Our clients recently purchased this home that was built in the hills of Monroe County in the early 1990s. During the design phase, the primary focus was on the kitchen, the primary bathroom, and the living room/fireplace. One overarching goal was a desire to have the space mimic the rustic lodges of Minnesota, a place the couple had shared many memories, while still fitting with the existing aesthetics of the rest of the home and setting.
This project was the latest phase of renovation on a home that we have been working on for these clients over the years. While previous renovations included adding a bedroom wing over the garage and adding exterior living space, this current phase had us reimagining the kitchen and primary bath, as well as some ancillary work in the basement and the exterior. The kitchen was the heart of the project and represented the biggest transformation to the home.
This remodel is part of our Bloomington Cohousing project and provided us with a unique opportunity to completely remodel and re-envision a very dilapidated 1970s-era home. There were quite a few discussions of tearing down the existing home and rebuilding from scratch in the very beginning, given the state of the structure and foundation. However, preserving the foundation, exterior walls, and trusses of the original home meant that we were able to keep those materials out of the landfill and also eliminated the additional materials and energy consumption that would have gone into all of the facets of building a new home. For us, the opportunity to take a home that is at the end of its functionality and breathe new life and time into it is one of the most special types of projects. In this instance, being able to do it for close friends was the icing on the cake. We are thrilled with how the home turned out and excited to have been a part of the process.
Here is the final phase of renovations on this home that we first renovated for a good friend 8 or 9 years ago. We were super excited to get the chance to help them finish up their home. Previously, we had tackled the kitchen and living areas, yet this phase had us updating the cabinetry and finishes in the rest of the home. While we updated doors, trim, and paint throughout, the main areas of focus included reconfiguring the primary bathroom, with an expansion of the closet, adding heated flooring and a sauna, refreshing the other full bath on the main floor, and finishing out the basement with a kitchenette, bar, and built-ins. Our clients worked with Amy Sweet on the design and finishes and we were really excited to bring their vision to life.
Our clients reached out to us wanting to update their family home in Hoosier Acres. The scope of this project included major interior and exterior work. The design focus outside was to create a new generous porch while more seamlessly connecting the house with the existing backyard pool, and also creating extra space to entertain on multiple decks. The interior work consisted of two new bathrooms, built-in casework for the primary bedroom closets, and new carpeted stairs and doors that lead down to the basement.