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We’ve lived in our 1964 ranch style house for the past 7 years with our 2 teenage daughters, and there’s always some type of project in the works. Today, I am sharing our 1960’s ranch style home tour. What do you think about this 1960s ranch house remodel?
And, there’s basement room left over for laundry facilities . Plus a recreational activity center or an extra bedroom. Garage includes handy built-in storage compartments. The kitchen, just a few steps from a private service entrance, overlooks the childrens’ outdoor activity area. Notice how the bathroom is centrally located to service all three bedrooms . Yet is just a few feet from the living room.
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Yet it is distinctively set apart from the living area with an “eye-catching” room divider. This two-story, three-bedroom Traditional home, the largest in the series, was truly designed to meet the needs of expanding families. Large corner windows define the living room, which may be used in conjunction with the combination dining-family room .
We filled the void with a ton of dirt and added sod. We did all this because the original view from the street was wonky. With the yard dropping off to the left, exposing the basement, the front perspective of our home always felt off-kilter. Adding the retaining wall effectively “righted” that view. Concealed accent lighting….Finally another house that has the same feature my 1980 home has.
Special note: Today I am Debbiedoo’s a guest over at the Anita’s back porch of Cedar hill Farmhouse
I love the new front porch which is what I am researching at present. I have only been in my new home for one year and have to slow my execution down each week because I am excited to see the vision and want to get it done quickly. Our backyard is very large, so my progress requires great planning and budgeting!! Would love to talk about the interior work I want to have completed, inclusive of a two story master bedroom and bath. These low-slung, sprawling homes attract many homeowners with their asymmetrical shape commonly configured in an L or U-shape design.
In the before of this kitchen, you’ll see 1960’s features like orange linoleum floors, a soffit above the ceiling, and gingerbread molding on the cabinets. This room was also very closed in and not functional. The water heater was in a closet on the wall along with the furnace taking up almost all of the storage that should go towards a functional kitchen. The cabinets were made of particle board in pretty bad shape so we had to start from scratch. Although seemingly a small deal, this effectively lifted the roof off the walls and windows of our home – allowing us and our house to breathe easier.
s updated ranch style home tour
Love how light and bright every room is now. I don’t have a before photo for the laundry room, but rest assured, this home has one that’s ready to go. I love the look of the butcher block with the vessel sink and painted cabinets.
I ended up painting them Sage by Jolie and LOVED the end result. When you walked into the home you were greeted by doors left, right, and center. There were walls and doors closing off every space in the home. The living room felt so small and had no character. The first thing we did was open the walls up. This meant adding a beam since one was load-bearing.
Spacious home with a well-planned kitchen
They had shiny, round brass knobs which I switched out to oil-rubbed bronze, and that helped. Once we updated the windows and removed the old brick from the wrong places and added it to the right ones, we painted the brick with Romabio Limewash. It’s held up great over the last 3 years and I would highly recommend their product. So we simply painted it with several coats of latex paint. Hey Adria, thanks for reaching out with your question. You’re not the first to ask…so I definitely plan on doing some posts on our interiors…maybe even just pics with a few comments.
This kitchen with the golden glow looks friendly and inviting. Doors, woodwork and ceiling beams blend with the rich, warm tones of cabinets and paneling. Here’s a home full of surprises — yet it doesn’t go to extremes in design. A 2-car garage is placed well in front of the house, thereby creating a private L-shaped entrance patio and garden.
It was one of her favorite pieces, and is now one of my favorites. It’s always nice to have special pieces like this in the house. Last spring our master bath got a very much needed remodel.
Help you redeem what you want redeemed…if you only lived closer! Would love to have a 103 year old farm house of my own!!! There’s just something about houses with a deep history that brings so much meaning and texture to a home! Oh…and if you have any contacts in the TV world…we’d love to expand our footprint wider to help folks redeem there yards, homes, life! Yes, quite a transformation that we really love living in…and the story it tells!
And opens directly to the terrace, screened by both the garage and a decorative fence. What is the paint of your living and dining room? Looks like a soft golden/tan tone and looks wonderful and warm with the stained trim wood.. I have had trouble finding a color that does not turn the old reddish colored pine trim on our two picture windows too red and look awful. In the master bedroom, we have a casual, laid back style.
