The owners instantly fell in love with their new classic Spanish-style home in GJ, with its high-end stained concrete floors. But it badly needed updating to remove the outdated quirks.
To modernize and make the space more efficient, they demolished the built-ins, and a desk in the living room and added new functional cabinetry and large planter boxes to optimize the space and floor to ceiling windows.
The outdated kitchen was dark so they took it up a notch with a total makeover adding in new cabinets, granite, lighting and a bold blue tile with spanish accents to bring out the floor they fell in love with.
Their primary bathroom was completely redesigned to include a luxurious zero entry shower. The added arch to the shower was the most painstaking process in the house making sure the tile lined up exactly so that none of the tiles were cut which would have destroyed the pattern. The guest bathroom underwent an update by raising the ceiling and adding in a new vanity. Again outdated built-ins were demolished in the guest bedroom and it gained charming shelving and a desk.
Lastly, the entire home was repainted and upgraded lighting was added to create an overall contemporary effect.
- New home for owners who relocated to GJ; size and yard perfectly fit their needs as they transitioned to the area
- The owners fell in love with the Spanish influence style home and especially the stained concrete floors
- But it badly needed updating and had some quirks that needed to be modernized; smaller 2 BR home that had some spaces that were not maximized
- Optimized the living room area by demo’ing some built in cabinets and desk that weren’t functional and installed new cabinetry
- Total gut of the kitchen and updated with new cabinets, modern appliances and gorgeous Kashmir Cream granite countertops. Bold blue tile backsplash with Spanish accent tile. Used air switches for lighting and under cabinet outlets so the backsplash is completely unblemished
- Carried the Spanish tile accent around the fireplace
- To take advantage of the floor-ceiling window lighting and to add color and energy, added built in planters that wrap around the wall between the kitchen and living room
- Total gut of the primary bathroom…converted the shower into a zero-entry with unique stone pan. And created a feature archway into the shower with the same blue and spanish tile
- Added sconces with unique switch hardware to the primary bedroom
- Raised the ceiling in the guest bath to give it volume as well as new vanity and upgraded tile in the bath/shower
- In guest bedroom, again gutted built in cabinets to make room for a desk and new shelves, adding more room and functionality
- Repainted the entire space to accentuate the stained floors and upgraded lighting throughout the space