Our house renovation is lastly full! Right here’s a take a look at our house renovation earlier than and after, and the way it all modified from begin to end! Finishes and paint sources at are the tip 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 images taken earlier than I shared an official earlier than and after put up! Because of Cramer Photograph for capturing our house on a sunny September morning. Whereas I don’t know if any house is ever completed being adorned, we’ve the primary items in place (minus a espresso desk and extra artwork on the partitions!).
General, the entire renovation wasn’t too dangerous of a course of. I took it one step at a time: pack up, transfer out, transfer into rental, concentrate on being completely happy in rental, don’t fear in regards to the mud on the home, belief my contractor (haha!), downside remedy, and plan for transferring again in. I couldn’t think about dwelling right here in the course of 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!
For those who’re new to this put up, here’s a renovation timeline for context:
General the renovation took rather less than six months, which was truthfully a miracle as a result of we thought it may simply take 7-8. All the pieces 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 response to plan.
The largest surprises we had got here from the HVAC plans, and we did must go over funds to accommodate these modifications. I feel we had been over funds in nearly each class, however as the house transforming contractor, Thomas builds in padding for this, so we didn’t have a ton of unpredictable surprises. (Take a look at how you can discover a good contractor for transforming.)
My contractor!
We made a couple of in-the-moment choices to go over funds too like going for the steel roof, transferring the bathe, and re-doing the lounge fire. There’s undoubtedly a whole lot of “if we’re doing all of this work, we’d as nicely do the whole lot now” that is quite common in renos. You don’t want to ever must mud your own home or re-paint something once more!
We’re 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. Contemporary paint, new home windows, and refinished flooring meant almost each inch of the home was touched. It even smells new! There’s a tiny a part of me that needs we had accomplished the basement too for final cohesiveness, however that may have meant one other degree of funds and transferring out, so I don’t have any main regrets there.
Listed below are the earlier than and after images!
House Renovation Earlier than And After
Kitchen
The largest modifications within the renovation had been to the kitchen and first bed room. We took the wall down that the previous kitchen cupboards had been on and doubled (tripled?) the dimensions of our kitchen. On our want listing was loads of storage, an enormous island, a walk-in pantry, a espresso bar and sink, a drink fridge, and much extra little issues. We’re so pleased with the brand new kitchen!!
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Pantry
A walk-in pantry has been on my want listing since I began cramming cereal packing containers into higher cupboards in my faculty house : ) 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 2 home windows present sight into the driveway and had been the place the storage door was once!
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Mudroom
Our mudroom “space” earlier than was an enormous bother zone for a household of 4. We had house for the issues we wanted, however the coats and footwear had been at all times overflowing! The brand new mudroom has a locker for every of us with coat hooks, room for footwear under, and massive higher cupboards. You may see how we went into the storage to get the depth for the house right here. We thought-about 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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Dwelling Room + Eating Room
The largest modifications to our foremost dwelling house had been the colour scheme, including a light-weight fixture above the eating desk, bettering the image window, new paint, and new flooring! Plus a fire re-do and a brand new ceiling fan. We added doorways to the decrease cabinets, a brand new mantel, and a Body TV!
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Youngsters’ Rooms
The children’ 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
Whereas I did love our blue Sprint + 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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Main Bed room
The second most dramatic a part of our house renovation was in our main bed room! Whereas 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. After which we ended up gutting the entire thing! The dormer is large and spans your complete again of the home, together with the first rest room. 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 aim of higher using the house.
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Closets
Our earlier closets had been tucked into two corners with the deck door between them. They had been small however mighty. However the brand new ones are a significant improve!! Aspect by facet and outfitted with EasyClosets techniques.
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Main Toilet
The brand new main rest room is DREAMY! It’s mild and ethereal, larger, and has probably the most lovely white oak vainness spanning the entire again! We’re 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 outside makeover concerned a brand new roof, new paint, new home windows, and a brand new entrance door coloration. We love to sit down within the rocking chairs and watch the boys play within the entrance yard.
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(extra after pics to return!)
Sources
All White Paint (Partitions, Trim, Kitchen)
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Kitchen Island
Benjamin Moore Citadel Partitions
Entrance Door
Benjamin Moore Stratton Blue
Exterior Paint
Sherwin Williams Fawn Brindle
Home windows
Flooring
Crimson oak stained in Bona Pure Water-based end
Carpet Upstairs
- Carpet is Karastan’s Swish Transition within the coloration Boulevard.
- The stair runner is Fabrica’s Aspen within the coloration Mist.
Kitchen + Dwelling Finishes
Main Tub Finishes
Tile + Counter tops
Kitchen Backsplash
Bathe Wall Tile
2.5 X 8 La Riviera White Gloss
Grout Coloration Chosen Frosty
Bathe Flooring
2 x 2 Baltimore Gris
Grout Coloration Chosen Stormy Gray
Bathe Area of interest
Bianco Carrara – Herringbone Mosaic 5/8 x 1-1/4
Grout Coloration Chosen Frosty
Flooring Tile
12 x 24 Baltimore Gris
Tub Flooring – Grout Coloration Chosen Stormy Gray
