Wow, it has been a while since I’ve been on here with any updates! So much life has happened since my last post.
But, it has been killing me that I have all the before pictures on here and no afters. So… without further adieu, I give you The After. (Some pictures by me and my trusty phone, and others by our real estate photographer. And I’m sure you can tell the difference).
We didn’t end up doing a ton to the front of the house. We mainly ripped out some big evergreen bushes and did a little landscaping. You can’t really appreciate it this early in spring though…
This entryway was one of my favorite places in the house. So light and bright! We replaced all the stairs… which was a bigger job than Jake probably bargained for ;). In the end I opted for a gray porch paint for the stair treads and we ended up loving it. Maintenance wasn’t perfect, there were some scuffs, but the effect was worth it.
We also changed out the closet door for this find from the Restore. It ended up being *again* more work than we thought as it was slightly too big for the opening and Jake had to shave down the sides. I painted it in the leftover stair rail semi-gloss light gray and added those glass knob pulls. We barely finished this in time for the listing!
You’ll all remember the popcorn ceiling debacle that occurred in this room, and how this was our first ‘complete’ space after we painted the paneling and floored. I ended up finding the gorgeous tufted Chesterfield sofa for only $65 at a local resale store.
Check out that hefty baseboard! That was a last minute addition as well. Finished just in time to sell. We also switched out our door for that wood tone one in the entry to add a bit more warmth and character.
So much work went into this kitchen that it’s almost hard to put into words. We went with the white Grimslov cabinets from IKEA as well as their farmhouse sink. I had actually purchased that sink in the As Is section before we even bought the house.
Those barstools were a facebook marketplace find. They actually came in a creamy leather. But that ended up falling apart with the high use, so I upholstered them in a white duck cloth.
Isn’t that granite waterfall amazing? So glad Jake agreed to that, it really added a huge impact to the space.
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You know, I wish I had taken pictures of the inside of those cabinets. They were laid out so nice!! In the left cabinet we had our microwave and toaster oven built in. And on the right side I had a little coffee station with my keurig and mugs. It was sublime. And… nothing had to go on the counter, which was crucial.
Didn’t Jake do an AMAZING job in here? Like you can’t even tell it’s an IKEA kitchen because of the precision he had and all the custom trimwork he installed.
See that little jut out on the left side of the counter? That contains a whole walls worth of plumbing and HVAC, we basically squeezed it all in there to open up the kitchen to the den. We actually had to shrink that window too, in order to allow the cabinets to go all the way to the left. But, you’d never know now!
The dining room… I never really considered this a ‘fully decorated’ space. We had just bought a table to refinish and were still working on chairs. I bought that light because I knew we were listing. We painted the walls in a neutral “Agreeable Grey”.
The living room was another space that I never felt ‘finished’ with. But we got the bones done at least.
My beloved little half bath! This room was dubbed the sunshine room by my family. And it was probably the last space I really blogged about. Check out more on this renovation here.
Why do I love hallways so much? So blank, so white, and so beautiful. It’s nothing but white and wood. And those hex lights were a great find from Overstock. Most of the walls in white are Swiss Coffee.
Guest bed 1 & 2, as seen staged for showing here. I never really decorated either much, but then again they weren’t used much I suppose. They are both painted in Irish Mist by Behr.
The master bedroom was so so close to being ‘finished.’ Nearly all the bigger elements were in place, it just needed a bit more accessorizing. But, I am not sure I am very capable at accessorizing spaces. I tend to focus on the bones and have trouble pulling together the little details.
Recognize that mirror, by the way??? That’s right, we painted it white. And, guess what… The buyers asked for one thing in their contract, that white mirror!!!! Pretty funny actually 🙂
And, my closet… stand back for all the heart eyes!!!! Oh how I love that closet. It was truly a labor of love. I custom designed the entire thing, and Jake built it for me entirely from scratch. Like literally that was all plywood before he worked his magic.
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Those drawers are actually an IKEA rast hack, that may have been the easiest part of this closet makeover. This whole closet used to be only 2 feet deep. But, I had Jake basically steal the closet space from the bathroom so I could have a walk in.
On the right is my lovely shoe wall. And then the nook on the left has my little dressing station with all my jewelry and perfume-y things. You know, I thought I would wear more jewelry with it displayed like that…. but I didn’t.
This bath turned out really nice. I say really nice and not perfect, because there were a few learning moments that I would maybe go back and change. We painted the vanity to update it and found that granite piece on CL. The mirror is another CL find.
And, do you see those grey lawyer bookcases? Biggest pains in the rear of anything we did in our entire house. We found them both for a song on CL ($100 for 2). They were from France originally, and a very honey oak color. So, I wanted them painted. This turned into a huge fiasco with the paint not drying properly to the doors proceeding to stick from the added width from the paint.
I thought they would fit perfectly in the space, but they were nearly an inch too wide, so Jake had to basically move a wall and pound them in. The doors had to all be re-cut and repainted. And the top door didn’t open because the door trim, so we had to re-cut the door trim as well. They are cool pieces…. but basically they were the bane of our existence.
I’ll work on getting some more specifics up, like process pics and source lists for some of these spaces. In the end, we had over 15 showings in 3 days and then two offers over list price.
We will miss this home. We learned so much here! But, it was time for the next adventure.