make an important dwelling. Just a few months later, I had purchased the home!
Compare!
To my information, the home had been lived in by the identical proprietor for many of its life since 1960. I imagine she handed away and the home was bought to an out-of-state investor who introduced it as much as trendy instances. An area actual property agent managed the renovation and bought it to me!
Our bed room!
The kitchen
When Thomas moved in, he began to note plenty of small issues. And thus started our listing of issues to enhance after we have been prepared.
The porch deck:
House Before: 2022
And right here’s how she seems to be right now!
Exterior
Should we paint the brick white? We are getting a brand new door and can hold it blue, though perhaps a barely lighter shade!
The roofline can be prolonged and the roof deck stuffed in.
Main Floor: Kitchen
The again wall is coming down to enter the storage!
We’ll have a mudroom nook the place the clock is.
View from the alternative finish
Bye bye busy granite, glass vary hood, and double basin sink.
Main Floor: Living Room
The lounge structure gained’t change. Just paint and flooring.
The flooring will stay and be stained a lighter wooden.
We debated eradicating the cabinets on the facet of the fireside for a extra open flooring plan, however they’re so sensible that we determined to maintain.
We additionally debated relocating the eating room, however we actually like its connection to the lounge and the view of the porch and yard, so it can keep. Adding a chandelier!
Main Floor: Kids’ Rooms
Nothing main is altering in right here, apart from home windows, flooring, and paint. And fixing the entire horrible air circulation! Mazen’s room is all the time scorching and Birch’s room is all the time freezing due to a defective zone set up (we predict!).
We nonetheless love our Kids Bathroom Vanity
Here’s the Lowes one we changed final 12 months with the Pottery Barn Moro.
Primary Bedroom
Aside from the kitchen, essentially the most modifications are coming upstairs in our attic main bed room. A big dormer, a lot of home windows throughout the tub, and a brand new closet configuration.
That’s my closet behind the door. And the outside door that results in the roof deck will quickly lead into the brand new cupboard space.
Inside my closet
It’s all the time so darkish up right here!
Primary Bath
In the tub, we’re including a window above the place the furnishings with blue drawers sits, and a conceit throughout from the tub. The tile will seemingly change too, however the bathe/tub/bathroom are all staying as is.
Moving on, shifting out!
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