“I get up every day and think just how much I enjoy the space,” Mary Carol Watters

Featured in Lifestyle Magazine in Jan 2020 and the 2019 Parade of Renovations, this Old North Bungalow is one of the houses we say has great bones.

The homeowner had previously remodelled the kitchen; however, styles change, and the structural layout was not working for her. The back staircase was impractical, and her kitchen was very cut up and in need of storage.

The flooring throughout the home needed to be replaced and the original early 1910 bathroom was small and hard to use. The home homeowner wants to ‘age in place’ in her home so it needed to be updated to accommodate that.

To conserve the character of this century home, we repurposed some items: stained glass panels, made by Sunrise Glass for the previous kitchen, and an old swing door was incorporated into the range hood and shelves in the kitchen and bathroom.

The new layout allowed the sink to be under the window (where all sinks should be) and added much needed pantry space. While opening the space to the back door, we provide a path for the light to stream into the kitchen.

By moving the stairs, we gained much-needed space in the primary bedroom. Removing the small existing closet and replacing it with custom cupboards on either side of the window  provides an ample home for all of the homeowner’s clothes. This beautiful room is completed with a window seat and storage under the bench.

As a recent retiree, Mary wants to live in her home for many years, so making the bathroom more functional for now and in the future was the most significant change. Note the zero-threshold shower, the stylish bench and the grab bars. Removing the linen closet enabled us to install a larger vanity.

We installed new flooring throughout the home, matching historical baseboards and casings. We created custom stairs and railings, with a custom stain to match the flooring.

Because lighting is always important, many pot lights were added and accent lighting completed the renovation.