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Remodled Kitchen
The remodel of the original 1965 kitchen was pretty much complete. The old stove, 2nd oven, sink, counter-tops, flooring, backsplash, and lighting were replaced. I made all the cabinets in a local...
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First Bathroom, from the 60's to the 30's
Our upstairs bathroom had been remodeled in the 60's with vinyl floors, plywood cabinets and brown fixtures. A few years ago we pulled it all out and started over to try to make it feel like it...
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What WERE they thinking?
1 commentI bought a 1916 bungalow with much of the old woodwork intact, but an atrocious kitchen. With short money and a lot of ingenuity I gave it a whole new look. I replaced the bottom cabinets with...
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Kitchen from the 60's back to the 30's
This kitchen in our own house had been remodeled in the 60's with plywood cabinets, vinyl floors and a brown sink. We restored as much as possble including the Douglas Fir flooring and the...
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Bathroom gutter to a gem
2 commentsInitial design had single sink, with door to bathroom leading out to little alcove in hall where built ins for linen existed. Had outdoor type barn paneling wainscotting and bad faux paint job...
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Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Princess Kitchen Upgrade
1 commentThe entire contents, including the wall coverings of the 12x20 kitchen were ripped out and replaced. We-routed or added wiring and plumbing, replaced the...
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86 year old summer kitchen gives way to new sunny kitchen extension
2 commentsThe old summer kitchen was a particularly glaring renovation requirement on the 100 yr old Victorian semi I bought in downtown Toronto. Stratospheric quotes from too-busy contractors convinced me I...
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Small but extreme master bath remodel
2 commentsI have recently decided to rent my home which has led my discovery of a multitude of projects I have left unfinished. One in particular is the master bath which in my opinion is not much of one being...
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Converting a New England Carriage House into a Ranch-Style Home
Last summer we purchased a 10,000 sq foot lot with a carriage house and in-ground swimming pool. With this I restored the turn-of-the-century carriage house and built an 1100 sq foot house around it...
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Farmhouse Kitchen to Modern Kitchen in 60 days
This old farmhouse kitchen was really a challange. The old ceiling consisted od 3 layers added over the years and was used as storage for old junk and furnace parts etc. The room was built over a...
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Historic Salt Lake City Triplex
12 commentsMy wife Amy and I purchased a historic brick triplex home in the Autumn of 2004 near downtown Salt Lake City. What we thought would be a six month spruce-up, turned into a full gut, partial...
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1981 Contemporary Home Rehab
This kitchen was part of a home rehab project in Oceanside, CA. The entire house was in the before condition when I purchased it. Afterwards the entire house was in the same condition as...
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Complete kitchen 100 Year Old Heritage Home
1 commentWe wanted to create a kitchen that was state of the art but fit with the feel of our 100 year old home. We used chandeliers to provide a linkage with the past and as well as reflected light from the...
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1950 CA Bungalow Bath Remodel
This bath remodel includes a HydroMassage whirllpool, custom cherry vanity with granite top, ThinWire floor heat, and Title 24 compliant halogen lighting. The vanity was designed to...
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Time Flies When You Remodel
When my husband was sent on a 1-year remote assignment with the Air Force I decided to pass the time by remodeling the interior of our 1980's home in Tempe, Arizona. I hated my kitchen from...
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Lost Boot Farm Kitchen
I felt like I was missing out on the family fun when I was cooking in the kitchen! So we removed the wall between the kitchen and living room/dining room areas to open it up as a great...
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Bathroom gut & remodel
Complete renovation from awful, banana tiled shower and vinyl flooring. New bathroom includes 12x24 porcelain tile, custom vanity, 3 piece acrylic shower surround with dual pot lights, new electrical...
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Main Line Mess Made Nice
1 commentToo old and too ugly. This kitchen was the most dramatic transformation I have seen.
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Total home renovation from weeping shutters to sunny Craftsman
Our project is our home that we are currently in the painful process of renovating. It's an original 1950's era bungalow that had no less than four wildly different additions all clad in horrible...
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Extreme Shower Makeover
This bathroom started off as a dated tile shower in need of a new face. This was the only bathroom in the house that could handle this type of shower. The bathroom was only 6x8nbsp...
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Goodbye Halloween...
Initially, we were contacted to update the kitchen by keeping the same basic layout-- aka Rip and Replace w/ stock cabinetry, paint and tile floors/backsplash. The kitchen was closed off from...
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Transforming a rundown, intown 2-family into our home
We bought this two family in 2006 (as it, it was noted on the sales agreement) with the idea of turning into a couple of small condos that we could flip. But the city denied our permit (we still...
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Hallowell Maine-1900's Victorian Kitchen Remodel
Converted a 1900s Maine Victorian home from a duplex (done around 1950's) back to a single family home.
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Penthouse Condominium Renovation
Complete gut remodel of a 1960's penthouse condominium transformed into a modern, elegant and free-flowing living space.
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Bathroom Rework
1968 Bathroom, had shower tile installed over a wallpapered wall. Tile literally fell off of wall during demo. Took entire room down to studs and subfloor, rebuilt shower, installed new floor base...
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Deck Redesign
2 commentsThis deck was in desparate need of replacement and a workable design. Redesigned to make it more user friendly and to avoid all the extraneous railing which made it look like a prison. Also, provided...
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From lemon to lemonade
Original bathroom next to a walk in closet. I removed the partioned wall, gutted it all and created a stunning custom bathroom with walk in shower that was in part, part of the walk in closet...
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The House Next Door
4 commentsThe kitchen was owned by a 'packrat' who grew old and was not able to take care of himself...very sad. He was a good neighbor...but not a good housekeeper. My wife and I bought the...
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Tyler House
1 comment1941 Cape Cod with large breezeway to garage renovated in Classic style!
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West Seattle Modern
1 commentWe found out on return from our honeymoon that our 1940s house was infested with mold. Gyplap sheathing was covered in side and outside of sheathing with high levels of a common mold that we...
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Complete Kitchen Remodel
This was a kitchen in a 1980s house that had never been prefessionally remodeled. I bought it at a short sale and gutted the kitchen and started over.
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