Hurray! downstairs renovation done at last!
We were planning our kitchen renovation for a while.
It was postponed due to CV19, but the project became bigger as we had more time to think it through.
We are very pleased how it turned out. Huge thanks for Karen One Plan, Jane Holland’s colour consultancy, our excellent team of builders Hilfield Developments Ltd who made it happen, to the best possible quality and Houzz community as being the source of inspiration and invaluable tips.
We still need to bring a lot of our stuff in, but it’s still possible to see what was done…
Comments (8)
Lena
2 years agoThe project manager saved us a lot of money by replacing F&B paints with Johnston’s ones which were colour matched. Honestly, I don’t see any difference 🤩
Lena
2 years agoMy favourite view, from the sitting room to dining, since wallpaper was put up as the works were finalised
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Comments (65)Hi all, Thank you so much for all the helpful comments and suggestions, and sorry that it's taken me so long to respond - house renovation and work have been keeping us on our toes! This has become a long post, so a quick reminder - we were looking to renovate and rewire our 60s house to update it and also make it more wheelchair friendly downstairs for when my mother-in-law comes to visit. We employed an architect and came up with what turned out to be an 'aspirational' design (much more than the budget!) so we ended up deciding to split things into two stages: Stage One to add a downstairs wetroom for accessibility, remove chimney throughout and add a porch Stage Two to do the extension across the rear, removing the conservatory to open out a large kitchen/diner and add a utility room The layout below shows both Stages One and Two as complete. Bits shown in red are existing walls which have been/will be removed (apart from the wall in red in the seating area below which is between the existing kitchen and dining room - that's a mistake). So.....the building work is now done - hurray! Stage One is complete, we are much poorer, and we now need to decorate the whole house :-) Some before and after photos below - please bear with the terrible photography skills. The rooms aren't big enough to allow for expansive photos!: We've re-plastered throughout, apart from in the kitchen and upstairs bathroom, as we'll deal with those later. Current challenge is deciding how on earth to pick paint colours and flooring throughout.... Anyway - hopefully that gives you a sense of where we've got to. Best wishes...See MoreDownstairs Loo Flooring
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2 years agoAnd upstairs bathroom, where we flipped the toilet basin and the sink to the right hand side. They both used to obscure the access to the window
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