Remember when I blogged about Kristen Alber‘s house?
Well, I e-bumped into a friend of hers online not long ago, and I just had to blog about her house, too!
Her name is Dorie, and she and her husband did a heck of a job renovating their 1916 bungalow. Check out the exterior, before…
…and after!
Dorie said, “We bought this dilapidated house that, over the years, everyone had put their “personal” touches on. Including- removing the original staircase and fireplace, covering over a basement, and taking out load bearing walls. Previous homeowners had also tried to make it look more “Victorian” by adding the dormer windows and such, but I KNEW this sweet old house was a bungalow. Sooo, we went down to the archives in the basement of a city building and found an original elevation of our house from 1920. Low and behold- it was a bungalow! This kicked off 2 years of painstakingly finding out where everything originally went and restoring the ol’ gal to her former beauty.”
Here’s the kitchen before…
…and after…
The kitchen cabinets are Denovo Cabinetry and the wood countertop is William Rogers Co. Both companies are owned by Dorie’s family. Her hubby heads up the cabinet shop, her daughter heads up the wood top business, and her son is in charge of building the wood tops. How fun is that!? The green paint color on the base cabinets is Bamboo Shoot by Sherwin Williams. The upper cabinets are painted Swiss Coffee (Dorie’s favorite white), by Benjamin Moore. The wall color is Benjamin Moore’s, Hush. They used carrera marble on the counter tops and white subway tile on the backsplash. The mason jar pendants are from Pottery Barn. The old cabinet with the shelves above it is an antique candy makers cabinet that she found at a (sadly now closed) shop in Phoenix.
Dorie said, “We literally designed our entire kitchen around that thing!”
Here’s a look at the family room, before…
….and here it is after!
The wall color is Hush by Benjamin Moore, and Dorie said a lot of her favorite pieces of furniture and accessories are from her friend Kristin’s store, FOUND. (Lucky for her, it’s right around the corner from her house!) All the mantels in the house came from an architectural salvage yard in San Diego, CA. They also picked up some of the old door hardware at the same salvage yard. Dorie said, “I was determined to find parts that were from the right era.”
Here’s one of the bathrooms before…
And here’s the same bathroom, after…
They got vanity at FOUND, and because it wasn’t quite deep enough, Dorie’s hubby took the original wood top off and added it to the back to make it deeper, then they re-topped the entire piece with carrera marble.
For more pics and posts by Dorie, you can find her blog here: Tuesday’s With Dorie. There’s a lot of fun stuff happening over there!
I enjoyed reading about their cottage at Dana Point, too. Here’s a peek at the kitchen and laundry room there…
Pretty, pretty!
Just breathtaking! Absolutely in love with every touch! Thanks so much for sharing! xo Virginia @ livelovediy
GORGEOUS!
I am DYING over this bungalow! All of the details are so deliberate and well placed. Even with more accessories than I usually prefer, my eyes don’t feel overwhelmed, but EXCITED to look for little treasures in every corner. Well done!
OMG Layla, seriously!!! You just added two more obsessions to my life – Kristin Alber’s house is just amazing. And Dorie’s house and cottage? I am going to be driving my husband nuts with new ideas. “hey boo, what do you think about . . . “
all of the texture is really jumping out at me in these photos. my fave is the bathroom. i want that bathroom planted right here in my house!
What beautiful inspiration. 2 more blogs for me to follow for sure! Thanks for keeping us constantly inspired.
I have a thing for bungalows and this one is beautiful. My husband knows it is my dream to have one some day. She did an amazing job transforming this one. Thanks for sharing.
Those are gorgeous rooms! I die over that kitchen with the white uppers and green lowers…gets my braining turnin’ here.
thanks for sharing!
kelly
WOW!!! Such a gorgeous home.. I would kill for that kitchen and bathroom!!
I love her house! So beautiful!!!
Just Fab ! Love, love, love the old wood look ! Trying to incorporate that look in my house as well……
Gorgeous!! Where did they get the door in the kitchen that opens to the outside! I need a new front door and want something special.
Such inspiring design & amazing talent!
STUNNING!!! Some people just have the decorator gift!!!
A Pinterest extravaganza!!!
Love, love and love it some more! BEAUTIFUL home and an AMAZING transformation!
very cute bungalow…love what she did to it. I love the other one too! Great houses…I’ll have to pin these.
Does Dorie’s house take your breath or what? What calmness and tranquility! I’m dying to see the bedroom. I love love love every tiny detail. GOR-GEOUS!!!!!!!!
What they did with that pitiful kitchen, is something else!!!!!!! WOW. Dreamland.
Wow! Amazing renovation and beautiful decorating style.
I love the homey and welcoming feel.
I could sit in the living room and ay dream forever.
Such a work of love.
Found is quite the find!!! Wish I lived near it too. *sigh*
WOW!! so fun to see the transformation! Thanks for sharing, Layla!
xo Heidi
OW MY IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!
Oh man, I feel so inadequate when I see posts like this. I wish I had y’alls vision! Thankfully your blog (and now hers) point me in the right direction!
If I weren’t resting my jaw on my hand, it would have hit the table! You and your friends have beautiful taste!
Both houses are just beautiful! I also live in a bungalow that we’re fixing up. Fortunately, we don’t have to do that much restoration. I’m was so happy to see what she did with the fireplace because ours is so blah! Now I know what to do to it to make it nicer without ruining the “integrity” of the house. I don’t know why, but I always worry about that!
Love it all!
Wow! My jaw is dropped. Everything is totally my style and done SO well. Thanks for sharing! I am pinning a ton of these for inspiration!
Loove the eye candy!!! GORGEOUS!!!!
Seriously drooling over here. Beautiful!
I can not believe how beautiful it turned out amazing work. The interior design is absolutely stunning.
I had come across Dorie’s home a while back and featured it on my blog too. It’s amazing what she did with the place! We have a bungalow too, so I was happy to see that she restored hers to all its glory!
Lovely! Bungalows are one of my favorite house styles, so it kills me when people start ripping out the old and add in new architectural elements. It never looks quite right. They did a beautiful job!
WOW. JUST WOW. That is a stunning makeover! I absolutely love the master bath, and the period-details throughout the house are a wonderful touch. Thank you so much for sharing!
Wow! What a transformation 🙂 She has a gorgeous home!!! I love her style and her blog. Thanks for sharing this great site.
And I just posted our farmhouse kitchen reveal, if you ever get an extra minute to check it out, I’d be honored 🙂 Have a great week!!!
Amazing reno, it has so much character now! I love, love, love that antique candy makers cabinet, what a great find!!!
Very beach house looking. I like what you’ve done with the place!
Wow! That’s so beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I absolutely admire people who are committed to restoring homes with this much love. And I love thinking about architectural styles. Are we in a new era now? For example, our home is circa 1992, so I don’t exactly have any desire to add back in any polished brass, hunter green wallpaper borders, or country heart accents. Actually we’ve been doing the opposite and taking alllll of that out! But I don’t know if these are just design trends from the ’90s versus an actual pre-millenium architectural style? YaknowwhatI’msayin’? Would love to hear your thoughts! 🙂
Wow! I love the renovations! I particularly love their kitchen. I wouldn’t mind cooking in there!
I’ve had the pleasure for the last two years to tour Dorie’s home during the annual Mesa Home Tours. Believe when I say the pictures don’t do her house justice. It is way better in person!
I’ve been obsessed with looking at this house and Kristen Albers ever since you posted them. So GORGEOUS!!! Love all the details they have put into their decorating style. Can’t stop looking at their beautiful homes. TFS
Love love love everything you have done with your home. It is beautiful!