Before and After

It's all completely done! The following pictures are for the entry, kitchen, and the master bathroom.  I will post the living room later.

From the front door looking at the coat closet. (Before)

Front door looking in. (After)

Please excuse the decor. I'm still working on styling the front entrance.  My point of this before and after set is to show that we took the space in the coat closet and walled it off as well as extended the wall to the left in order to create our larger master bathroom on the other side.  When you remodel a home it's all about give and take.  Sometimes if you take a bit of space from one room it can still add value to your home by giving space to a room that needs it more.  For us, that was a master bathroom! 

The next several pictures show the master bathroom changes.  

 This is the old master bathroom + powder room.  There were two doors leading into the master bathroom.  One entrance was from the master bedroom and the other was from the den off the kitchen.  This bathroom originally served as the powder room for guests and the master bathroom.  We weren't too fond of having our guests use our bathroom AND guests being able to look straight into our master bedroom when visiting. Sometimes you only get the clean the main spaces of the house when you have people over - don't judge! I'm sure you know how it is!
  When we extended the wall (on the right hand side of the sink) we enclosed the bathroom so that it was no longer accessible from the kitchen area.  Our visitors now use the second bathroom at the end of the hall.  Please forgive us for making you walk ten more steps to use the restroom when you are visiting! :)  The counter height in the old master also hit Stephen around the mid-thigh area...it was way to short for him! Out it came! Here are a few more pictures of the bathroom before.

With help from our contractor we decided to switch the location of the shower and the toilet.  When we extended the wall it gave us more room to work with as well.  We have a separate room for the toilet and the shower now has the window in it to give us natural light.  

Here are the after pictures. :) Bright, white, and nice! 

We have a recessed fan/light combo above the shower. 

I chose classic tile combinations. 

Our sinks are rectangular to give a bit of a modern feel. 

Double vanity - Oh how I've longed for these! 

12 x 24 Tile (Wall color: Pediment by Sherwin Williams)

New layout of toilet and shower. 

Now for the final reveal of the kitchen.  My favorite room in the house! 

View from the front door. Old Kitchen. (Don't you love the brick planter box?!?)

New view from the front door!

Here are more before and afters of the kitchen.

Closer view before.  The brick wall was removed.

The brick wall spanned from about the hood to the right side of the refrigerator.

Our floor to ceiling pantry is where the white shelves were originally. 

Old kitchen window view.

New kitchen window view.

Pendant lights 

 Hope you enjoyed the 'big reveal'!

I'm currently working on updating our hallway.  You'll never guess how many layers of wallpaper we are peeling!