Thursday, October 22, 2009

Almost done

We are so close to being done with our remodel. The house passed it's final inspection today! We are moving furniture tomorrow, then the rest of our stuff on Saturday. I am half dreading and half anticipating the weekend move. I know it will be a ton of work, but the weather report looks good, and we have so many people helping us.

Here are some before and after pics. I will do this again when the rooms are decorated, but I'm just so excited to share now!

This used to be a small study off the master bedroom with entrance to one of two master baths (the door in the corner). We closed off the doors to the bathroom and master bedroom, leaving a doorway off the main living area. This is now a nursery. It's just a small little room that will fit a crib, changing table, and toys. But, once we're done with babies it will be a great play room.


This was the master bathroom off the former study. It is now our master closet (this picture only shows one corner of the closet, but it's pretty big)!

The master bedroom lost a little space to the closet, but we added a tiered ceiling that makes it feel much more luxurious.

This was the fireplace. You can't really see from the picture, but it had lots of floral and heart decor on the face. We ripped that off and put stone over the brick. We still need to repaint the inside.


This is a view of the breakfast room (with a bit of the wet bar on the right side). This biggest change here is the wet bar is gone and you can see into the kitchen now. Hmmm, maybe the biggest change is actually that we replaced the pink carpet with hardwood. It's a toss up.


And my favorite before and after, the kitchen. Not only is the kitchen 8 inches bigger (hey, I took all I could get), but it's opened to the main living area with my fabulous BLUE breakfast bar. I know it's my personal taste, but I love it. We have all new cabinets, appliances, granite, and buttercream subway tile back splash.


12 comments:

Jacquie Von Hohn

Oh I love it!! It's even better than I imagined! I can't wait to come over and see it! I LOVE the blue island.

Kaitlin L.

That is amazing! The kitchen is awesome, and I love the tiered ceiling in the master.

The Long Family

Great Job Nee - keep showing us the pictures .. can't wait to see ones with you guys in it enjoying your new home!

Jordan

WOW!!! Everything looks amazing! Can't wait to see final the product!

Camille, Blake, Pierce and baby Asher

Wow.. I am so impressed I bet if the old owners came in they would not even recognize that house.. you did a fantastic job and I am impressed with the blue bar... nice touch.

Emily

Wow! Well done with all of your designing. And I think the blue island/bar is awesome!! I'd love to have a painted bar if/when we build. Can't wait to come see it in person!

amber robinson

Your house is beautiful! Did you not keep the 2 ceramic dogs above the refridgerator? gasp! You really should have negotiated that at closing.

Brian and Dana Ernst

Oh my gosh, it looks wonderful!! I'm so glad I got to see it in progress so I could appreciate the "after" shots -- can't wait until our girls dinner in a few weeks so I can see the finished product in person!

Sergio and Tashia Fernandez

Wow, it looks amazing!!! What a beautiful home :) Next time Serg and I come to Texas we want to come visit :) I love older homes that have been given a "slight" face lift.

How exciting that you finally get to move in :) I love the blue idland also!! What a great touch.

Lauren

Wow. It's really looking amazing, can't wait to see it decorated!

Meredith

LOVE EVERYTHING!!! It all looks amazing! Hope I can come visit soon to see it in person!

The Leuenberger's

Renee--everything looks amazing. I want to come down and see one of these days.