Updated House Tour: All the Changes to our Home in Year One

Can you believe that as of this weekend we have been in our home for one year? It is crazy! In some ways it feels like we just moved in and in other ways it feels like we have been here forever.

We decided to film a full video sharing an update of how our whole house currently looks. Please check it out below! If you are loving all of our recent video content, we would really appreciate if you would click over and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Your likes, follows, and views give us the affirmations that we need to know to continue creating video content.

I also wanted to share some links to projects that we have done in each room!

Front Room:

• Remove wall between living room & dining room
• Scrape & paint ceilings
• Paint walls
• Add crown molding
• Update overhead lighting
• Extend fireplace to ceiling
• Paint art for over fireplace
• Purchase couch, chairs, rugs, tables, and accessories
• Sew pillows
• Create a functional entryway

Dining Room:

• We opened this wall up a lot by having the load bearing wall removed
• We built a rustic table and waterfall benches
• We re-arranged our Ikea Hemnes to create a china cabinet 
• Hung this art from our honeymoon to Italy.

Kitchen:

• The first thing that we did was have the wall between the kitchen and the dining room taken down
• We had the hardwood floors run into the kitchen to match the rest of the first floor
• We used old upper cabinets to turn into open shelving on the island and a tilt out trash can
• Tearing down the old palm tree wallpaper that was gracing our walls and carried in the Sherwin Williams Online (light grey) color into the room, which matched what we had done on the rest of the first floor
• Morgan painted this incredible wood grain art using left over paint and plywood
• After that, we painted the cabinets. We did white on the main cabinets and Sherwin Williams Watery on the island
• Adding slow-close drawer and door hardware
• We extended the cabinets to the ceiling to make open shelving above the cabinets
• We also added a little bit of open shelving to the right of the cabinets to fill in that space
• We bought recycled glass counter tops from Fisher Recycling and got to pick out our exact design
• We took off the old laminate counter tops ourselves and then had the new counter tops professionally installed
• We installed a custom back splash of frosted sea glass subway tiles from Tile Bar
• We got a single bowl, under-mount sink from the counter top installers and ordered our chef’s faucet from Costco
• We pimped out our pantry, creating custom wood shelving that fits all of our dry goods as well as our coffee maker and toaster inside
• Then we found an old wooden door and gave it an overhaul to really complete the space
• The last project we did was to bring forward and raise the dinky above the fridge cabinet that was tucked away and unusable. We brought it forward to match the crown molding and used bead board underneath to make it look very deep.

Half Bath:

• We had the flooring run in here
• The ceilings re-drywalled
• Paint & Light fixture
• Mirror update
• Rope Shelves

Screened Porch:

• Free Furniture
• DIY Table Top
• Outdoor Sidetable Hack

Sun Room:

• We had the ceilings drywalled
• We also snagged this awesome bar on Craigslist
• We painted (the same Sherwin Williams Online as the rest of our downstairs)
• We added a new rug, a window seat, curtains, and a door gallery wall

Master Bedroom:

• Wall color: Sherwin Williams Interesting Aqua
• Ordered a new bed and bedding as well as a Gel Foam mattress
• Updating the ceiling fan
• Campaign dresser makeover
• Building a barn door // hanging a barn door 
• DIY beach triptych from an iPhone photo
• Wall mounting desk lamps as sconces
• Altering pillowcases
• Added a fun gallery wall

Master Bathroom:

• Scrape & paint ceiling
• Paint walls
• Paint existing vanity, add knobs
• Add shelving over the toilet
• Remove built in medicine cabinet
• Update light fixtures
• Add hooks, rods, and organization, replace toilet seat
• Update bathroom door
• Add rugs and accessories
• Update shelving in linen closet
• Add a closet organization system

Tomorrow we will be back with a plan of what we will be working on in the next year! I can't wait to chat about it.

Morgan

Hello, I'm Morgan, half of the creative force behind CharlestonCrafted.com! With a passion for DIY that dates back to 2012, I've transformed three homes and now I'm dedicated to helping others craft their dream spaces. Let's turn your house into a home together!