With our "little" home reno project on the cabin finally wrapping up, I thought I would indulge in a Pinterest/Houzz before and after slide show to impress you all with our impeccable good taste. What started out as some relatively easy (and needed) home improvements to the home we bought in Shenandoah 3 years ago (replace the roof and deck, update the bathrooms etc.), blossomed into a full on renovation extravaganza that took 10 months to complete and involved doing much more than I just described. All in all, we did all that and also: added a mud hall, added two bedrooms, replaced all the light fixtures, repainted the exterior and interior, redid the hardwood floors and replaced all the carpets, added a bar counter in the kitchen, rebuilt the screened in porch, added an outdoor shower, replaced the hot tub, replaced the existing outdoor stairs and added a new set of stairs to the lake, updated all of the hardware in the house and on and on and on. In fact, we are still working away on a few last items, but the house is now in usable shape.
And so, the new and improved Camp Kelly is open for business and we are excited to receive our first guests! The door is open anytime so just say the word and we'll roll out the pine needle carpet! We can now sleep 6 adults and 7 kids comfortably. We have the lake in the summer with all that it offers (canoeing, fishing, swimming, kayaking etc.) and the ski hill in the winter (skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, apres skiing next to the fire). In between, we have hiking and exploring the area which is full of neat little towns from a different time. So come on down!
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| Before: The exterior front of the house |
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| Before: Stairs to back of house and front entry porch |
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Before: Front porch
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After: We painted the house a barn red, put in some bigger windows and redid the landscaping
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After: We enclosed a large portion of the old porch to make a mudroom, replaced the decking and added a chic new blue door and lighting fixtures.
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After: the mudroom with sliding barn door, industrial lighting and built-ins
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Before: Family room/dining area, loft and stairs
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After: New hardwood stairs with cable railing
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| After: We replaced the fan in the family room with a new antler light fixture and refinished the floors in here |
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A different angle of the same room - the view is out over the lake. We closed in the open loft to create a new master with lake views.
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Before: old deck
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After: new deck
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After: new deck
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Before: bathroom
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| After: bathroom |
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| After: bathroom |
I won't bore you with any more - you'll just have to come out and see yourself. We look forward to enjoying a cocktail and sunset like this one with you soon!
