I love renovating! Would love it more if I had all the money in the world and could do what I want. But sadly, I have to make every dollar count. So I have had to start with the basics. Because I have serious committment issues, I have to buy furniture and make decorating decisions that transfer easily from one design decision to the next.
So when I bought a 1956 Bungalow about 9 years ago it had all the basics that I was looking for. A fireplace, south facing backyard, a kitchen I could live with because it worked for me. A updated bathroom, and a host of other necessary upgrades to keep the energy costs down.
However, I hated my front entry way! When you walked into my home you walked in to a closet. I detested it because it was small, unattractive and my guests would have to wait outdoors until it was their turn to enter the home. So frustrating. So I renovated it!
Here is the before.
Now here is the after!
I opened the entry way all the way back to a closet that existed in the small bedroom. That has become the coat closet. I removed the wall in the third bedroom, a risk reducing a home from a 3 bedroom to a 2 bedroom on the main floor to create a dining room. I not only wanted a dining room but to be able to see the sunlight from the adjoining room. Give it an open feel.
I choose A neutral pallet of soft browns. Stonehearth from BM for the walls:
And Buckhorn, also from BM for the door and fireplace, and center island in the kitchen!
(I tried to download a pic of the color but suffered some difficulties)
I choose to use the color scheme throughout the main floor, because the bungalow is quite small, and the living room, breakfast nook and kitchen and hallway flow into one another. I couldn't chop it up with too many different colors.
So when I bought a 1956 Bungalow about 9 years ago it had all the basics that I was looking for. A fireplace, south facing backyard, a kitchen I could live with because it worked for me. A updated bathroom, and a host of other necessary upgrades to keep the energy costs down.
However, I hated my front entry way! When you walked into my home you walked in to a closet. I detested it because it was small, unattractive and my guests would have to wait outdoors until it was their turn to enter the home. So frustrating. So I renovated it!
Here is the before.
Now here is the after!
I opened the entry way all the way back to a closet that existed in the small bedroom. That has become the coat closet. I removed the wall in the third bedroom, a risk reducing a home from a 3 bedroom to a 2 bedroom on the main floor to create a dining room. I not only wanted a dining room but to be able to see the sunlight from the adjoining room. Give it an open feel.
I choose A neutral pallet of soft browns. Stonehearth from BM for the walls:
And Buckhorn, also from BM for the door and fireplace, and center island in the kitchen!
(I tried to download a pic of the color but suffered some difficulties)
I choose to use the color scheme throughout the main floor, because the bungalow is quite small, and the living room, breakfast nook and kitchen and hallway flow into one another. I couldn't chop it up with too many different colors.
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