Florida Living and Coastal Decor
All in Home Renovation
This seems like a long awaited post because I have received so many questions about our flooring! Besides my time being consumed by a dozen home projects, I waited a few months before writing about them so that I could give you the most thorough and honest review possible!
Here is what our floors looked like when we bought the house. Dark wood throughout, except for the carpeting in the bedrooms. To the right is our office and you can see the before and after shots by clicking the links below:
With enough planning and creativity, you can turn a small space into one that works for you! Our home was probably the 10th or 11th home we looked at in a two month span, so I had seen smaller living rooms than the one in our house. A lot of the homes in the area we were looking to buy were built in the 1970’s and it showed. Even after some major home renovations and even large additions, some homes still had very tiny living spaces. It was a huge turn-off if I’m being honest and I started to wonder if I could even handle it. My husband assured me that I would “do what you always do and make it nice”, but I really had my doubts.
The warm light just before sunset was so lovely the other evening that I had to get out my camera and snap a few pics. Of course, Miss Summer happily obliged when I asked her to sit in on my mini photo shoot in our new office/guest room. (Sans collar because the those colors just don’t go with my neutral decor.) ;)
Designing a complete gut and remodel of our master bathroom was fun but also the most challenging room in our full home renovation. I have lots of experience with updating dated rooms and styling spaces to give them a completely new look. I did not have experience with all of the intricacies that go along with finding and purchasing the correct fixtures and valves, etc. to get our shower plumbing to work as desired. But more about that in a minute.
“What’s it going to look like?” I’m very excited to share with you the answer to the most common question I have received regarding the renovation of our new place, aka the Bent Palm House! I’ve posted a few inspiration photos recently on my Instagram feed which highlighted some pretty big differences in my current decor and what I have in mind for the new house. It’s kind of funny to say this, but it’s almost like this house “spoke” to me differently. It was just begging for some “modern vintage nautical” charm. And that’s just what she’s getting!
