When you first bought a house to create your own nest, what was your mood? There are all kinds of chicken jelly, especially personal participation in the transformation of the whole process, this process is really wonderful, watch the nest change day by day, from time to time to imagine the nest dressed up as a favorite look, in a comfortable house to live a comfortable little life in the heart is beautiful.
Five years ago, Rachel and Tyler bought an old house built in 1920 in Hatton-Hayes, New York. At that time, their minds were not just about how to decorate the cottage exquisitely. It's not a matter of thinking about future family members, her now 2-year-old daughter, Selby.
The couple are a great fit: Tyler is an interior improvement contractor and a top carpenter at TRG's home concept store. His wife, Rachel, is an interior designer and manager in the product development department of Anthropologie's furniture and lighting products.
Yes, such a gorgeous combination, needless to say, must be the rhythm of the couple personally going to the battle to renovate the house together, are you also curious? In fact, they have already joined hands in the work and their own transformation many times, and the tacit understanding is bursting!
▲ This is the male protagonist Tyler
Interestingly, they only remodeled one room at a time. Tyler was usually too busy at work, so Rachel had to make an appointment with him like his clients, so it took them a full 5 years to transform the house into the ideal shape.
Tyler called the renovation "love and explosive work", in the process of his wife Rachel also learned a lot of renovation techniques, she pays more attention to the details of the house, to create a warm and comfortable home environment, Tyler praised his wife's sense of art and design.
The renovation starts in the bathroom and ends with the kitchen. Each room is trimmed with at least one frame. Let's go inside their nest and see what's going on.
▲ The fireplace in the living room has been transformed according to the original "craftsman style" of the old house, and wooden bookshelves are placed next to it, so that you can have a comfortable and warm place to chat and read books in the daily life of the home. Above the fireplace hangs IKEA's Grande mirrors, lanyards and hoop hooks that they deliberately bought at home improvement stores.
▲ The front door glass makes the interior have no privacy to speak of, and the couple switched to a craftsman-style wooden door that not only brings natural lighting, but also improves the privacy, killing two birds with one stone.
▲ These two individual chairs were bought by the two from an auction of idle items in upstate New York. Repainting and coloring, and then using fabric designer Caitlin Wilson's charcoal gray "city maze" fabric to make the chair surface, the chair was transformed, and a lot of artistic atmosphere was added.
▲ Reception area, light gray fabric sofa, slightly color embellished on the pillow and carpet, many colors and not chaotic, the whole is very harmonious, the versatile Ems chair and this small wooden tea table big love ah ~
▲ In the dining area, the card seat made along the window is very space-saving and acts as a dining chair. The surface is also decorated with strips of wood.
▲ In fact, this small dining area was added later, and the picture shows the comparison before and after. The couple cleverly used the wall, raising the ceiling and removing the partition wall. Tasting the food and enjoying the beautiful scenery is both a feast for the mouth and the eyes.
▲ From the retro style to the light and simple Nordic style, the walls have been repainted, and the striped walls between the pure white cabinets make the monochrome space no longer monotonous. The couple liked the current kitchen layout, especially the raised ceiling. Guess where the big fridge at the entrance of the kitchen went?
▲ The couple felt that this refrigerator was both an obstacle and an eyesore, so they used a cupboard to encapsulate it, and the space was much brighter?
▲ Look at the new refrigerator from a different perspective
▲ Brush the cabinets with light, bright paint and mix and match metal kitchen utensils to create a relaxed, bright and modern environment.
▲ Removing the partition wall and the wall at the bottom of the ceiling, and installing the cabinets that rise from the ground to the ceiling, the kitchen becomes transparent and open. The unique small stool is really a dual-use ah, can also be used as a simple ladder for children to climb, let the daughter be a good baby who loves to wash her hands.
▲ The original place where the built-in oven was placed has now been replaced by a pantry cabinet that rises from the floor to the ceiling.
▲ Large picture of food pantry.
▲ Is a range hood or a microwave oven installed above the stove top? After some heated discussion, they finally chose the microwave. This leaves maximum space for the stove and lengthens the storage cabinet. The Willoughby blue cotton and linen sofa revealed in the background was bought at the Anthropologie furniture store.
▲ A washing machine and dryer are usually used in combination in foreign countries, and Taylor has the ingenuity to stack them up and build a closet to "hide" them.
▲ Laundry and cleaning supplies are placed in the gray cabinet on the left side of the closet, and you can reach out and get them, saving half the space.
▲ The space between the closet and the door creates a cabinet of granny ash, which is used as a storage area for some daily necessities.
▲ In the corridor leading to the children's room, the metallic gray surface of the plaster wall panels and the small golden triangle stickers play an excellent contrasting effect, which is quite dynamic and eye-catching.
▲ From empty old houses to warm and fun children's rooms, full of love!
▲ Unique checkered ceilings and colorful rugs make the baby room full of childlike fun.
▲ The writing desk that the couple built for their daughter, the wall lamp replacing the desk lamp is also a novel idea, and the desktop space has become larger.
▲ The wardrobe in the original bedroom was too shallow to fit even the ordinary hangers. Tyler expanded and deepened the wardrobe for easy hanging clothes (Rachel's countless shoes finally have a place to put them!). ）。
▲ The walls of the guest rooms are made of light and fresh "Spring Snow Melting" paint, with pure white edges, creating a clean, bright atmosphere, and the mirror that shines like the sun is very eye-catching.
▲ Each room in the home uses at least one kind of frame edge to enrich the sensory effect in the room. For example, the rooms are made of white wall panels.
▲ The two children say goodbye to the low ceiling of the bathroom. In addition, in order to maintain the unity of style, they also replaced the hollow doors in the bathroom with classic five-grid wooden doors.
▲ The original enclosed closet made the bathroom look cramped, so Tyler replaced it with a recessed closet.
▲Finally, the couple also "plastic surgery" the independent garage into the shape of a carriage house. Tyler built the garage door, and then the two small ones painted the door with charcoal gray paint, making the garage look fresh and unworldly, with a different style.
Rachel is excited that her new home is almost finished, and she is glad that she has such a powerful husband. "The work of labor belongs to him, and the full love belongs to me." Happy face.
2 adults, 1 child, plus their dog Sami (an 8-year-old Labrador), Rachel estimates that it will not take long, perhaps the 102㎡ living area will not be enough; then they will need more space.
As she said, "One day, this house will not fit our family." My heart breaks when I think of this. That's where we started our little home. It has condensed too much of our hard work, and how much laughter and tears it has carried. ”
Yes, starting a family, and the people you like to run your own small home, warm, sweet, the most beautiful happiness in the world is just that. How many people are struggling to build a nest of love? May all good wishes come true and the family be happy and happy. Bless you too.
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