Our residence renovation is lastly full! Here’s a take a look at our residence renovation earlier than and after, and the way it all modified from begin to end! Finishes and paint sources at are the top of the put up!
Whew! The renovation over.
This put up is barely delayed as a result of I wished us to get all settled and have some skilled pictures taken earlier than I shared an official earlier than and after put up! Thanks to Cramer Photo for capturing our residence on a sunny September morning. While I don’t know if any house is ever completed being embellished, we’ve the primary items in place (minus a espresso desk and extra artwork on the partitions!).
Overall, the entire renovation wasn’t too unhealthy of a course of. I took it one step at a time: pack up, transfer out, transfer into rental, deal with being pleased in rental, don’t fear concerning the mud on the home, belief my contractor (haha!), drawback remedy, and plan for shifting again in. I couldn’t think about residing right here through the reno, so I’m very glad we determined to maneuver out. All that stated, I’m VERY glad it’s over and don’t need to transfer once more for a really very long time!
If you’re new to this put up, here’s a renovation timeline for context:
Overall the renovation took rather less than six months, which was actually a miracle as a result of we thought it may simply take 7-8. Everything went pretty easily, together with minimal rainstorms once we had no roof in March. We really feel extremely fortunate as a result of I’ve watched sufficient HGTV earlier than and afters to know nothing ever goes precisely in line with plan.
The greatest surprises we had got here from the HVAC plans, and we did must go over price range to accommodate these adjustments. I feel we have been over price range in nearly each class, however as the house reworking contractor, Thomas builds in padding for this, so we didn’t have a ton of unpredictable surprises. (Check out learn how to discover a good contractor for transforming.)
My contractor!
We made a couple of in-the-moment choices to go over price range too like going for the metallic roof, shifting the bathe, and re-doing the lounge fire. There is unquestionably plenty of “if we’re doing all of this work, we might as well do everything now” that is quite common in renos. You don’t need to ever must mud your home or re-paint something once more!
We are SOOOOOOO pleased with the ultimate product. It’s even higher than I may have dreamed of. I assumed our renovation would really feel a bit extra like an addition, however the entire home feels new. Fresh paint, new home windows, and refinished flooring meant practically each inch of the home was touched. It even smells new! There is a tiny a part of me that needs we had performed the basement too for final cohesiveness, however that will have meant one other degree of price range and shifting out, so I don’t have any main regrets there.
Here are the earlier than and after pictures!
Home Renovation Before And After
Kitchen
The greatest adjustments within the renovation have been to the kitchen and first bed room. We took the wall down that the outdated kitchen cupboards have been on and doubled (tripled?) the scale of our kitchen. On our want checklist was loads of storage, a giant island, a walk-in pantry, a espresso bar and sink, a drink fridge, and plenty extra little issues. We are so pleased with the brand new kitchen!!
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Pantry
A walk-in pantry has been on my want checklist since I began cramming cereal packing containers into higher cupboards in my faculty residence : ) I designed the brand new pantry shelving with my father-in-law (who constructed it!) and arranged it with the assistance of Thomas’s aunt who’s a skilled organizer in Richmond. The two home windows present sight into the driveway and have been the place the storage door was once!
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Mudroom
Our mudroom “area” earlier than was a giant bother zone for a household of 4. We had area for the issues we would have liked, however the coats and sneakers have been all the time overflowing! The new mudroom has a locker for every of us with coat hooks, room for sneakers beneath, and massive higher cupboards. You can see how we went into the storage to get the depth for the area right here. We thought of making it a closed-off room, however for the sake of easy accessibility, we made it extra of a nook as a substitute.
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Living Room + Dining Room
The greatest adjustments to our foremost residing area have been the colour scheme, including a lightweight fixture above the eating desk, enhancing the image window, new paint, and new flooring! Plus a hearth re-do and a brand new ceiling fan. We added doorways to the decrease cabinets, a brand new mantel, and a Frame TV!
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Kids’ Rooms
The youngsters’ rooms received beauty upgrades (and higher HVAC!) with a brand new coloration scheme of white paint, new home windows, and refinished flooring. We additionally changed their mismatched, sagging curtains with blinds that match the remainder of the home, plus new black followers.
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Stairs
While I did love our blue Dash + Albert runner we DIYed on the earlier stairs, the brand new runner is so mild and ethereal. We additionally added some dimmable spotlights on the steps and are nice for illuminating them!
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Primary Bedroom
The second most dramatic a part of our residence renovation was in our major bed room! While the kickstart of the reno was on the kitchen, we knew we wished so as to add a dormer up right here for some home windows off the again of the home. And then we ended up gutting the entire thing! The dormer is big and spans your complete again of the home, together with the first toilet. The distinction within the earlier than and afters is mind-blowing to me! We did all new paint, carpet, closets, a brand new roof, and turned the roof deck we by no means used over the storage right into a storage room. We additionally re-oriented our mattress on the brand new wall that we constructed to surround the fireside with the objective of higher using the area.
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Closets
Our earlier closets have been tucked into two corners with the deck door between them. They have been small however mighty. But the brand new ones are a significant improve!! Side by aspect and outfitted with StraightforwardClosets methods.
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Primary Bathroom
The new major toilet is DREAMY! It is mild and ethereal, greater, and has essentially the most stunning white oak vainness spanning the entire again! We are obsessed. We moved the bathe over a bit, added a brand new alcove for shampoos, and put in heated flooring.
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Exterior
The exterior makeover concerned a brand new roof, new paint, new home windows, and a brand new entrance door coloration. We love to take a seat within the rocking chairs and watch the boys play within the entrance yard.
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(extra after pics to come back!)
Sources
All White Paint (Walls, Trim, Kitchen)
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Kitchen Island
Benjamin Moore Castle Walls
Front Door
Benjamin Moore Stratton Blue
Exterior Paint
Sherwin Williams Fawn Brindle
Windows
Floors
Red oak stained in Bona Natural Water-based end
Carpet Upstairs
- Carpet is Karastan’s Graceful Transition within the coloration Boulevard.
- The stair runner is Fabrica’s Aspen within the coloration Mist.
Kitchen + Living Finishes
Primary Bath Finishes
Tile + Countertops
Kitchen Backsplash
Shower Wall Tile
2.5 X 8 La Riviera White Gloss
Grout Color Selected Frosty
Shower Floor
2 x 2 Baltimore Gris
Grout Color Selected Stormy Grey
Shower Niche
Bianco Carrara – Herringbone Mosaic 5/8 x 1-1/4
Grout Color Selected Frosty
Floor Tile
12 x 24 Baltimore Gris
Bath Floor – Grout Color Selected Stormy Grey