Shadel House: Master Bedroom & Sunroom

I have to say, I love how the kitchen turned out, and I love the upstairs bathroom (which we created out of a closet), but I love, love, LOVE the sunroom.  I love sunrooms in general.   They get sun.  I don't really get sun in my house.  Plus, this sunroom has a view of the river (which I didn't take a picture of!). AND it's right off the master bedroom.  So it's really a win win win!

You enter the master off the living room through a french door.

Master Entrance BEFORE:

Master Entrance AFTER:

I probably shouldn't show this close up. . .some of the brown paint on the glass was a bugger to get off, not to menion the less than superb cleaning job done on that glass! 

Master - Looking back at the door BEFORE:

Master: Looking back at the door AFTER:

Master - looking back at the door and toward the sunroom BEFORE:

I didn't take an after picture of the last angle, so here is a picture of the opposite wall with a hint of sunroom to the left there AFTER:

Looking into sunroom BEFORE:

Looking into the sunroom AFTER:

Sunroom BEFORE:

Sunroom AFTER:

There was originally a door off the front porch that entered the sunroom.  We took it out and created a closet there since the master closet was quite small. . .at least that was our intent.  Before we added the rod and shelf inside our new renter asked us not to because she wants to put a bookshelf in that space and create a reading nook in the sunroom.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Sunroom, other side AFTER:

Doesn't it just make you want to get a good book and curl up in all that glorious sunshine?! Lucky girl. . .

Shadel House: Living Room & Dining Room

We first looked at this house last year, but ended up buying a different house then.  But this house dropped significantly in price and one of our renters mentioned that if we were thinking of buying another house she had a renter for us.  So we bought this one.  Some of the pictures are from the first time we looked at the house when the previous owners were still living there and attempting to renovate it at the same time.  The rest are after we closed on the house last month.

Living Room Before - Standing at the front door looking in:

Living Room After - you can see some of the new front door in this picture (it will be painted when the exterior gets painted. . .as soon as the rain stops for more than a day!):

Looking into the dining room (before), master bedroom door at left:

Living Room After - looking into dining room:

Living Room Before - looking back at old front door and master bedroom french door:

After:

Living Room Before - looking back at front of house:

After:

Dining Room Before - living room to right, kitchen to left:

I apparently took no after picture from this angle. . . :( The new renter's son was trying to move his stuff in and I was rushing to finish pictures (you can see his foot on the stairs in the next after picture!)

Dining Room Before - with a hint of stairs:

After:

Dining Room Before - looking at stairs and back toward front door:

After (showing master door and a hint of the den to the right):

Dining Room - looking back at stairs and den:

After:

And a peak into the kitchen from the dining room (den to the left of picture):

Looking back from living room:

Dining Room After - looking back toward living room and front door (with all the crap we pitched out at the end still sitting on the front porch!)

The fact that we were finished AND it was super sunny with enough warmth to leave doors and windows open made me giddy.

For paint colors go here (and scroll to bottom).
Drum Shade Light - Ballard Designs
Front Door - Lowes

Shadel House: Kitchen Reno

Shadel House: before picture (after pictures of exterior to come)

We finally finished the interior renovation of our 16th street rental house.  We call it the Shadel House because that's what is stamped in the concrete under the front gate. It is a Craftsman Bungalow and was built in 1914.  Our new renter is already planning on throwing it a 100th birthday party in two years!

This house is my favorite, and I think it turned out so cute.  Of course I took a bajillion pictures, so I am going to start with one of the rooms that saw the biggest change (though frankly, the whole house looks entirely different!)

Before:

I thought the original cabinets were cute and originally wanted to try and save them, but not only were they not making the kitchen function well, they had been sorely compromised when a previous owner hacked a hole in them to add the dishwasher.  Also, the cabinet doors were all missing.

During:

All walls were opened up to accommodate new electrical and relocate the plumbing. Lovely lathe and plaster disaster! We found some fun artifacts though: a 1937 cream separator in the original box, 1950's entire newspapers, a few dozen tupperware lids, a very old yard stick. . .

After:

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Aaaannd a few more after shots for your viewing pleasure :)

More room reno pictures to come!

General info:

Wall color - Sherwin Williams Sedate Gray

Door color - Sherwin Williams Unusual Gray

Trim Color - Sherwin Williams Alabaster

Green Glass Subway Tile - Waterworks "Harvest Gold"

Lights from Lowes