Making Progress!

I had a vision of what our next house was going to be like.  I was craving a modern farmhouse meets a charming ranch. When we fell in love with this house, I was pretty sure I could achieve my goal(but maybe not 100%)! So, for the last month, I have been busy choosing all of the different finishes, flooring, stone, paint, majority of the lighting, etc. as well as overseeing the construction...opening up walls, upgrading plumbing and electrical, and replacing some of the doors and windows, as well as the roof.  It has been a whirlwind but so much fun!  My husband, Mark said to me the other day after we left the house, " I am finally getting excited..it is starting to look like a home."  Pretty funny (and scary..haha), I said to him. "You are just now getting excited." Fyi, We have been emotionally invested in this house for at least 3 months now.  I guess better late then never:)

While I felt happy about all of the choices I made, I was also getting a little anxious as they were about to be installed, as well as during installation. Is this going to achieve what I was looking for? Did I make the right decisions? A little bit of self doubt certainly set in.  And, today, it was such a sigh of relief. It is all starting to come together and it felt really good:)

A few of the big projects we are working on right now...

 This is where our family room stands currently: We are about to paint and are waiting on the pocket door system and barn wood flooring to arrive which will completely change the space.  I can't decide between a cream or a gray greige or a taupy greige for the walls!! There will be a large lantern in the space..either driftwood or black. I am trying to persuade my hubbie to let me paint the ceiling a creamy color. I think he can be persuaded:)

 

 

 

But this is not what it has always looked like. Not only was the family room wall to wall carpet but part of the room was sunken in...how badly does this scream 1969!!  But it was probably quite stylish back in the day.  It is always interesting to think of a house and its inhabitants in their prime.

 

The filling in of the floor was one the easiest and fastest thing we have accomplished to date..kind of surprising.  It took one day and it was filled with concrete and now it is all perfectly level, so spacious, and everything is cohesive. A photo below of before. This picture is taken from the entry and looking toward the room.

 

 

 

While some people loved the wood mantle, it is just not our style.  We did give it to somebody that is so excited to give it a new home.  Also, anything that was truly salvageable from this renovation, was donated. 

 

Another major project of the moment is our son's room.  Here are some before pictures. My sweet little boy, I could not have him endure pink tile, bad wallpaper, or cabinets that do not close.

 There a couple of cool features already about this bathroom...the size (very spacious) for #1 and the roman tub/shower #2.  It is half shower and half tub and just fabulous.  With a nice new coat of porcelain paint the tub will be as good as new!

 Progress=charcoal gray subway tile and porcelain floor tile that looks like wood. It is striking and soothing at the same time. This may be one of my favorite rooms in the house..my son is certain of it. The walls will be a pale gray, the double sink console will be black concrete with creamy white legs, and of course, there will be some industrial lighting and wood mirrors. I am so excited for the finished product. And, even better, it is right next to the laundry room.  How is that for some easy laundering??

 

A little closer look at the floors

 

One more project that has made a huge difference was opening up the space between the family room and kitchen.  Before, it was approximately 3 feet wide and now it is 7 feet wide.  Instead of framing it with your typical wood, we used some barn wood from our favorite antique wood source, Vintage Timberworks.  I am so happy with how it turned out.  We will bring the drywall flush to the wood so hopefully it will look like it has always been here.

 

An upcoming transformation will be the kitchen-The kitchen cabinets will be a creamy white and the concrete countertops, huge farm sink, and most of the stainless appliances have been ordered. We will be doing a cozy breakfast nook with either a settee or built in seating.  The built ins that flank the seating area will be a charcoal gray. The barn wood flooring will continue in here. And lots of great lighting and hardware:)

 

 Until next time!! xo, Paige