January 3, 2012

Happy New Year! Hard to believe this project started in 2010, went ALLLLLL the way through 2011 and has now welcomed in 2012. I think this may be "our year." (fingers crossed!)

HELLO DRYWALL! This photo shows the stairwell in the foyer to the left as you enter the front door in the new part of the house. I love how you can see the original brick walls down the hall to the master bedroom as well as in the foyer. The wooden beam is still covered but you can imagine how nice that additional texture will be. We will have dark, distressed hardwood floors through the whole main level of the house.

Another shot of the foyer. The front door will have a divided window, adding natural light.

The master bedroom. The fireplace will be done in the same brick as the kitchen one.

In the kitchen - an island will be parallel to the fireplace, the range and sink to the right and the fridge and freezer to the left on the wall across from and facing the pantry. The door leads to the walk in pantry. Can't wait!

Looking from the kitchen side.... a stairwell to the upstairs in the old house where the girls rooms are. You can also see into the front foyer.

A peek into the pantry. There will be floor to ceiling cabinets on the wall opposite the windows as well as a cabinet with counter tops on each end. One end will have a wine fridge and will serve as a bar area.

This is looking into the kitchen/dining from the front door of the old house. This side of the room will have a large dining table.

The dining area and door to the old house basement.

Moving upstairs... Elle's room is at the top of the kitchen stairwell.

And Lil' Sophie is right next door.

The guest room in the new construction...

with a wonderful exposed wall and filled in brick and stone window.

The loft is looking like loads of fun! Sophie's room is to the right.

The landing upstairs in the new construction. Think bookcases, TV, lounging area.

Looking from the "landing lounge" back at the old house. The passage goes through to the girls rooms, the door to the right is the guest room and the stairs go down to the foyer.

Again from the "landing lounge" area... looking towards my studio above the garage.

Ta Da! Studio back through to the landing.

Studio windows out the back of the house. I can hardly wait!! eek!

So that concluded today's "tour of drywalled rooms." We used Ben Moore "moonlight white" through the entire house for now. I plan to add color through rugs, art and accessories and will paint a few rooms. Our focus for this farmhouse interior design will be on textures and natural tones. Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together, slowly but surely.

Cheers to 2012!

October 23, 2011

Thursday and Friday were very busy at the house this past week. The masons did a ton of work starting with the front and side faces of the porch, below the poured and stamped concrete top.

Walking in the front door of the old house you enter into the dining room and kitchen. The pass through fireplace was bricked in as well as the arch into the new house. A fireplace was located in the same spot when the house was first built so we were happy to honor this part of the past.

The chimney runs up through the center of the house so we get to see it in the upstairs hallway and the loft above the bedrooms. Love it!

This doorway passes through to the new section of the home into the front foyer.

A filled in window in the upstairs guest bedroom. The stone will stay exposed.

We decided to go ahead and frame in the basement. We have a "pool table" area and then there will be an arch into the living room area with a fireplace.

There will be a short hall down to a full bath and nice sized bedroom or office area.

A peek at the back porch with the roof closed in and the sun shining ~ a lovely spot for wine!

And last but not least the front porch on the addition was bricked in. Hoping to get the new roof on next week and then insulation... moving right along!

October 6, 2011

Another week is flying by!

The long punch list of miscellaneous things that need to be dealt with

and fixed is slowly being whittled away...

The bedroom chimney is complete.

The great room chimney is complete as well!


We love how it turned out.


The girls enjoyed the sawdust piles in the kitchen and dining room, pretending it was sand.
Note: I wouldn't recommend tights for saw dust play.


The master bedroom fireplace is framed in.

There will be a matching Cream City brick surround topped with a cabinet door hiding the TV.

The upstairs hallway and sitting area present some challenges in the ceiling lines.
Good luck to the drywall crew!


The front stairwell as seen from the upstairs hall.

Another angle showing the somewhat chaotic ceiling. We love the "quirk" it provides.

The loft area above the girls rooms.

Sophie, Carey and Elle climbed on up to check out the view.

As we fully embrace autumn we hope to plow through the list of "to do" while the weather holds. It's so hard to believe that winter is near... Fingers crossed that we can move in before the first arctic blast!!