The Cobbler House is marching on! We're still putting our money on May 5th (ish) for the move-in date, but as we have found out these last two years, the surprises in home renovation are endless. But here's some teasers as we get closer and closer to the home plate.
"Funny" story about these stairs. When we first pulled off the layers of carpet that were on the original stairs, we discovered that they were in *pristine* condition. We had seven cast iron bath tubs that had to be removed from this house, one of which was dropped down the stairs, all the way to the bottom.
And so, now we have new stairs.
And I can't wait to see my newel post.
It's coming next week.
(We think.)
This is our front room, to the right of the stairs. We exposed the brick and that's about all that's original. One day I'll do a good "before and after" post, when it's all done.
We went with white oak floors with a clear finish. It's as close as we could get to the original floors in our last house that we loved so much. Oh, and that chevron. I die.
Looking back at the front door and the door that goes into the music room...
Those glass transoms just went in yesterday.
And the risk-taking room.
The music room, painted top to bottom in high gloss Hague Blue from Farrow and Ball.
Boom baby.
(This is where the bright yellow couch will live).
There's a pocket door in the music room that leads into the "kids space" which is connected to the kitchen. This brilliant idea came from my friend Emily, who was telling me how much she wished she had a separate space for kids to do homework that was still close to the heart of the home. We just happened to have a little bit of space off the kitchen that made that dream come true.
Dining room. This is just past the front room and the kitchen is to the left.
We are keeping this original tile which is not my favorite but is growing on me. We will be adding a cream colored crackle glaze tile to the floor and re-build the mantle (because it was accidentally thrown out. That's okay, we weren't married to it and I'm pretty sure it was not original...)
Kitchen is the next big step. (This view is from the dining room). The cabinet doors are about two weeks away because we ended up changing our minds on the stain color. And we are so glad we did. And you know what we ended up trying to match? The color of the oak wood frame of our front room window.
We chose quarter-sawn oak for our lower cabinets because that scarring just SINGS. I love it.
(This is a peninsula where we will have bar stools for the kids. Other side is the kids space/HW room, and then the music room.)
(End of the peninsula. And yes, there are TWO more globes going above this with the other one, but they accidentally got packed into one of the pods).
We met our contractor, Jose Gonzalez, about eleven years ago, right after David and I got married. We were flipping houses in Sugar House and Jose was our cabinet guy. He proved himself time and time again and was the only contractor we kept in touch with over the years. Now that Jose is a general contractor, he was having someone else design and build our kitchen since he had too much on his plate. Then that contractor quit, and Jose took over. And it's details like this, that makes him SO good at what he does.
We had nothing to do with this. He just surprises us.
(We told him we're hanging a picture of him above our fireplace. )
And perhaps the room I am most excited about (besides the laundry) is the pantry. Never had one. And this porthole window in the door is the cherry on top.
Pocket doors between the kitchen and the dining room (this is the view from the kitchen side). This idea came from my friend Lisa last year when we were walking through the house when it was stripped down to studs and I was trying to imagine sitting at the dining room table and realized I would have a direct view of my kitchen sink. The old tracks were still in this vicinity so we're kind of close to what it used to be...
From the dining room side.
Here's David opening and closing the soft-close drawers--his favorite thing--and telling me how he is going to surprise me with stenciled leaves on our upper cabinets, an ode to our very first kitchen in Sugar House (that was also painted a poop brown color and smelled like weed.)
Our kitchen sink was brought in today. I'm worried it's too small though...
Off the kitchen is our mudroom, completely inspired by Studio Mcgee's Midway House mudroom.
The kids claiming their lockers (minus Hazel, who later claimed Charlotte's spot).
The laundry room. AKA, my special place.
On our honeymoon, we bought this hand-painted sink for our future house...
And here she is! Finally out of a box.
Off the mudroom are stairs down to the basement and my most favorite door of all time that leads to the back yard. And that transom! That was all David. It makes rainbows on the stairs.
Backing up to the front of the house, this is the second story landing and stairs that lead up to the attic. These are actually covered in carpet now!
I see a sled, balanced at the top of those stairs and heading straight out the front door...
Master bed is on the left and David's office is on the right.
Master bed is on the left and David's office is on the right.
Also on the right is Edison's bedroom and bathroom. This is the day Edison got carpet.
David's office/library.
Master bedroom closet, or where David will sleep when he's naughty.
Master bathroom pictures coming soon...
The attic! All four girls will be sharing this space. They each have a closet for privacy, but otherwise they will be all up in each other's business.
Girls' bathroom. The sink isn't installed yet and the floors are still covered so more pictures will come soon.
That's it for now. Thanks for your excitement and encouragement throughout this process. Can't wait to have you all come see this house in person.
