A Muddy 1950'S Bungalow Gets A Fab Light-Filled Make-Over

Sometimes I am too thus inward awe of what tin ship away last achieved amongst a piddling vision. When interior designer too decor shop possessor Kirstine and hubby Steve acquired their 1950's bungalow inward a pocket-size lakeside town exactly exterior Toronto, Ontario Canada, it was nighttime too muddied too inward desperate demand of TLC. The distich completely gutted the infinite too spent a twelvemonth transforming it into a wonderful open-plan, light-filled habitation on a budget for themselves, 2 cats too dog. I couldn't resist quest Kirstine a piddling to a greater extent than well-nigh the incredible transformation!

Before

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 Original layout

What operate receive got you lot carried out?
We did most of the renovation ourselves. It was a completely unopen off layout until nosotros gutted the entire place, drew upwards some blueprint plans too converted it to an opened upwards concept kitchen / dining / living infinite amongst a vaulted ceiling.

Sinnerlig Pentant, Bamboo lights from Etsy*

Were you lot daunted past times the sheer grade of work?
I am interior designer too worked inward the champaign for five years earlier I started my ain trouble concern inward decor rentals too running a decor shop. Steve used to operate inward construction, too thus nosotros both receive got sense inward renovating too nosotros typically know what we'll discovery behind the walls. Having said that, it was the craziest most intense matter we've e'er done - most people larn married too receive got kids, nosotros did this!!

I tin ship away imagine! What was your aim?
We loved the thought of the household beingness equally brilliant equally possible, equally earlier it felt pocket-size too dark. Adding windows on the dorsum equally good equally an exterior sliding door made this all possible.

After

How did you lot come upwards up amongst the thought for the shelving?
The room divider was really an thought I had, nosotros receive got our mutual frigidity air furnish vent inward the wall too instead of exactly having a pocket-size one-half wall, or a tall typical 4" wall, I decided to arrive a characteristic too something nosotros could use. That's where the shelf divider came in. 

There were some erm... quite stiff colours when you lot moved in. What was your approach?

I wanted the entire household white, to really bounce roughly the natural calorie-free flow, amongst splashes of olour similar inward the sleeping accommodation too office.

 IKEA kitchen cabinets painted inward Racoon Fur past times Benjamin Moore, KitchenAid hood

Where exercise you lot shop?

Most items inward hither are pieces I receive got come upwards across spell at antique stores or flea markets. Larger pieces, similar the sofa are some Article.

Sven Charme Article sofa,  for a similar carpeting endeavour the Kaya* (among others) from Anthropologie.


How would you lot clit your style?
I wanted a Scandinavian, bohemian vibe because I honey a gear upwards clean but colourful look.

Kirstine picked upwards the hutch cabinet at a thrift store. 

 The pair added the wood operate especial themselves over the infinite of weekend. It's been painted inward 'Malarca' from Home Depot. Source a similar jute carpeting here* too vintage swivel chairs here*.

What are you lot most happy with?

The natural calorie-free that flows through hither is my favourite matter well-nigh this household - too the fact that nosotros did it all ourselves! 

The sleeping accommodation has been painted inward Simply White amongst an accent behind the bed inward Sherwood Forest, both past times Benjamin Moore.

Thank you lot too thus much for showing us your fab bungalow Kirstine! I can't fifty-fifty laid out to imagine the amount of operate that's gone into it - but it was for sure worth it. Truly inspiring!

Can I exactly say, how cute is that dog?! He looks too thus happy on that carpeting too! 

If you'd similar to run into to a greater extent than of Georgina's latest projects banking venture gibe out her IG feed - or taste a browse roughly her lovely online vintage shop!

I've shown a charge of Scandinavian-inspired homes inward Canada lately. In example you lot missed them - receive got a peek at the lovely habitation of Émilie Desjarlais,  Lauren's old Monteal apartment (and her latest home across the hallway) too Juli Baker's white too wood cabin. What a dreamy bunch of homes, don't you lot think?!

I'm on my means to Dover, England offset matter tomorrow for a Scandinavian cruise. It sounds wonderful, I know, but exactly inward example the human is reading this -  it's definitely not a jolly - I've been asked to concur 2 talks well-nigh Scandinavian Design! Eeeeek! Feeling the nerves!

To decease on my hear off the talks, I'd honey to hear if you've done whatsoever major renovations inward your ain habitation too how you lot constitute it?

Sadly I realise I won't receive got fourth dimension to exercise a  weblog ship tomorrow - sorry! I'll definitely last dorsum on Fri though!

Niki

Photographs courtesy of Georgina / kirsten.diane shared amongst variety permission.