Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Before & After House Pictures - Fairway Drive

Kitchen - We gutted the kitchen in the summer of 2004. I was pregnant with Davis and VERY hormonal. I changed the floor plan and cabinet configuration right in the middle of construction. I think it was worth it! Yes, those are avocado green METAL cabinets! They now reside in our laundry room and have been painted white.




Breakfast area - This little area was pretty tight for a table so we turned it into a window seat. It is definitely one of my favorite places in the house - the window looks out onto the backyard. Again, avocado green shutters.


Dining Room/Family Room - We removed the wall between the kitchen and the original dining room and made it into a little family room.




Living Room - We removed the back wall to open it up to what is now the dining room.



Den/Dining Room - This room was originally a den. Over the last 5 years it has served many purposes, but now it is our dining room.



Basement - We remodeled the basement in the summer of 2005. We live in this space. The basement has a family room, playroom, guest room/office and laundry. Do you see a color scheme developing?
Bathroom - We remodeled the bathroom last summer. It is our only full bath so it was a bit challenging not having a bath for a couple weeks.



Stairway - The whole house was covered in this turquoise carpet. We opened up the staircase and ripped up all the carpet.


Transition area




19 comments:

Juliana RW said...

WOW....you have nice home now.

Mine in here Thanks

Totallyscrappy said...

Absolutely beautiful!

Gayle said...

Wow! That's a whole new house! Very nicely done.

Michelle said...

Beautiful work. I can appreciate home remodeling. We have gutted and remodeled two homes. So much work but totally worth it. Great TT. Thanks for visiting.

EHT said...

I love all of your before and after pictures. We have been renovating for 2-3 years. I'll be so glad when we are finally done.

Thanks for visiting History Is Elementary.

MotherBunker said...

I love before and afters -- and holy cow, these should be in a magazine. Are you busy right now? Would you like to come and tell me what to do with mine?

laurel said...

Wow, that's quite a transformation! It looks great. I love the window seat!!

Unknown said...

Lots of changes there! Looks great!

The Gal Herself said...

Love, LOVE what you did with your basement! And I positively ache to redo my bathroom. I admire all your hard work here. (Thanks for visiting my TT)

Hillary @ The Other Mama said...

This is beautiful, Alana! You've done amazing things there! It's gorgous!!! And I love a good before and after shot- especially with some avacado green in the before! priceless!

Going Crunchy said...

Holy avacado! Did you do all this yourself? It is beautiful work. It seems like you just doubled your space in every room - - or at least made it feel like that.

Did you guys move into the house with everything that shade of green? I grew up with the avacado green fridge and appliances, gold carpet and nubbly ceiling so I was having parental home flashbacks at every turn.

emily freeman said...

What beautiful improvements! Love it!

Ice Cream said...

So, when I strike it rich, can I buy your interior decorating services? These changes are breath taking. And I think I've officially lost my appetite for avacados for the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Alana said...

Wow! You guys have done an amazing job. That's a lot of hard work!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous. One house can only handle so much avocado!!

Rebecca said...

You have done an excellent job at remodeling. I was happy to read that you transferred the metal cabinets from the kitchen to another room--very resourceful! I personally would have kept them avocado green. I am the only person I know who actually likes this color, and not in an ironic way. I am looking forward to it making a comeback. (I am serious!)

Maureen Fitzgerald said...

WOW - beautiful job! Want to come and help me with my house? :)

The Proverbs Wife said...

Wow. I NVU (envy you):o)

Great remodel. Everything looks great. Thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

What a lovely job of decorating and remodeling you did. Good luck on the sale of your home.