Photo House Update

Our cute bungalow with a graceful old oak tree in the front yard

Great front porch for relaxing

Front porch with great views

Living room with fireplace, coffered ceilings and bright wooden windows

Living room looking into the dining room

Bright living room with fireplace, coffered ceilings and built-in benches

Brick fireplace and beautiful hardwood floors

Living room looking into the dining room and kitchen

Dining room looking into the kitchen and guest bathroom door

Dining room looking into the kitchen and guest bathroom door

Dining room with wainscoting and coffered ceiling

Dining room with wainscoting, coffered ceiling and built-in bookshelves

Dining room with wainscoting, coffered ceiling and built-in bookshelves

Kitchen with breakfast bar opens into the dining room

Kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops

Kitchen with stainless steel appliances

Stainless steel stove and microwave

Kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops

Kitchen window looks out onto the back yard

The open floor plan kitchen looks out onto the dining room

Can’t get enough of the open floor plan view

Bathroom with shower subway tile and medicine cabinet over pedestal sink

Medicine cabinet over pedestal sink

Large master bedroom with large closet

Guest bathroom with refinished historic tub

Back bedroom looks out onto the garden

Back bedroom with large closet

Back bedroom

Bright front bedroom/office

Front bedroom/office overlooking triangle park

Front bedroom/office with closet

Back yard

Refinished bathtub

Pretty excited about this project. When the house was being renovated we decided to keep the old bathtub in the guest bathroom due to its unique size. The metal (we believe) tub had unfortunately seen better days though. Well, we finally got someone out to refinish it – it’s beautiful!

Bathtub before being refinished

Bathtub after being refinished

Almost Done

We’re almost done! Just a few more finishing touches remain.

Living room

Living room looking into dining room

Dining room looking into living room

Dining room looking towards kitchen and guest bathroom

Kitchen and dining room

Dining room with coffered ceilings

Back bedroom with large closet

Sneak Peak

We’re close to the end! We’ll have more before and after photos really soon, but here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come.

Granite Countertops

We installed black/green colored granite for the countertops.

Exterior Paint

The original cedar siding was painted “Turkish coffee” brown, the trim is a creamy white, and the windows are “Roycroft” red. We also added the three brackets to the front of the house.

 

Kitchen Cabinets

The cabinets were installed last night. They are a shaker style with a medium stain. The kitchen has an open floor plan with a bar area, so it should be really nice for entertaining.

 

Electrical

The electrical fixtures have been installed. We went with ceiling fans in each bedroom, mini halogens in the kitchen, wall sconces in the bathrooms, and a chandelier in the dining room.

 

Priming Time

The interior of the house was prepped and primed!

 

The Floors are Beautiful

After 90 years the original heart pine floors are still amazing! After sanding our refinisher looked at the wood and said “These old floors are 1,000 times better than new floors.”  He is a man who knows what he is talking about. Unfortunatly, in a couple rooms we had to replace the floor because it had been damaged over the years.  We went back with pine, but in order to make the color match we had to mix some stains. It should be close.