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So when you new york kitchen remodeling , you should keep all these things in mind and remember to choose best materials. This can mean a little more in upfront costs, but you'll save heavily by not having to pay for repairs later down the road.

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All you need is a clear mind ahead of the confusion that you will get into while selecting colours, countertops, cabinets, new types of equipment and much more. Top 10 Kitchen Remodeling Companies in NYC They will work in close coordination with your interests. The key lies in choosing the right remodelling contractor company in NYC that can give you that little bit of heaven on earth! NYVK is that contractor company that can make a house into your home!

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Agilenano - News: Expert Advice: 23 Genius, Reversible, Budget-Friendly Hacks to Transform a Rental Apartment

Here in New York, finding the perfect apartment is an almost futile quest. Unless you’re one of the lucky few—we all know that one person who somehow happened upon a gem, with hardwood floors, an updated kitchen, tasteful light fixtures, and a working fireplace to boot—chances are you’ll end up wanting to change at least one thing about your apartment. (I love the big windows and tall ceilings of my Manhattan rental, but I curse the brown laminate kitchen cabinets every time I walk by.) But we’ve learned that you don’t have to just live with the cards you’re dealt, even if your landlord won’t allow large-scale changes: There are plenty of small, easy, reversible swaps that make a bigger difference than you’d think. Half of the Remodelista team rents, and we know from experience: Alexa created a kit of better light fixtures, outlet covers, and hardware that she carts with her from apartment to apartment. Kristina took the unsightly doors off of her closet in her Harlem apartment late one night (both to remove an eyesore and for easier access). In her San Francisco flat, Meredith removed and stowed away the standard-issue window blinds and swapped out the rusted metal forced-air grates with plain wood ones from Home Depot. Take it from us: small swaps make a difference. Here are 23 small, on-a-budget changes, most of which take less than an hour, all of which can be reversed with ease when it’s time to move out (and get your security deposit back). Fix Up the Kitchen In a rental, the kitchen is often the area where the most can go wrong design-wise, and chances are you can’t rip it out and start fresh. A few, no-impact swaps to get you through. 1. Lay new countertops right on top of the old. Above: If you hate the countertops that came with your place, take an idea from designer C. S. Valentin and lay a new countertop material right on top. Valentin opted for a length of cork repurposed from an Ikea Sinnerlig table but a length of marble or butcherblock would also work well. See At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn for more. (And note also: the cloth covering the under-counter storage.) Above: Another countertop cover-up: Sarah Lonsdale had plywood covers cut to fit over the existing countertops in her West Coast rental. When she moves out, they can be easily lifted off and packed away. See Sarah’s Refined Rental in St. Helena, CA for more. 2. Swap knobs for ultra-DIY leather pulls. Above: A Remodelista favorite, and one that is proof that the smallest changes can make the biggest difference: swapping less-than-desirable cabinet pulls. We like DIY leather pulls, like these simple knotted versions in Sarah’s Refined Rental; for a more polished version, see DIY Video: How to Make a $20 Cabinet Pull for $2. 3. Wrap pulls in tape. Above: Or, wrap cabinet pulls in tape (these, in Rental Rehab: The DIY New York Apartment, are wrapped in textured blue duct tape cut with an X-Acto knife); rope or cloth could also work. 4. Take off the cabinet doors. Above: If it’s the cabinet fronts themselves you don’t like, take off the doors and stash them away so you can find (and replace) them easily when it’s time to move out. This works well for upper cabinets, where you’re more likely to have artful ceramics and glassware on display; cabinets that stash food and packaging are best kept under wraps (see below for a way of concealing these). Photograph from Small-Space Solutions: 17 Affordable Tips from an NYC Creative Couple. 5. Hang fabric (or even pretty tea towels) in place of cabinet fronts. Above: If you’re not ready to go for the completely open look, tack pretty lengths of cloth in place of cabinet doors. In Done/Undone with Clarisse Demory in Paris, Demory removed her Ikea cabinet fronts and hung blue tea towels instead. “It’s less cold, less artificial this way,” she says. 6. Build a temporary backsplash. Above: If you don’t have upper cabinets and want to add some storage (and drama), consider building a removable plywood backsplash that can be carted with you to the next place. Read on in Kitchen Upgrade: The Low-Cost DIY Black Backsplash, and see Remodeling 101: 6 Budget Backsplash Hacks for more ways of creating a backsplash on a budget (or covering an unsightly one). 7. Invest in custom fronts. Above: If you know your cabinets are Ikea, and if you’re planning on being in your apartment for the long haul, consider investing in custom cabinet fronts that fit onto Ikea boxes. See Ikea Kitchen Upgrade: 8 Custom Cabinet Companies for the Ultimate Kitchen Hack for a few of our favorites. Photograph from Ikea Upgrade: The SemiHandmade Kitchen Remodel. Transform Outdated Light Fixtures A rental with acceptable light fixtures is a rarity. (Here at Remodelista, we’re always wishing that landlords would just outfit apartments with The Hardware Store Porcelain Light Socket—it’s inexpensive, versatile, and timeless.) Enlist these hacks until they catch on. 1.  Swap out a front-and-center fixture with something more appealing. Above: A simple switch with a big impact: If you can, swap out an existing light fixture (or cover a bare bulb) with a fixture you can bring with you from rental to rental. (Just keep the original fixture somewhere so you can replace it before you go.) Here, designer Paige Geffen swapped an existing fixture for the Terra Surface from Cedar & Moss in her kitchen. See The LA Rental, Upgraded: Designer Paige Geffen’s 500-Square-Foot Challenge for more. 2. Or, add a statement shade right over the old fixture. Above: Hide an unappealing light fixture with a more attractive shade that will cover the whole thing. Here, designer C. S. Valentin used Ikea’s [product id="996030"]Sinnerlig Bamboo Shade[/product] to cover up an unsightly fixture; see At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn for more. 3. Replace exposed bulbs with artful versions. Above: For a fixture with exposed bulbs, swap just the bulbs out, like Sarah did in her LA rental: “I removed the milky glass shades on the light above the mirror and replaced them with silver-tipped light bulbs, which not only look better but also provide nicer light,” she says. See Expert Advice: 10 Tips for Transforming a Rental Bath for more of her ideas. Upgrade the Bathroom If you’re like most of us and inherit a rental bathroom in serious need of an upgrade, try these ideas. 1. Swap out standard-issue shower curtain rings. Above: Another place where leather ties come in handy: as shower curtain holders, instead of standard-issue plastic rings. Sarah made the swap in her own bathroom; see Expert Advice: 10 Tips for Transforming a Rental Bath. 2. Switch the mirror. Above: Alexa reports that she took down the ugly mirror in her Brooklyn rental bath and replaced it with a more attractive version—it took some elbow grease, she says, but was worth it. (The original mirror is currently under her bed.) If the mirror is removable, replacing it with something of your own choice makes a big difference. Here an antique mirror doesn’t even need to be hung; see House Call: 50 Shades of Weathered White in Hudson, NY, from Zio & Sons. 3. Wrap exposed fixtures in rope. Above: Don’t like the look of ugly, rusted pipes under the sink? Wrap them in rope, as seen at Urban Cowboy: A Williamsburg Clubhouse for Nomads. 4. Snap on removable tiles. Above: For tired walls or ugly tile, invest in removable tiles that can be stuck or snapped on (and travel with you when you go). We like these Tiles for Commitment Phobes, shown here in a bathroom in a polyurethane finish (for use in moist areas). Cover Bad Flooring Here are some ways to cover up less-than-desirable floors. 1. Layer boards or painted plywood, cut to fit, on top. Above: If you can’t tear out the flooring and start fresh, create a new layer on top. In Sarah’s Refined Rental in St. Helena, CA , she had a tongue-and-groove oak floor cut to fit and “floated” it over the linoleum that came with the kitchen. “It transformed the space, and we were able to pull it off while keeping the original kitchen intact,” she says. When you move, it can be removed with no permanent damage to the floor underneath. Above: Another version of the same idea: plywood, cut to fit, shown here in Christine’s bathroom. (She painted it for added polish.) See Remodeling 101: Painted Plywood—The Best Budget Wood Floor for the full story. 2. Source, or create, an artful floor covering. Above: The oldest (and most budget-friendly) trick in the book: covering ugly flooring with rugs. When Justine enlisted Jersey Ice Cream Co. to upgrade her kitchen, redoing the floors was not in the budget. Her solution? Covering them, wall-to-wall, with washable Swedish floorcloths. See how in DIY: The Swedish-Striped Canvas Floorcloth. Disguise Exposed Utilities Here are some tricks to disguise unsightly fixtures. 1. Paint utility fixtures. Above: Exposed pipes and heaters? Consider painting them for an almost sculptural effect. Shown here: a pink-hued heating tower in Kristina Line’s Brooklyn apartment becomes a curious focal point, rather than an eyesore. (Before, “it was a boring brownish color,” she says.) You might want to check with your landlord before painting since, unlike walls, it might not be possible to get an appliance or fixture back to its original color. Photograph from A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2. Wrap steam pipes in rope. Above: For a more reversible, more textured cover-up, wrap exposed pipes in sturdy rope, as seen in Le Mary Celeste: Coastal Cool in the Middle of the Marais. It’s an effective solution for the steam pipes that run through most New York City apartments—and prevents burns if you accidentally touch the hot pipe, too. Divide Your Space If you live in a smaller space than you’d like, one of these simple changes can help divide it. 1. Paint a “room.” Above: To create the illusion of a “room” in an open space, paint a section or an alcove, making sure to stop abruptly where you want the “room” to end. Shown here: the kitchen in Kristina Line’s Brooklyn one-bedroom (and note how she built out a small plywood partition to complete the alcove.) See more in A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn (and, again, you might want to check with your landlord before painting). 2. Use a bookshelf as a divider. Above: To create the feel of a separate, private bedroom in a one-room apartment, enlist a tall, study bookshelf, as designer Karin Montgomery Spath did in this New Zealand studio. It feels almost like a complete wall but can be packed in the moving van (and repurposed elsewhere if you move to a bigger place). See A Glamorous Studio Apartment in Auckland that Feels Like a One-Bedroom, Hack Edition; photograph by Matthew Williams. 3. Add a rolling rack and a curtain. Above: For a softer divider, we like the idea of curtains, but hanging one from the ceiling requires hardware and drilling holes. For less impact, try this hack from shopowner Makié Yahagi’s Manhattan apartment: a rolling rack (hers is from Ted-Steel Industries) hung with [product id="1001534"]Roller Shower Curtain Rings[/product]and [product id="933845"]Riktig Hooks[/product] from Ikea and a pretty curtain (she used a [product id="1001536"]Selena Washed Linen Flat Sheet[/product] from Caravane). See Shop Owner Makié Yahagi’s Charm-Filled Loft in SoHo, New York; photograph by Matthew Williams. Cover Bare Walls A solution for bare apartment walls, and renters (or commitment phobes) who don’t want to hammer nails in: 1. Hang photos (and storage) from the molding. Above: If you’re lucky enough to have molding in your apartment, use it to hang artwork (or extra storage), as Sarah did here with an S-hook and a length of string. Photograph from Sarah’s Refined Rental in St. Helena, CA. 2. Or, lean art and mirrors on the floor. Above: No need to hang art if you’re not ready (or if you have a cement or brick wall that makes it hard to hang things). It looks just as intentional when leaned thoughtfully against the wall or on a ledge. Photograph from House Call: 50 Shades of Weathered White in Hudson, NY, from Zio & Sons. Above: Mirrors, too. Photograph from Living Large in 675 Square Feet, Brooklyn Edition. More ideas for the rental apartment: Expert Advice: The Ultimate Rental Checklist, Landlord Edition A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Inside a Netflix Star’s LA Bungalow, Budget Rental Secrets Included ‘Own’ It Like You Own It: 8 Ways to Personalize Your Rental, Designer Edition N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on March 23. 2018. #IKEAHack #Kitchens #Lighting #Bathrooms #Flooring

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Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 2 of 2)

In part two of our survey that asked top VCs about the most exciting investment areas in real estate, we dig into responses from 10 leading real estate-focused investors at firms that span early to growth stages across real estate specific firms, corporate venture arms, and prominent generalist firms to share where they see opportunity in this sector. (See part one of our survey.)

In part two of our survey, we hear from:

Connie Chan, Andreessen Horowitz

Brendan Wallace, Fifth Wall

Niki Pezeshki, Felicis Ventures

Hans Morris, Nyca Partners

Mihir Shah, JLL Spark and JLL Technologies

Casey Berman, Camber Creek

John Helm, RET (Real Estate Technology) Ventures

Nima Wedlake, Thomvest Ventures

Travis Connors, Building Ventures

David Bates, Tamarisc Ventures

Connie Chan, Andreessen Horowitz

What trends are you most excited in real estate tech from an investing perspective?

While most people think about real estate tech from the transaction perspective, I believe that every single part of the real estate value chain is ripe for disruption. On the construction and home maintenance side, we are facing an aging population of contractors, electricians and plumbers. As fewer people enter the trade, this is a great opportunity for a startup. Rentals are offline and fragmented, with the majority of renters still paying their rent with cash or check.

As low-interest rates hold, many homeowners could be refinancing their homes, but aren’t simply because of the lack of financial education. People want to live in beautiful spaces, but everyone needs help with the design and remodeling process. Younger generations in particular are shocked and lost when they learn how many vendors and contractors they need to interface with for a simple bathroom or kitchen remodel. At the end of the day, we end up having to go back and forth with service providers in person because there are major information gaps online, just like in medicine. It’s hard for homeowners to know who to listen to and who to trust.

How much time are you spending on real estate tech right now? Is the market under-heated, over-heated, or just right? 

A third of my time is spent thinking about startups tackling real estate — this includes everything from construction to financing to rentals and home improvement. The amount of money spent in real estate is enormous, and the data and tools we use today are still based on insights from a decade ago.

When I polled colleagues on what they would do if a toilet broke, the answers ranged from: Google, YouTube, Yelp and “calling my mom.” We spend so much money on the way and place we live, and it’s nuts that there isn’t more technology to support it. Yes, we turn to Zillow or Redfin when searching for a home to buy or rent, but what about everything that happens before and after that?

The market is not over-heated in the least. However, I do believe investors are starting to treat real estate tech companies differently than tech-enabled real estate companies. In the past few years, that nuance was less clear, but recent market events have forced investors to focus more on gross margins and software’s ability to scale.

Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

I’d love to see more companies foster community. Decades ago we hung out with our neighbors, but today, many of us can’t even recall their names. Technology can help connect residents in a building, or neighbors down the street — mapping out our geography-based social networks. I’d also love to find more companies that are using different kinds of signals to assess risk, whether it’s to replace the credit score for a rental screening or to help someone qualify for a mortgage. Chinese fintech companies in particular have been experimenting with using other signals besides a credit score to evaluate how responsible someone might be.

Plus any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers

If we think that the transportation industry is big, just wait until we realize the size of the real estate market!

Brendan Wallace, Fifth Wall

How has the real estate technology ecosystem changed in the last 3 years? 

When we started Fifth Wall three years ago, VCs and even prospective LPs would frequently ask us ‘What does real estate technology mean? Isn’t that very niche? How are you going to invest $212 million into real estate technology? ” At the time those felt like legitimate questions; in retrospect, they reflected that the venture ecosystem hadn’t truly appreciated the enormity of the opportunity in real estate technology. The fact that those questions felt valid only a few years ago tells the story of how the real estate technology ecosystem has evolved, expanded, and institutionalized.

In the last three years, real estate technology has arguably created more enterprise value and spawned more unicorns than any other single industry sector in venture capital. Fifth Wall was fortunate to make early investments in many of those transformative businesses, such as Blend, Hippo, Loggi, Lime, Opendoor and VTS. In the first half of 2019, $14 billion was invested into real estate technology from the VC community. Even though Fifth Wall’s newest $503M fund is the largest in the category, it nonetheless represents a very small percentage of total venture capital invested into real estate technology.

What spawned this growth in real estate tech over the last 3 years? 

It’s not surprising that technology for the real estate industry would become one of the largest and most attractive categories of venture capital. Real estate is the single largest industry in the U.S., yet historically has been one of the lowest spenders on IT. The industry was (and to a great extent still is) known as being a late adopter of technology solutions. I would characterize the last five years as being an ‘Age of Enlightenment’ for major real estate owners, operators, and developers: CIOs were hired for the first time, large IT budgets have been allocated and are growing, and almost every major real estate owner now recognizes that adoption of new technology is existentially critical to their future strategy.

In part, this realization explains the dramatic growth in the number of corporate investors in Fifth Wall: just two years ago Fifth Wall managed $212M from nine North American real estate corporates, today we manage over $1 billion invested by more than 50 corporate strategic partners from eleven countries. To put it simply, when the world’s largest industry suddenly decides to adopt technology, you can expect a lot of value to be created. And it’s only just begun.

Are generalist VCs investing more in real estate technology? 

Generalist VCs have been pouring capital into real estate technology companies, especially in the last few years. However, not all of those investments have performed well, and there’s usually one simple reason for that: distribution is absolutely everything for real estate technology startups. Getting large real estate corporates to adopt a new technology is often deterministic. In addition, generalist VC firms typically lack the deep real estate relationships and domain expertise to drive distribution and adoption of emerging technologies.

This is why Fifth Wall raised its capital from the largest partners and customers of the very technologies in which we’re investing. Fifth Wall wanted to be the connective platform to link new, emerging real estate technologies with the corporate partners that could serve as the commercial distribution lanes for them globally. A perfect example of this would be the strategic partnership and investment Fifth Wall orchestrated between homebuilder Lennar, one of Fifth Wall’s strategic investors, and Opendoor.

Are more real estate corporates forming their own venture capital arms?

There are more CVC (corporate venture capital) arms at real estate companies than there were three years ago, but they haven’t generally performed well, strategically or financially. Real estate organizations can be especially slow-moving and bureaucratic, making it difficult to attract great venture investment talent. CVC is inherently hard to execute well — in any industry — and for an ‘Old World’ industry such as real estate, CVC arms seem especially challenged.

Fifth Wall is increasingly finding that real estate owners are electing to become a part of the Fifth Wall consortium as we can now offer more distribution to any startup that any single corporate investor can offer investing on their own. Similarly, public market investors also have become critical of publicly-traded real estate corporates starting their own venture arms and have instead favored large real estate investment trusts (REITs) investing in consortium-based funds like Fifth Wall and others. I would expect this trend to continue as more real estate corporates are looking to partner with dedicated consortium-based real estate technology funds as opposed to maintaining their own CVC arm.

What trends are you most excited in Real Estate tech from an investing perspective?

We think there is a profound and exciting opportunity right now at the intersection of real estate technology and sustainability. Real estate owners are incredibly exposed to sustainability risks: the industry consumes 40% of all energy globally, emits 30% of total carbon dioxide, and uses 40% of all raw materials.

There is significant and growing regulatory pressure at both the local and federal levels to make all buildings net-zero carbon: look to Los Angeles and NYC’s recent legislation for two salient examples. Consumers and tenants of buildings are increasingly demanding heightened environmental standards for real estate assets. And finally, institutional investors are increasingly imposing sustainability requirements around their capital deployments.

Meeting the demands of stakeholders (regulators, tenants, and investors) is going to be an extraordinarily heavy lift for the real estate industry over the next decade, and effectively leveraging technology and innovation to drive solutions at scale is going to be crucial in order to meet these goals. Taken together, I believe the technologies to create more sustainable real estate assets represent a $1 trillion opportunity over the next decade.

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Beautiful Homes of Instagram: How to Build your own Home

  Beautiful Homes of Instagram is truly one of my favorite type of posts I publish on Home Bunch. It’s certainly not the easiest, but it’s a favorite and I hope it is for you too. I feel very proud to be featuring so many talented homeowners and be able to not only see their homes but especially know their story and the process of designing their space.

I am very happy to have Kristin of @kristin_kgdesigns on the blog today and I really think you will feel inspired by her beautiful home, especially if you dream of building your own home but feel intimated by this big task. Here, the homeowner shares more details and some encouragement:

  Hi everyone! Luciane asked me to write up my “story”… so it all began back in the late 1970’s when little Kristin came into the world… kidding. No one needs to hear that! Let’s talk about my house building story, shall we?

That story starts about 3.5 years ago. We were living in our dream house we had built ourselves and had worked so hard on. It was on 5 wooded acres and we loved it. Then my oldest started kindergarten. We loved our house and property but we were not in the best area and certainly not a good school district. I thought we could stick it out for another few years but after one day of volunteering in his class I came home and told my husband we had to move. He nearly killed me…but he eventually acquiesced and we decided to start looking in the “good” school district. Lucky for us one of the top districts in the state was only a 20 minute move.

We sold our dream house and started looking for a house in the area we wanted to be in. Turns out we totally couldn’t afford the area we wanted to be in. So that meant we’d have to build again to get the kind of house and property we wanted our kids to grow up in. We found a gorgeous 5 acre property that had a 1962 ranch house that had never been updated and had an unfinished basement. We bought that property and did a boundary line adjustment so that we had two separate properties. We lived in the ranch house while designing and permitting our new house on our own. We literally designed every inch of this new house ourselves. While doing this (and both working full time), we gutted and completely remodeled the ranch house.

Permitting took us 15 months to complete and we broke ground in August of 2017. We moved in 10 months later. We were the general contractor and my husband built most of the house while I was his laborer. We both worked full time during all of this so we would get home every night and walk out to the new house to work until bedtime. For over two years we said no to almost every social invitation we received. We worked on this labor of love every day. And we couldn’t be happier. We love this house and can’t wait to raise our kids here.

    Beautiful Homes of Instagram: How to Build your own Home

This is Kristin, a talented landscape architect, with her beautiful family!

Front Porch

A cross fence-style railing adds a farmhouse feel to the exterior of Kristin’s home. Exterior paint color is Sherwin Williams Extra White.

Welcome mat from Target.

Rug under welcome mat from Target as well.

Raised Metal Planters: CB2.

The rocking chairs from Wayfair.

Home-Sweet-Home

What a dreamy foyer! I love how serene this space feels. Wall paint color is Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams.

Trim paint color: Extra White by Sherwin Williams.

Bench: HomeGoods – similar here.

Front entry rug: Target.

Similar Barn Artwork: here.

Front Door Paint Color

The front door paint color is Tricorn Black by Sherwin Williams.

Foyer Lighting: Wayfair.

Kitchen

We went with a simple shaker style in white for the kitchen cabinets.

Cabinets: Canyon Creek Cabinet Company.

Lighting & Pot Filler

The pot filler is from Wayfair.

Kitchen Lighting: Capital Lighting.

Kitchen Backsplash

The backsplash is a subway tile in a matte finish with a medium gray grout.

Refrigerator & Countertop

“I wanted to give you one of the best cost saving tips if you’re building or remodeling a kitchen. Our fridge looks and functions like an expensive unit but it’s really just two separate, simple units with a trim piece attached. Ours is by Frigidaire and we love it! Saved us a bunch of money but we still have the look and function of something much more expensive.”

Get the Look: Refrigerator, Freezer & Trim.

Quartz countertops: Coastal Gray from Pental Quartz.

Kitchen Hardware

The kitchen hardware is from Ikea BAGGANÄS Handle, black.

Runner carpets are from Target. Other Lovely Runners: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

All appliances are LG.

Counterstools

Counterstools are from Target. They’re so sleek and practical!

Flooring

Flooring is DuChateau Youngscombe vinyl plank- similar here.

Ceiling Beams

The cathedral ceiling features beams and shiplap. Beams Old World Traditions – The Magnolia Faux Beam in Light Oak – similar here.

Windows are black painted vinyl by Prime Windows with a custom interior grid.

Dining Room

A warm and welcoming dining room is located between the kitchen and the family room.

Dining chairs are from Crate and Barrel.

Chandelier

Chandelier is by Capital Lighting.

Dining Table

From this angle you can see the beautiful combination of shiplap cathedral ceiling with the board and batten fireplace. This is an idea to keep in mind!

Dining table is from Crate and Barrel.

Living Room Console table: Silviano 84” Iron Console Table by Crate and Barrel.

Barn lights are from Recesso Lighting – similar here.

Living Room

Different types textures bring the right amount of warmth to this space. The leather section is a practical and timeless choice.

Leather Sectional: Custom-made by local company to the exact dimensions of the RH Maxwell – similar here & here.

Coffee Table: Drum Reclaimed Woodblock Barrel Coffee Table – similar here.

Chairs

Accent Chairs: Esters Wood Armchair by Project 62 in Millbrook Husk.

Mantel & Rug

The mantel was a DIY project the homeowner did from a Douglas Fir.

Rug was a find at Homegoods – Beautiful Rugs: here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here (my dream rug

).

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Hallway Console Table

Console Table: Target.

Mirror: Here.

Powder Room

This is a dresser from Wayfair that my husband cut a hole in and installed this sink. It works just like I hoped it would!

Vanity is a retrofitted dresser from Wayfair.

Pendant light is from Wayfair.

Mirror: Here.

Sink & Faucet

Sink is from Wayfair.

Faucet: Derengge – similar here.

Home Office

The home office paint color is Dovetail by Sherwin Williams. The quartz countertop on built-in is Pental Quartz ‘Icelake’.

Round black table in the center is from Target.

Office desk is from Wayfair.

Office chairs are also from Wayfair.

Wall Gallery

Photos are from Shutterfly.

Bonus Room

Upstairs you will find a bonus room with plenty of space for entertaining.

Round table from Target.

Ping Pong table is from Wayfair.

Metal Dressers are from Urban Outfitters.

Brass round mirrors from Target.

Daughter’s Bedroom

Wall is a decal from Innovative Stencils (she loves owls and wanted a brown wall with a forest).

Bed is from Ikea – similar here.

Dresser

Dresser is by Tvilum.

Master Bedroom

Kristin’s bedroom features many great architectural details. Main wall color is Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams.

Lighting: Wayfair.

Barn Doors

The antique doors are from a local Architectural salvage store.

Bed & Nightstand

Bed is from Crate and Barrel.

Nightstands are from Crate and Barrel.

Table Lamps: Target.

Grid Board & Batten

Accent Wall: my husband built it by attaching trim in a grid right on to our textured, sheet- rocked walls and painting it all the same color. Accent wall color is Dovetail by Sherwin Williams.

Rug is from West Elm.

Bedding

Bedding is Nate Berkus for Target.

Master Bathroom

This master bathroom is all about symmetry and beauty. Now… imagine taking a bath with that peaceful view. I feel more relaxed just by looking at this picture.

Freestanding Tub: Anzzi.

Tub Filler: Vanity Art.

Lighting

Chandelier is from Wayfair.

Sconces are also from Wayfair.

Vanities

Vanities are the 60” Malibu vanity by James Martin – available here in 48″.

Flooring & Wall Tile

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Accent tile is a subway tile.

Mirrors: Here.

Mudroom

This is the kind mudroom / laundry room that anyone would love to have. It is almost the size of a NYC apartment!

Faux leather storage bins from Target.

Mudroom Bench & Windows

The mudroom bench is actually Ikea butcher block. Brilliant!

Lighting: Wayfair.

Floor Tile

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Paint Color

The paint color is Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray.

The laundry room backsplash tile is Bedrosians Enchante Charm.

Outdoor Dining

The living room opens to a very spacious back porch.

Picnic Table: Cost Plus.

Dining Bench: Cost Plus.

Dining chairs are from CB2.

Chandelier

Chandelier from Wayfair.

Outdoor Fireplace

The outdoor fireplace mimics the living room’s fireplace, featuring tile and board and batten paneling.

  Many thanks to Kristin for sharing the details above. Make sure to follow her on Instagram to see more pictures of her stunning home!

Have a Blessed week, my friends!

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Stone Cottage-style Home Design.

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California Duplex Home Design.

Australian Beach House.

Family-friendly Home Design.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: Canada.

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Transitional Home Design.

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Beautiful Homes of Instagram: California Beach House.

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Beautiful Homes of Instagram: How to Build your own Home

  Beautiful Homes of Instagram is truly one of my favorite type of posts I publish on Home Bunch. It’s certainly not the easiest, but it’s a favorite and I hope it is for you too. I feel very proud to be featuring so many talented homeowners and be able to not only see their homes but especially know their story and the process of designing their space.

I am very happy to have Kristin of @kristin_kgdesigns on the blog today and I really think you will feel inspired by her beautiful home, especially if you dream of building your own home but feel intimated by this big task. Here, the homeowner shares more details and some encouragement:

  Hi everyone! Luciane asked me to write up my “story”… so it all began back in the late 1970’s when little Kristin came into the world… kidding. No one needs to hear that! Let’s talk about my house building story, shall we?

That story starts about 3.5 years ago. We were living in our dream house we had built ourselves and had worked so hard on. It was on 5 wooded acres and we loved it. Then my oldest started kindergarten. We loved our house and property but we were not in the best area and certainly not a good school district. I thought we could stick it out for another few years but after one day of volunteering in his class I came home and told my husband we had to move. He nearly killed me…but he eventually acquiesced and we decided to start looking in the “good” school district. Lucky for us one of the top districts in the state was only a 20 minute move.

We sold our dream house and started looking for a house in the area we wanted to be in. Turns out we totally couldn’t afford the area we wanted to be in. So that meant we’d have to build again to get the kind of house and property we wanted our kids to grow up in. We found a gorgeous 5 acre property that had a 1962 ranch house that had never been updated and had an unfinished basement. We bought that property and did a boundary line adjustment so that we had two separate properties. We lived in the ranch house while designing and permitting our new house on our own. We literally designed every inch of this new house ourselves. While doing this (and both working full time), we gutted and completely remodeled the ranch house.

Permitting took us 15 months to complete and we broke ground in August of 2017. We moved in 10 months later. We were the general contractor and my husband built most of the house while I was his laborer. We both worked full time during all of this so we would get home every night and walk out to the new house to work until bedtime. For over two years we said no to almost every social invitation we received. We worked on this labor of love every day. And we couldn’t be happier. We love this house and can’t wait to raise our kids here.

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This is Kristin, a talented landscape architect, with her beautiful family!

Front Porch

A cross fence-style railing adds a farmhouse feel to the exterior of Kristin’s home. Exterior paint color is Sherwin Williams Extra White.

Welcome mat from Target.

Rug under welcome mat from Target as well.

Raised Metal Planters: CB2.

The rocking chairs from Wayfair.

Home-Sweet-Home

What a dreamy foyer! I love how serene this space feels. Wall paint color is Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams.

Trim paint color: Extra White by Sherwin Williams.

Front entry rug: Target.

Similar Barn Artwork: here.

Front Door Paint Color

The front door paint color is Tricorn Black by Sherwin Williams.

Foyer Lighting: Wayfair.

Kitchen

We went with a simple shaker style in white for the kitchen cabinets.

Cabinets: Canyon Creek Cabinet Company.

Lighting & Pot Filler

The pot filler is from Wayfair.

Kitchen Lighting: Capital Lighting.

Kitchen Backsplash

The backsplash is a subway tile in a matte finish with a medium gray grout.

Refrigerator & Countertop

“I wanted to give you one of the best cost saving tips if you’re building or remodeling a kitchen. Our fridge looks and functions like an expensive unit but it’s really just two separate, simple units with a trim piece attached. Ours is by Frigidaire and we love it! Saved us a bunch of money but we still have the look and function of something much more expensive.”

Get the Look: Refrigerator, Freezer & Trim.

Quartz countertops: Coastal Gray from Pental Quartz.

Kitchen Hardware

The kitchen hardware is from Ikea BAGGANÄS Handle, black.

Runner carpets are from Target. Other Lovely Runners: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.

All appliances are LG.

Counterstools

Counterstools are from Target. They’re so sleek and practical!

Flooring

Flooring is DuChateau Youngscombe vinyl plank- similar here.

Ceiling Beams

The cathedral ceiling features beams and shiplap. Beams Old World Traditions – The Magnolia Faux Beam in Light Oak – similar here.

Windows are black painted vinyl by Prime Windows with a custom interior grid.

Dining Room

A warm and welcoming dining room is located between the kitchen and the family room.

Dining chairs are from Crate and Barrel.

Chandelier

Chandelier is by Capital Lighting.

Dining Table

From this angle you can see the beautiful combination of shiplap cathedral ceiling with the board and batten fireplace. This is an idea to keep in mind!

Dining table is from Crate and Barrel.

Living Room Console table: Silviano 84” Iron Console Table by Crate and Barrel.

Barn lights are from Recesso Lighting – similar here.

Living Room

Different types textures bring the right amount of warmth to this space. The leather section is a practical and timeless choice.

Leather Sectional: Custom-made by local company to the exact dimensions of the RH Maxwell – similar here & here.

Coffee Table: Drum Reclaimed Woodblock Barrel Coffee Table – similar here.

Chairs

Accent Chairs: Esters Wood Armchair by Project 62 for Target in Millbrook Husk.

Mantel & Rug

The mantel was a DIY project the homeowner did from a Douglas Fir.

Rug was a find at Homegoods – Beautiful Rugs: here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here (my dream rug

).

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Hallway Console Table

Console Table: Target.

Mirror: Here.

Powder Room

This is a dresser from Wayfair that my husband cut a hole in and installed this sink. It works just like I hoped it would!

Vanity is a retrofitted dresser from Wayfair.

Pendant light is from Wayfair.

Mirror: Here.

Sink & Faucet

Sink is from Wayfair.

Faucet: Derengge – similar here.

Home Office

The home office paint color is Dovetail by Sherwin Williams. The quartz countertop on built-in is Pental Quartz ‘Icelake’.

Round black table in the center is from Target.

Office desk is from Wayfair.

Office chairs are also from Wayfair.

Wall Gallery

Photos are from Shutterfly.

Bonus Room

Upstairs you will find a bonus room with plenty of space for entertaining.

Round table from Target.

Ping Pong table is from Wayfair.

Metal Dressers are from Urban Outfitters.

Brass round mirrors from Target.

Daughter’s Bedroom

Wall is a decal from Innovative Stencils (she loves owls and wanted a brown wall with a forest).

Bed is from Ikea – similar here.

Dresser

Dresser is by Tvilum.

Master Bedroom

Kristin’s bedroom features many great architectural details. Main wall color is Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams.

Lighting: Wayfair.

Barn Doors

The antique doors are from a local Architectural salvage store.

Bed & Nightstand

Bed is from Crate and Barrel.

Nightstands are from Crate and Barrel.

Table Lamps: Target.

Grid Board & Batten

Accent Wall: my husband built it by attaching trim in a grid right on to our textured, sheet- rocked walls and painting it all the same color. Accent wall color is Dovetail by Sherwin Williams.

Rug is from West Elm.

Bedding

Bedding is Nate Berkus for Target.

Master Bathroom

This master bathroom is all about symmetry and beauty. Now… imagine taking a bath with that peaceful view. I feel more relaxed just by looking at this picture.

Freestanding Tub: Anzzi.

Tub Filler: Vanity Art.

Lighting

Chandelier is from Wayfair.

Sconces are also from Wayfair.

Vanities

Vanities are the 60” Malibu vanity by James Martin – available here in 48″.

Flooring & Wall Tile

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Accent tile is a subway tile.

Mirrors: Here.

Mudroom

This is the kind mudroom / laundry room that anyone would love to have. It is almost the size of a NYC apartment!

Faux leather storage bins from Target.

Mudroom Bench & Windows

The mudroom bench is actually Ikea butcher block. Brilliant!

Lighting: Wayfair.

Floor Tile

Tile is Statements tile, Wide in color Fog – similar here.

Paint Color

The paint color is Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray.

The laundry room backsplash tile is Bedrosians Enchante Charm.

Outdoor Dining

The living room opens to a very spacious back porch.

Picnic Table: Cost Plus.

Dining Bench: Cost Plus.

Dining chairs are from CB2.

Chandelier

Chandelier from Wayfair.

Outdoor Fireplace

The outdoor fireplace mimics the living room’s fireplace, featuring tile and board and batten paneling.

  Many thanks to Kristin for sharing the details above. Make sure to follow her on Instagram to see more pictures of her stunning home!

Have a Blessed week, my friends!

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  Posts of the Week:

2019 New Year Home Tour.

Classic Colonial Home Design.

Empty-Nester Modern Farmhouse.

Interior Design Ideas: Home Renovation.

Stone Lake House.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: Building a Forever Home.

Newport Island Beach House.

Belgian-style Modern Farmhouse.

Stone Cottage-style Home Design.

New Year, New Beautiful Homes of Instagram.

Before & After Home Renovation.

California Duplex Home Design.

Australian Beach House.

Family-friendly Home Design.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: Canada.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram.

Georgian-Style Manor with Traditional Interiors.

Transitional Home Design.

Interior Design Ideas.

Grey Kitchen Paint Colors.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: California Beach House.

Follow me on Instagram: @HomeBunch

You can follow my pins here: Pinterest/HomeBunch

See more Inspiring Interior Design Ideas in my Archives.

“Dear God,

If I am wrong, right me. If I am lost, guide me. If I start to give-up, keep me going.

Lead me in Light and Love”.

Have a wonderful day, my friends and we’ll talk again tomorrow.”

with Love,

Luciane from HomeBunch.com

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Here in New York, finding the perfect apartment is an almost futile quest. Unless you’re one of the lucky few—we all know that one person who somehow happened upon a gem, with hardwood floors, an updated kitchen, tasteful light fixtures, and a working fireplace to boot—chances are you’ll end up wanting to change at least one thing about your apartment. (I love the big windows and tall ceilings of my Manhattan rental, but I curse the brown laminate kitchen cabinets every time I walk by.) But we’ve learned that you don’t have to just live with the cards you’re dealt, even if your landlord won’t allow large-scale changes: There are plenty of small, easy, reversible swaps that make a bigger difference than you’d think. Half of the Remodelista team rents, and we know from experience: Alexa created a kit of better light fixtures, outlet covers, and hardware that she carts with her from apartment to apartment. 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Here, designer C. S. Valentin used Ikea’s [product id="996030"]Sinnerlig Bamboo Shade[/product] to cover up an unsightly fixture; see At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn for more. 3. Replace exposed bulbs with artful versions. Above: For a fixture with exposed bulbs, swap just the bulbs out, like Sarah did in her LA rental: “I removed the milky glass shades on the light above the mirror and replaced them with silver-tipped light bulbs, which not only look better but also provide nicer light,” she says. See Expert Advice: 10 Tips for Transforming a Rental Bath for more of her ideas. Upgrade the Bathroom If you’re like most of us and inherit a rental bathroom in serious need of an upgrade, try these ideas. 1. Swap out standard-issue shower curtain rings. Above: Another place where leather ties come in handy: as shower curtain holders, instead of standard-issue plastic rings. Sarah made the swap in her own bathroom; see Expert Advice: 10 Tips for Transforming a Rental Bath. 2. Switch the mirror. Above: Alexa reports that she took down the ugly mirror in her Brooklyn rental bath and replaced it with a more attractive version—it took some elbow grease, she says, but was worth it. (The original mirror is currently under her bed.) If the mirror is removable, replacing it with something of your own choice makes a big difference. Here an antique mirror doesn’t even need to be hung; see House Call: 50 Shades of Weathered White in Hudson, NY, from Zio & Sons. 3. Wrap exposed fixtures in rope. Above: Don’t like the look of ugly, rusted pipes under the sink? Wrap them in rope, as seen at Urban Cowboy: A Williamsburg Clubhouse for Nomads. 4. Snap on removable tiles. Above: For tired walls or ugly tile, invest in removable tiles that can be stuck or snapped on (and travel with you when you go). We like these Tiles for Commitment Phobes, shown here in a bathroom in a polyurethane finish (for use in moist areas). Cover Bad Flooring Here are some ways to cover up less-than-desirable floors. 1. Layer boards or painted plywood, cut to fit, on top. Above: If you can’t tear out the flooring and start fresh, create a new layer on top. In Sarah’s Refined Rental in St. Helena, CA , she had a tongue-and-groove oak floor cut to fit and “floated” it over the linoleum that came with the kitchen. “It transformed the space, and we were able to pull it off while keeping the original kitchen intact,” she says. When you move, it can be removed with no permanent damage to the floor underneath. Above: Another version of the same idea: plywood, cut to fit, shown here in Christine’s bathroom. (She painted it for added polish.) See Remodeling 101: Painted Plywood—The Best Budget Wood Floor for the full story. 2. Source, or create, an artful floor covering. Above: The oldest (and most budget-friendly) trick in the book: covering ugly flooring with rugs. When Justine enlisted Jersey Ice Cream Co. to upgrade her kitchen, redoing the floors was not in the budget. Her solution? Covering them, wall-to-wall, with washable Swedish floorcloths. See how in DIY: The Swedish-Striped Canvas Floorcloth. Disguise Exposed Utilities Here are some tricks to disguise unsightly fixtures. 1. Paint utility fixtures. Above: Exposed pipes and heaters? Consider painting them for an almost sculptural effect. Shown here: a pink-hued heating tower in Kristina Line’s Brooklyn apartment becomes a curious focal point, rather than an eyesore. (Before, “it was a boring brownish color,” she says.) You might want to check with your landlord before painting since, unlike walls, it might not be possible to get an appliance or fixture back to its original color. Photograph from A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2. Wrap steam pipes in rope. Above: For a more reversible, more textured cover-up, wrap exposed pipes in sturdy rope, as seen in Le Mary Celeste: Coastal Cool in the Middle of the Marais. It’s an effective solution for the steam pipes that run through most New York City apartments—and prevents burns if you accidentally touch the hot pipe, too. Divide Your Space If you live in a smaller space than you’d like, one of these simple changes can help divide it. 1. Paint a “room.” Above: To create the illusion of a “room” in an open space, paint a section or an alcove, making sure to stop abruptly where you want the “room” to end. Shown here: the kitchen in Kristina Line’s Brooklyn one-bedroom (and note how she built out a small plywood partition to complete the alcove.) See more in A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn (and, again, you might want to check with your landlord before painting). 2. Use a bookshelf as a divider. Above: To create the feel of a separate, private bedroom in a one-room apartment, enlist a tall, study bookshelf, as designer Karin Montgomery Spath did in this New Zealand studio. It feels almost like a complete wall but can be packed in the moving van (and repurposed elsewhere if you move to a bigger place). See A Glamorous Studio Apartment in Auckland that Feels Like a One-Bedroom, Hack Edition; photograph by Matthew Williams. 3. Add a rolling rack and a curtain. Above: For a softer divider, we like the idea of curtains, but hanging one from the ceiling requires hardware and drilling holes. For less impact, try this hack from shopowner Makié Yahagi’s Manhattan apartment: a rolling rack (hers is from Ted-Steel Industries) hung with [product id="1001534"]Roller Shower Curtain Rings[/product]and [product id="933845"]Riktig Hooks[/product] from Ikea and a pretty curtain (she used a [product id="1001536"]Selena Washed Linen Flat Sheet[/product] from Caravane). See Shop Owner Makié Yahagi’s Charm-Filled Loft in SoHo, New York; photograph by Matthew Williams. Cover Bare Walls A solution for bare apartment walls, and renters (or commitment phobes) who don’t want to hammer nails in: 1. Hang photos (and storage) from the molding. Above: If you’re lucky enough to have molding in your apartment, use it to hang artwork (or extra storage), as Sarah did here with an S-hook and a length of string. Photograph from Sarah’s Refined Rental in St. Helena, CA. 2. Or, lean art and mirrors on the floor. Above: No need to hang art if you’re not ready (or if you have a cement or brick wall that makes it hard to hang things). It looks just as intentional when leaned thoughtfully against the wall or on a ledge. Photograph from House Call: 50 Shades of Weathered White in Hudson, NY, from Zio & Sons. Above: Mirrors, too. Photograph from Living Large in 675 Square Feet, Brooklyn Edition. More ideas for the rental apartment: Expert Advice: The Ultimate Rental Checklist, Landlord Edition A Two-Week, $1,000, 500-Square-Foot Rental Overhaul by a Design Student in Bushwick, Brooklyn At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Inside a Netflix Star’s LA Bungalow, Budget Rental Secrets Included ‘Own’ It Like You Own It: 8 Ways to Personalize Your Rental, Designer Edition N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on March 23. 2018. #IKEAHack #Kitchens #Lighting #Bathrooms #Flooring

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