Nadine Before and After.

This project was completed a while ago and I forgot to share it with you! The before and afters are crazy. I have a special place in my heart for bungalows of course, since I live in a 1920's bungalow in the Houston Heights. It's important to me to keep the houses in our neighborhood well designed and fitting with the area. I only work with builders and homeowners that are committed to a high quality of life. 

Look at that raised ceiling! Gorgeous. I could have moved right into this house. It's a two bedroom two bath with a dining and study at the front of the house. The layout is so good, since a great couple lives here now I won't share that, but trust it's great. Creole Design designs the additions for P&G Homes, I provide the interior & exterior details and selections. 

Can you believe the exterior of this house before? I love improving the neighborhoods house by house! The neighbors were also happy to see this house redone as apparently there were some unsavory dealings going on before. Sidenote: This part of the Heights has many homes that have not been kept up mixed in with gorgeous homes that have been meticulously maintained.

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Here's the after! I think it's the cutest house. I designed the concrete blocks to add a bit of contemporary keeping the house from being too sweet. I love combining traditional bungalow elements with contemporary features, keeps it modern while still respecting history. 

The moldings and cabinet work is very important in my designs. Luckily P&G Homes has an excellent craftsman and they also value the millwork. My goal when designing with builders is to create spaces that look beautiful without furniture in them. The architecture of the space and how people will live in the home is always considered. Sometimes I think I'm a frustrated architect.

Posting before images like this always make me cringe. Nevertheless, here's the kitchen before. Obviously original cabinets, but not much else is original to the home. It's almost like the character had been removed (probably in the 80s). 

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Raising the ceiling as much as possibly completely transforms this kitchen! The light in here is amazing. The cabinetry is beautiful. I want this kitchen in my house. My key to selecting paint colors without having a specific client or family in mind is to keep it neutral but not plain. As long as everything is pulled together it will be beautiful. I don't want to design bland homes just to appeal to everybody, thus appealing to nobody.

Yep that's the hall bath before....

I design cabinetry, selects paint colors, selects all fixtures, assists with floorplan layout, designs flooring and tile layouts and provides exterior paint colors and landscape design services to builders in the Houston area that are committed to building quality homes. Jamie House Design does not provide staging services.

The P&G Homes team creates beautiful homes that I love being a part of!

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A Day in the Life- JHD

I'm excited to start this ongoing series about what goes on in my daily life as well as start adding in other designers and creatives into the mix. I think it's fun to see how the design goes down. It's not usually as pretty or glamorous as the finished images we're used to seeing. 

On January 14th I took pictures of what I was doing throughout the day. It happens that I spent that day completely out of the office, which is far more interesting for you than my office days. But I'll share some of that too sometime. 

Let me know what you think of this series! 

I started off the day meeting at a jobsite to discuss the paint of a little bungalow I'm working on with P&G Homes. We were working out the accent details, notice the porch columns. 

I started off the day meeting at a jobsite to discuss the paint of a little bungalow I'm working on with P&G Homes. We were working out the accent details, notice the porch columns. 

Inside the house we confirmed the moldings and checked on how the cabinets are coming along.

Inside the house we confirmed the moldings and checked on how the cabinets are coming along.

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Next up I headed over to Adkins Architectural Antiques to look at antique door options. This place is the greatest, if you're in Houston you must go here.

Next up I headed over to Adkins Architectural Antiques to look at antique door options. This place is the greatest, if you're in Houston you must go here.

I got distracted by this sink, turns out the back is too high for my client's space. Isn't it fabby though? I'm still brainstorming who needs this sink in their utility room.

I got distracted by this sink, turns out the back is too high for my client's space. Isn't it fabby though? I'm still brainstorming who needs this sink in their utility room.

I found this door, the size is perfect. The faux painted wood showing underneath the weird mauve is great. I love the aqua peaking out from all of that. But mauve. I called my client to meet me over here to check it out. No go on the mauve as I susp…

I found this door, the size is perfect. The faux painted wood showing underneath the weird mauve is great. I love the aqua peaking out from all of that. But mauve. I called my client to meet me over here to check it out. No go on the mauve as I suspected. FYI this door is over 100 years old and a steal at $55!

This is the door! It was always our fav. Subtly & not shown in this pic, chartreuse if peaking out under the grayish finish. This door is a bit small so we'll build a frame around it and have that finished. To make this safe for a home we'll hav…

This is the door! It was always our fav. Subtly & not shown in this pic, chartreuse if peaking out under the grayish finish. This door is a bit small so we'll build a frame around it and have that finished. To make this safe for a home we'll have it wire brushed to remove the flakes then sealed. We'll hang it as a slider in the family room.

We'll frame our door like these have been framed.

We'll frame our door like these have been framed.

Checking out the slider door in the Adkins warehouse.It's a bit industrial for our look but a great option at a low price point. They got the hardware from Triple-S Steel Supply in Houston.

Checking out the slider door in the Adkins warehouse.It's a bit industrial for our look but a great option at a low price point. They got the hardware from Triple-S Steel Supply in Houston.

We ran by Circa to see the great Jackie and select sconces for the fireplace and look at options for the exterior sconces.

We ran by Circa to see the great Jackie and select sconces for the fireplace and look at options for the exterior sconces.

Distracted by the amazing lamps. I have a thing for lamps. We selected the fireplace sconces, I'm not going to show you till they're installed! Also have some options for the exterior. 

Distracted by the amazing lamps. I have a thing for lamps. We selected the fireplace sconces, I'm not going to show you till they're installed! Also have some options for the exterior. 

Next I run over to the weekly P&G Homes meeting about all of the projects going on. Today's meeting is at a great Heights remodel that P&G is doing for a friend of mine, & theirs. We go through projects, what stage they're at, what's com…

Next I run over to the weekly P&G Homes meeting about all of the projects going on. Today's meeting is at a great Heights remodel that P&G is doing for a friend of mine, & theirs. We go through projects, what stage they're at, what's coming up next.

I poked around to check out the house. Here's the upstairs utility room! So. Cute. 

I poked around to check out the house. Here's the upstairs utility room! So. Cute. 

Now I'm driving by some projects to check on progress, just drive bys though. This little one is already looking much better than this picture. 

Now I'm driving by some projects to check on progress, just drive bys though. This little one is already looking much better than this picture. 

Back by the house I was at this morning to see about the gables. It's not my fav. The neighbors and painters don't love it, not that I usually listen to someone that doesn't know the overall vision. Still, the pale blue seems too sweet. I run back t…

Back by the house I was at this morning to see about the gables. It's not my fav. The neighbors and painters don't love it, not that I usually listen to someone that doesn't know the overall vision. Still, the pale blue seems too sweet. I run back to the office to propose an edit to the paint plan. No more pics though, I'll have to be more diligent about taking pics in my studio.

There's my day for the most part! 

I'm excited about this series, it's actually fun for me, so I hope it's fun for you. Plus I can't wait to see what other designers are doing. Our days vary so drastically from one day to the next. 

Have a great weekend!

 

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This Before and After is Bananas: Part II.

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.

BEFORE Exterior.

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.

BEFORE. Entry.

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

BEFORE. Dining.

Looking at the front door and the dining area.

After built-ins in the dining room.

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BEFORE. Living Room.

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.

Spacious kitchen.

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

Hall Bath, after obvs.

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

BEFORE. Master Bedroom.

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

BEFORE. Master Closet.

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. Master Bath.

BEFORE. Crazy jacuzzi tub.

AFTER. Shower and bathtub in the Master Bath.

Looking towards the bath entrance.

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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