Massive Renovation to 100 Yr Old Beauty - Before and After
Our neighbors told us it was a tear-down. Our realtor told us it was a "gem in the rough, a fixer upper". As understatements go, her assessment was right up there with the best of them, but she was right and we saw the potential. Eight years later and after much soreness and many hammered thumbs, we completed everything but the landscaping. The only things we kept were the concrete foundation, the wood framing, and the stained glass window... and a lot of character and neighborhood history. We couldn't be happier -- and so are our neighbors.
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@Roots and Rafter - we weren't sad to see the old kitchen go. The layout was poor, the room was small, the cabinets were in very bad shape... nothing about it was salvageable. Because we were doing a renovation, not a restoration, and our preference in kitchens is for open, clean lines, we decided not to replicate the old cabinets. Throughout the rest of the house, though, we re-used many old details. We installed new baseboards, trim, doors, etc to match the original pieces, and reused and refinished stair bannisters, fir floor planks and other features wherever possible. We felt this was a good compromise between keeping the character intact and updating the house in a personal way that complemented our lifestyle.
GORGEOUS bathroom!! and I love the front door color!! I may have to steal that...what color did you use? It looks like an army green?
Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread, Dan, for a Houzz user "meta" question. Your house renovation is utterly spectacular, and I"m sure we'd all love to see more of it!
- front door (and the exterior porch ceiling): Benjamin Moore BM 2139-10 (River Rock);
- exterior main field color: BM 2139-30 (Shark Skin);
- exterior dark trim: BM HC-107 (Gettysburg Grey);
- exterior and interior white trim: General Paint (CLW 1037W);
- bathroom: BM OC-52 (Gray Owl);
- kitchen: BM OC-25 (Cloud Cover);
- entire main floor, stairs & upper hallway is General Paint 8683W (Tinderbox) - it's my absolute favorite neutral color for main spaces (it's more gray than it looks in the photos, but it changes between warm grey to warm green, depending on the light outside). The closest Benjamin Moore color is BM AF-80 (Jute), but it's slightly more putty than gray/green.
- bedroom: sorry folks... can't find this color (oops!)
A few more pics...
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