PROGRESS!!! And a Short Feature Film.

Short Feature Film

This is a video I took walking through the house right after we closed on it.  Hopefully it will help you visualize the changes in the pictures below.

(Coming Soon!!!  Need to figure out how to get it off my iphone...)

Demo Progress

This picture was taken from the master bathroom walkway.  You'll also notice that this originally was the garage... yes that garage door is going away soon :)

The opening at the top is a framed in window that will go across the top of our bed.  That door to the left is a door out to the patio and pool area.  The garage door will go away and the master bedroom will be extended outward about 3 feet.  There will be a window on each side and french doors walking out to the future private patio area.  That's a LONG way away, but we're preparing!

This picture was taken inside the master bathroom facing my vanity area.  That opening in the middle is the doorway to my closet and you'll see the 2 tires (not sure what they are doing in the house...) which should give you a good idea of the end wall of my closet.  My closet used to be the old kitchen, crazy huh?!

This one is a little hard to tell... but you're looking right at the 2 person shower.  It's 5 feet by something... A rectangle.  This will be a better picture with sheet rock up!

This is the hubs vanity area.  The framed doorway is actually getting moved all the way to the right.  So where the doorway is will be his vanity area.  And to the left of the vanity area will be the corner tub and in front of that is the see through fireplace to the master.  Totally easy to see, right?!

This is the new hallway!  Standing in the living room looking down the hallway into the master.  To the left is the kitchen and to the right is the pantry opening.

THE NEW KITCHEN!!!  This used to be one of the bedrooms in this house.  Works much better as a kitchen if you ask me!  Those wood floors are coming out too.

Here's the only window in the kitchen right now.  There will be 2 more, one on each side overlooking the pool area!!  Here's the look we're going for...

LOVE the wall of windows concept!!  So open and pretty!

This one is a little hard to see too... Right now you're standing in the kitchen, looking through a hallway opening into the walk in pantry.  I'd explain more but I don't think it will do any good :-(

Here's a view standing in the foyer looking to your left.  It's my office!!!  French doors will go in that opening.

And if you turn to your right in the foyer, this is the dining area.

And if you keep walking straight through the foyer and turn left you'll see this.  It's the hallway to the other side of the house with the other 3 bedrooms and the game room.

And if you were to walk through that hallway you'd dead end and have to turn left into THIS hallway.  All the way down the hall is the game room, to the right is the guest room and to the left is the workout room.

Like I said, to the right was the guest room.  Here's the guest room complete with a patio view!

Here's the workout room.  Nothing special... Just an extra bedroom really.

The future nursery :) NO we're not pregnant, yes I have already decided it's location.

When you walk into the game room this is what you will see.  You've got a small hallway with a cabinet, and then to the left is the laundry room and to the right is a bathroom.  The new door to the new garage will be through that utility room.  And there will be a door out the bathroom to the patio and pool area.

Another view in the game room.

Garage Area

Standing in the front of the house near where the driveway will go.

From the side, this is actually where the driveway will be.

And finally a view of where the garage will be from the backyard.  You actually won't be able to see the garage while being in the main area of the backyard (YAY!!)= was one of my requirements :)

Demo Update, More Decor, and THIS not That!

Demo Update

As I mentioned in my previous post the majority of the demo is done as well as the framing.  Now we're onto the electrical and plumbing work.  Here's a few snapshots.

Here is a snapshot from several days ago in the garage soon-to-be master bedroom.  Right now you're looking into the kitchen area.  You'll see in a second that that wall is now boarded up and will separate the two rooms.

Here's a view from the family room looking into the kitchen.  Behind the boarded up wall is the master bedroom from the photo before.  Pretty neat huh?!

Final demo picture for the day.  Right now I'm standing in the foyer and to the left is the dining room, the middle is the family room and the top right corner is the kitchen.  It's all coming together so fast!!!

More Decor and THIS not That!

As I mentioned in a previous post, my most recent trip to Pottery Barn has my wheels spinning about what I want to do with the family and dining rooms... However, the cost to achieve these looks at PB's pricing is just outrageous to me.

PB Custom Sofa

This bad boy retails at approximately $1500 at PB.

Custom Friday Sofa

I have it on good authority that this retailer purchased the PB sofa and replicated it, here's hoping!!   This sofa also gets great reviews!  Where did I find it?  JCPenny of all places!!  This sofa is on sale right now for $845.  I can handle that!!!

Coffee Table

Remember this?

I LOVE this coffee table!  It retails at PB for $600.  Seriously?!  Seriously.

Originally I had found a steal on CraigsList and set it up to purchase it from the people.  Well the day I was going to go get it they said they sold it the night before.  THANKS DUDE!  I just thought that was rude.

So I keep searching around and low and behold!!!

This guy walks into my life!!!  And almost exact replica of the PB sofa for almost half the cost!!  It's heavy and sturdy and I just LOVE it!  Found it at World Market on sale for $329.  Hooray!

Dining Set

So we've decided to not have a nook in the new house and instead are just going to have a 2 person eat in island and make the formal dining area more of an informal eating area which I am SUPER excited about!!!  Check this out!

Hubs sort of freaked out when I showed this to him because he said it looked like crap... Thanks honey :) But when I showed him more up close pictures he actually liked it!   I'm not going to buy the 2 end chairs... I'm not sure exactly what will go at the ends but I want something that will pop.  Perhaps something like this...

Not exactly this... but you get the picture.  Something different and fun!

8/29/11 Update on Living Room:

Here's exactly what I'm going for!!!

LOVE EVERYTHING about this set!!!  I'm 99.99999% it's THE ONE.

And finally, here's the light that will go above the dining table...

Just the look I'm going for!!!

Kitchen Windows

So the kitchen will have a wall of windows above the counter looking over the pool area.  I want curtains there but nothing too dramatic.  I thought this concept would work great!

Basically sliders half way up the window.  What a great idea!!!

That's it for now!!

Pottery Barn Inspiration & Great Finds!

Since we're still in the pre-finish out stage of our renovations I really don't have much to do in the way of work on the house.  Demo is done and they are working on finishing up the framing as we speak.  And since my mind always wants to be pushing forward with the house, I've gotten a little ahead of myself and decided I want to decide on some decor :)

Pottery Barn has been my sole inspiration thus far and since I don't want to spend an arm and a leg redoing my decor, I've decided to emulate their looks and save some money.

Master Bedroom

This bed looks so cozy and inviting I just cannot help but want the entire set!  To get this look I'd be at the low end spending $700 to $1000 at PB.  No thanks.

I've shopped around and decided that this duvet cover and shams is a great place to start!

This duvet cover got stellar reviews...and it was on sale for $90, what a steal!  I was looking for something of substance that would be heavy but soft and feel lush and I think this is it!  I bought Ivory sheets for $50 to go with it.

I also found this:

The blue one.  I found this for $21!!  A similar blanked at PB costs $150 so I'm very happy with the price.  It will go above the flat sheet underneath the duvet cover.  That way we can pull down the duvet each night and just use the blanket and sheet when we sleep.

I've still got a ways to go to achieve this look, I need to find some additional pillows, I'm thinking a few quilted ones in solid colors.  PB has some but they are outrageously expensive so I'm going to keep looking!

Since we do not currently have a headboard for our master bed, this idea came to mind!

I love the upholstered look!

My great idea: I've commissioned my handy-dandy husband to MAKE this headboard.  He's recently bought all these fancy tools and saws so I'm going to put it to good use!  I think, some wood, foam, and linen fabric and vuala!  I've got my beautiful headboard.  Will definitely post progress on that once he's started!!!

Living Room

I walked past this room set at PB just the other day and fell in love...

To me, this is the epitome of homey.  I feel like I could just walk right into this picture and snuggle up with my hubs.  I also adore that coffee table!  

Here it is up close.  It's made out of reclaimed wood from ship doors (or so they say).  Now $600 is a bit pricey for me to spend on a coffee table so....

I found this!

The look and feel is very similar to the PB one and it's got a ton of storage space inside!  Found it on CraigsList for $60!  Heck yea!

I've actually decided to do my living room like this:

So instead of a sectional, we'll have a sofa and 2 complimentary chairs.  Again, doesn't this room look so homey and wonderful?!

Formal Dining Room
We decided not to have a nook area in this new house and instead are going to do an eat-in bar on the island.  In that case, I really want to change up the formal dining room furniture which is super frustrating since we just bought our current set a few years ago.  I'm hoping to sell it for close to what we paid for it.

Old Set:

New Look I'm Going for:

This or maybe...

This.  What do you think??

Keep in mind, going for the 'Old World' look.

More to come on this...