Home Tour of Our First House
Hello! Welcome to the tour of our first home! I have wanted to share all of these pictures with you for so long! When we first bought this house it was practically in original condition from how it was built in the 50’s! We did almost all of the renovating ourselves, or hired out individual professionals when necessary. In the future I would love to share detailed posts on how we did things. But for now, this is the final product. This is what our house looked like when it went on the market 3 years later. we removed a lot of the decor and made it look staged so if it looks a little sparse, that is why! When you look at these pictures, keep in mind that NOTHING looks the way it did when we purchased. If you’d like to hear more on how we did a certain room or project, drop me a comment on this post & I will get a new post together for you!
This is the front of our house, but it didn’t used to look like this! To see the original pictures and hear how we added curb appeal, check out THIS post.
Where you see the peninsula and pillar, there used to be a wall! There was popcorn ceilings which we scraped and painted, the floors were refinished and stained dark. There used to be a closet where the couch is and we added the desk by the dining table.
We built the desk out of kitchen cabinets and plywood from Home Depot. We used Upper Kitchen Cabinets so that it would be thin. Nick built a base out of plywood and 4x4’s. Then I caulked and painted it all white.
This room is totally different than when we bought it. The hallway doorway used to be located behind the entertainment center. There was off-white paneling from floor to ceiling around the entire room, we removed that and re-drywalled, added new base molding and crown molding. There was a floor furnace where the entertainment center ends so we removed that and added central heat.
This fireplace used to be a foot taller with one thin board on top as the mantle. It was dark brick that had turned black from the smoke. We removed the mantle, took down a couple rows of brick and added a new mantle. I scrubbed the bricks clean, white washed them and painted the hearth white. The dutch door in the back was painted an ugly dark brown, so that got painted white as well! The wall of paneling to the right was original to the house so we patched it in and painted it fresh white.
This is the master bedroom. We didn’t do much here except fresh paint, refinished floors and new crown molding.
This is the main bathroom. It used to have a tiny vanity with hardly any storage. We took that out and had this one made from kitchen cabinets and marble. The mirror is from Home Goods and the floating shelves above the toilet are from Target.
This is Juliet’s room, to see all the pictures of her room, check out THIS post.
There used to be a wall where the peninsula is with a narrow doorway into the kitchen. We took the wall down, ripped out the old cabinets, LAYERS of linoleum floors and started fresh!
The previous stove was 3 feet further into the kitchen so it was even with the doorway. Because we removed a closet that was behind it we were able to push the kitchen out and move the gas line! We had to reframe, and re-drywall a lot of this area! We also added all the pendant lights and can lights in the kitchen. Nick tiled the floors himself with help from his brothers and family, I think they did an amazing job for their first time tiling! We added base molding and freshened up the door and window trim with new paint.
Then we added all the cabinets, countertops and appliances. The backsplash is actually a peel and stick tile we got at Home Depot. We loved it because it had a stainless steel finish, it was a quarter of the price of tile and it was easy to install!
I loved this cabinet on the peninsula because the top looked pretty for display and the bottom hid all our junk! It was the perfect place to stash a coin jar, and hide clutter.
This bathroom is located right behind the kitchen and it used to be a pantry. Since we only had one bathroom we decided to convert it to a powder room. Luckily we had a raised foundation so it was easier to install all the plumbing than if we were on a slab. This room was reframed and re-drywalled because of the work we did for the kitchen right next to it. We decided to add paneling over the top to cover some of the messy drywall here! I loved the way it turned out! The vanity is from Home Depot and the mirror is actually an antique mirror that we spray painted silver.
This is the hallway that lead out the back of the house, to the right is the washer and dryer and out this door is an enclosed patio. I always wanted to install a barn door for this bathroom but we never got around to it. The exterior door here used to be dark brown, so it got a fresh coat of paint and new door hardware.
This patio used to be dark brown from floor to ceiling. Brown carpet, brown walls, brown ceiling. We came in with a spray gun and painted the whole room white, then we painted the floor grey with concrete paint. We installed an indoor/outdoor fan and my mother-in-law helped me make the curtains.
This wall is the exterior stucco of the house so it used to look just like the exterior of the house, which didn’t match the room. This door was also dark brown. We painted it all and it really freshened up the room. The bar and the table to the left, Nick built out of wood! We used those for parties and storage. He also built the pantry in the back behind the brick chimney for storage.
Thanks for taking a peek at our first home! We put so much work and love into this house, it will always have a special place in my heart! If you have questions about how we did anything please comment below! I will work on separate posts for the different projects we did so you can learn more!