Italian inspired kitch...

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I needed to keep my same basic footprint and my appliances were a couple years old and I didn't want to replace them. I did purchase a new stovetop and wine refrigerator. I also kept my same floor which is throughout most of the house and removed the soffits and retextured ceiling and changed the lighting.I did splurge on the quartz countertops, glass tile, travertine backsplash and Grohe faucet.

Nature themed nursury ...

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Before our first child was born, we committed to a bedroom/bathroom renovation. The only bathroom on the first floor had to be accessed through the bedroom, which wouldn't do. In the baby's room, we hired a contractor to move the door, construct a new wall, replace windows, remove sliding glass doors, and install new lighting. For the decor, we chose cheerful colors of lavender and green with plenty of white and dark brown for contrast. The decor has a woodland flair with trees and creatures of the forest.

Big WOW for little "...

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I was getting ready to sell this house and knew the kitchen needed an update...the only room I hadn't touched in the 6 years I lived here. Didn't want to invest much money because I was leaving. I shopped around various stone "boneyards" and got a great deal on the granite counter tops. I had professional painters spray my cabinets and paint the walls. To complete the update, I had a travertine subway tile back splash installed as well as under mount lights put in. Total cost for make over $1500

Updated master bedroo...

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We recently updated our master bedroom. My husband tore out the existing ceiling and put in a coffered ceiling to give the room an illusion of more size. He built bookcases and cabinetry to showcase the addition of a fireplace. With the addition of elegant lighting and draperies the room has exceeded our expectations. We decorated the room using a monochromatic theme to give it a warm and comfortable "hotel suite" feel.

Make my kitchen make ...

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My kitchen was huge but it made no sense. I love to cook but I hated dancing from one side of the kitchen to the other just to grab a spatula. The counters were tile. The lighting was terrible. I did not have a pantry. The upper cabintets only had one shelf and the lowers were without. The space itself was quite large for the area. In my eyes it had potential - it just did not make any sense.

out with the old, in w...

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We took an outdated 1980's kitchen and brought it up to 2012. We utilized and incorporated the full space of the kitchen verses the original layout. We started by totally gutting the kitchen. The location of the free standing microwave/stove/oven was moved to where the refrigerator previously stood, and a built in microwave/convection oven was installed. An angled wall was constructed and allowed for the installation of a stovetop and island hood. Upper cabinets blocking the view to the family room were removed. The built in desk was removed. Plumbing was installed to allow for the water line for the icemaker and a small sink to bring filtered water for coffeemaker. Pantry cabinets and a coffee bar along with a full size refrigerator and full size freezer now make better use of that space. LED lighting was put in under the cabinets and the can lights were converted to LED lighting as well making the kitchen more energy efficient. Granite countertops and a complimentary tile backsplash finish off the modern look along with stainless steel appliances. All of this was work was done by the two of us! Granite was the only thing we could not do ourselves!!

Updated from white on...

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Original kitchen was the 1966 white laminate with plastic drawers, metal edge laminate tops, sheet flooring over glue down VCT. In a 1,200 sq. ft. home I needed to open the kitchen up to make it feel larger and I was able to do this by lowering the wall between the kitchen and living room to 40" and creating a seating area. Lack of lighting while I cook drives me nuts so I have 600 watts of adjustable lighting now. Very important to me to do the 30" deep cabinet over the refridgerator with a side panel as I see to many $20,000 kitchens that the fridge sticks out, no need for this. Tile installed diagonally for nice look, contrary to what installers tell us this cost no more to do. All work completed by myself.

Nona's new apartment

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My husband and I recently purchased a 3 family home from his grandmother who's still living there. She lived in the house since it was built in the late 60's and did no updating on the interior since then. We decided to update everything and the first thing was to take what was a small, almost useless kitchen in a much bigger room and make it a beautiful function kitchen.

complete bathroom rem...

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We gutted this bathroom from the ground up ,removed the old cast iron green tub, moved the drain to the middle and built a shower stall. a frameless shower door will be installed

Our New Master Bath

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Total DIY Master Bath. After recieveing many bids, all ranging between 15K-20K, we decided to take the project on ourselves. From the demo through to the end, the only hands besides ours that touched the project were the guys who did an awesome job on the quartz counter top. Otherwise, it was 100% us and we are very proud. This replaced a very tired late 70's bathroom with painted vanity, tiled counter and leaky shower. We used 12X24 porcelain tiles throughout with a mosaic backspash and matching accents in the shower and second wall niche. Large niche added in shower and outside wall for additional storage. New wall sconses and recessed lighting with fouz stainless steel ceiling accent tiles. Dual spray Speakman shower heads and matching single hole faucets. We are thrilled!!

Wow! Look at it now!

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This was a hoarding house that we gutted and flipped in 2 months!

Mardi & David C. Com...

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This dated 1970's childhood home to them was a place where Mardi grew up and now took possession with her husband and children years later which was full of memories. They gave us the opportunity to transform this house to a masterpiece that they now have enjoyed for the past year.
This is a 3 story home in Irvine Turtle Rock area that has a magnificent view but unfortunately was blocked by 3 interior walls on the 1st floor. We removed all interior walls and install approx 5000 lbs of structural I-Beams that now hold the house up. The kitchen was in the middle of the house which was relocated to the opposite side giving it a larger kitchen area and opening up the house so when you walked in the door your eyes never stopped looking. Where once your eyes stopped at the wall when you walked in now carry out down the stairs through the room and off into the city lights. Every square inch of this home was remodeled 3 bathrooms, outside hard cape and soft cape. This house has the coolest railing that I designed. All the wood in the house is African mahogany and stained with 2 part golden oak and 1 part red mahogany with a semi gloss clear. The entire bathroom ceiling was raised from 7’6” to 10’4” to make it feel more spacious. Thanks a lot for taking the time to visit and appreciate your feedback.