Untouched Since the ’70s, This Renovated House’s Design Details Are Must-See

“There had been an older woman living alone in the house who was no longer able to care for the house. She raised her six kids and 10 pets in this house (as her oldest daughter wrote to me in our closing letter),” Yena begins. “The owners had not renovated anything in the house since probably the 1970s — and there were brown tiles everywhere. Even the dining room floor had small brown tiles on it.”

Many of the home’s elements for comfortable living had to be upgraded, like the electrical, HVAC, and windows. And a drainage system was installed to address issues that arose after Hurricane Ida.

When it came to style and aesthetics, they renovated room by room. Every bedroom was gutted and redesigned, and a primary bedroom closet was built by moving an adjacent bedroom’s walls.

They installed a brand-new kitchen with custom built-ins, and a fireplace was redesigned to be an inviting statement. A hall bathroom was updated beautifully, and a powder room and laundry room were created. Trim was added. The basement was transformed, and the exterior of the house was painted. And Andrew redesigned the exterior’s landscape.

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• Dining room and staircase wall paint color — “Dark Pewter” by Benjamin Moore in a flat finish
• Floors — Custom stain color mixed with two colors

•  Large art piece over the fireplace — Made by Yena and her son
• Small framed art on the fireplace mantel — Open Workshop Designs, the graphic designer who created Yena’s company logo and branding.
•  Large art piece in the formal sitting room — Yena and her daughter
• Art over primary bedroom bed — Hand drawn by one of the builders who work for Blossy Construction
• Art on the living room wall — Also drawn by the same builder who works for Blossy Construction

• Kitchen backsplash — Porcelain tile that is “pieced together to make a floral mural almost like wallpaper.”
• Hardware — Polished nickel with a “soft gold tint to it that will age over time.”
• Kitchen cabinetry — Custom millwork and a custom color stain mixed with two different colors by two different brands, “we test three combinations of these two colors to get the finished look.”
• Kitchen faucet — Bridge style
• Countertop stone — Dolomite
• Tile floor — Porcelain with a brass inlay

• Dresser in son’s room — Antique

• Desk in the sitting room where Yena works — Antique

• Nightstands in the primary bedroom — Antique, with wallpaper added to front of the drawers by Yena

• Bird light — Anthropologie
• Vanity countertop — Voila Marble from Academy Marble
• Vanity — Custom millwork, and the color is “Vintage Wine” by Benjamin Moore

• Bench — Antique
• Mirror — Antique

• Marvin Windows
• Tilebar
• Elkin
• Thermador
• Blossy Construction
• PDR Cabinetry
• Academy Marble

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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