This Before and After is Bananas: Part II.

Jamie House Design November 14, 2013

Here's the follow up to this post about a home I worked on with P&G Homes. I have good pics now! The floorplan of this house is really great for a family. There's a butler's pantry with a desk, there's wine storage in the dining, a wine fridge, a large kitchen with 2 places for barstools, 4 bedrooms, a giant utility room with tons of storage, an office right off the master bedroom, an additional built-in for girly things off the master bedroom, giant walk in closet and a huge master bath. I could move right in.

Everything was selected with a tight budget in mind. I think all of the plumbing fixtures were from Home Depot even. I try to use inexpensive tiles in more interesting/ upscale patterns and applications. The cabinetry is all job built.

I'll start with a before of a space if I have it, could be an in progress pic. I hate starting a post with a before picture b/c it's the one that shows up on everyones social media previews! It gets better, scroll just a bit to see the goodness.

AFTER Exterior. Honestly I wanted the windows painted out a dark grey, but the house was under contract before we completed that and the new homeowners like it how it is. — AFTER Exterior. Honestly I wanted the windows painted out a dark grey, but the house was under contract before we completed that and the new homeowners like it how it is.

AFTER. Entry. The view as you walk in the front door.

Looking at the front door and the dining area.

HUGE family living space. I desperately want to finish this room out, it could be so fab.

More of the new kitchen because I love it. I'd also love to style this up.

That backsplash tile is from Floor N Decor. I know right?! It's really marble & not a faux replica btw. — That backsplash tile is from Floor N Decor. I know right?! It's really marble & not a faux replica btw.

Who wouldn't love a utility this big?!! Unheard of in an older home.

Entering the master suite the office is on the right and the bedroom is on the left.

Master bedroom. Ceiling fans are an evil must have in Houston.

AFTER. The cabinets were actually just painted and we added hardware. BIG difference.

BEFORE. Master Bath. As seen in my last post. 70s bathroom in tact. But we changed it.

AFTER. Shower and bathtub in the Master Bath.

The hard part of speccing homes is not getting to furnish and decorate them. I see so much potential in this house. I'd love to get my hands on it. :) This project was in collaboration with P&G Homes.

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This Before and After is Bananas.

Jamie House Design November 6, 2013

I do the selections and design decisions for a couple builders around town. This house is by P&G Homes. I love working with them because they rehab existing houses instead of tearing down and building townhomes.

This home is in the Meyerland area of Houston. It's near town, especially near the Houston Medical Center. It's a cute neighborhood known for the mid century homes. This home is a latter mid-century home. It is unassuming from the front, but the floorplan is spectacular. It's no surprise that this home has been snatched up before even going on the market.

Basically the house was gutted and rebuilt. The selections are neutral grays and lean towards transitional. The goal with builder homes is to appeal to a large audience. We can't appeal to everyone without appealing to no one though so I always have a person in mind when designing the homes. This home is for a young family, a bit with it and hip. They read magazines and stay current. They want the ease of having a home fixed up for them and the ability to add their personality to it later.

So here we go...before and afters. Some images were pulled from P&G's facebook page.

I'll share more when I get better pictures. These were all taken with phones. I always forget in the midst of working to snap shots, plus there are usually people all over and they frown on being in pictures. ;)

The hardest part for me in working with builders is leaving the space like this and not finishing it out. When I design I have a full vision complete to furniture and fabrics so not seeing it completed leaves a bit of a hole.

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Garden Oaks Project: RC's Room.

Jamie House Design July 31, 2013

When I was speaking with my Garden Oaks clients about the future of their home and plans we discussed this room as an "in the future" project. It was being used as a catch all, sort of a guest room/office/storage space. We all have those rooms. Eventually it would become RC's big boy room, as opposed to his nursery. Well "in the future" became now with a new baby on the way and RC gets his big boy room so new sweetums can move into the nursery when she gets here.

Here's what we started with...

The room is pretty big. The goal is to make this space a cool big boy room for RC and also have it function as a playroom. The space also needs to grow with him. We didn't change the flooring yet, might as well wait till RC has his way with it. We also didn't change the lighting. There is an adjoining bathroom that we painted to coordinate, otherwise that remained the same as well. Here it is now!

I designed the built-ins to cover the entire back wall providing a window seat for reading, a desk and file storage. The built-ins really elevate the space and provide so much needed storage. The shelves are adjustable to grow and change with RC. The back of the shelves are bead board and painted green. I normally will design a built-in like this to be taken all of the way to the ceiling, I like the clean look of that and having no area for someone to place fake plants. For this room the built-in completely overwhelmed the space when it went to the ceiling, so I dropped it just a bit. The crown along the top matches the crown molding throughout the house.

RC loves the window seat! I got the cutest shots of him sitting there watching the rain. The valance is hung to just barely cover the valance on the blinds making the window appear larger. The lounge chair and train table were existing. The ceiling is a 50% mix of the wall color, same trick I did in the dining room.

The bunk beds were a must for a growing little boy. Who didn't love bunk beds when they were a kid? The Rhino art was done by RC's Dad when he was young. The bedding is PB Kids and doesn't match purposefully. There aren't a lot of pillows or fluff because it's a childs room and those thing end up never used and cluttering the floor.