New House: New Projects
I took a job in Indianapolis at Northview Church in December 2015. Sarah and I moved in to a house that her grandpa used to rent out.
Because Sarah was still finishing school at the time, she stayed back in New Albany for an extra week, which left me roughly seven days to work on the house. And I was pretty determined to get basically all of it done before she moved up.
I basically live for projects so I felt very up for the challenge!
Seven days later, all of the painting, construction, frustration, success, ect. was complete and Sarah and some New Albany/Corydon peeps helped us move in. When everything was unpacked, we decorated. Total house remodel in about 14 days. (With some later additions in the following months)
Kitchen
When I got there, the house was in pretty rough shape. I decided to work on the kitchen first and then make my way to the rest of the house.
The kitchen was essentially a walk through hallway to the second bathroom and master bedroom, so it was a pretty tight area. It had really rough looking carpet and dark cabinets that made the space look exceptionally small.
Above: Before picture of the kitchen
So we decided to paint the cabinets white, lay down laminate hardwood flooring and just do some general re-arranging of the layout to give the area some more visual depth.
Below: after picture of kitchen
Dining Room
The dining room was also in rough shape (you’ll notice a pattern.) It had boxes everywhere and multiple bookshelf sized storage areas. It also had a pretty decent dining room table that just wasn’t really the style that Sarah and I like.
So we decided to shoot for a boutique restaurant-like style with a cool converted picnic table, a bar area, and a general more open feel. And we LOVED the outcome!
The Living Room
The living room is the first room that you enter in from the front door. It was pretty much the exact opposite of our style. The carpet was straight out of the 60s and the decor wasn’t far behind.
We decided to add a neat burlap ceiling, some rustic wood furnishings and a little Sansom flavor. The final outcome provided a much larger feel. We also made a custom Transom, which we lovingly refer to as the “Sansom Transom…”
The Bedrooms
The master bedroom was a peach color with an angel poster in it. The hallway bedroom was a blue color with a lot of storage stuff and old decorations. The back bedroom was probably the worst, and weirdest. A couple years back, the room had been destroyed by a car that went through the outside wall. When the wall was fixed, the room was painted the exact same color pink and the same dark red carpet was installed. Each room had a different shade of colored carpet.
Above: Master bedroom (Top and bottom right), 2nd guest room (bottom left), and 1st guest room (bottom middle).
I worked on the master bedroom first because we had decided to do a pallet wall. Because of the colors that we chose for the wall, the existing peach color actually worked. Which made things quite a bit easier. We took down the angel poster and changed out the caret for the wood floor. Also, I added some paneling to the closet doors and then found an old space heater that looks like a fireplace to use as a decoration.
Below: finished Master bedroom
The first guest room came together pretty easily. We decided to keep the blue color but go with an antique vibe. I found an old window from the 1920’s and created a headboard for the bed. We also found a luggage crate from Sarah’s grandpa from back in the Vietnam war. With permission, we decided to use it as a table to add to the vintage rustic feel.
Below: finished Guest Room 1
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