Hey friends! We hope you’re having a splendid week. We just wanted to drop in briefly to introduce another fabulous guest today. We’re honored to show you a bit of her home, and we think you’re just going to love all the fun ideas in this eclectic mix of a personal abode just brimming with DIY love.
Tania is a fabulously creative writer behind Run To Radiance. Here, you can see a ton of her awesome ideas and follow along while she and her husband continue to make a house their own home. What we love the most about it… as I’m sure you can guess, is how they’ve absolutely made it their own. So without further ado… Take it away, Tania!
Hi everyone! My name is Tania and I blog over at Run to Radiance. I am so excited to be here sharing with you all on The Handmade Home today since it happens to be my favorite blog! đ I live with my husband, Scott, and our two Mini Aussies, Boomer and Bella, over in Dallas, Texas. We moved into our home on our 3rd wedding anniversary- August 7th, 2012 and promptly began demolition the next day- we haven’t stopped since! We have done the majority of the work ourselves, and I am so excited to share our progress with ya’ll.
Our brick ranch-style house was built in 1964 and we are the second owners. The house had some great bones, but that’s about it. We have literally changed every floor, ceiling and wall in the front half of our house.
The first room you see when you walk in is our dining room. We decided to add a wall to this room to create a large butler’s pantry addition for our kitchen. You can see the wall we added in the photos below.
Besides adding and painting the walls, we added a nook to keep our serving items in since we entertain a lot. We also added some diy art and laminate floors throughout the house.
The dining room also happens to house the only two things we have kept from the original design of the house- the chandelier and the large mirror in the nook.
The living room was one of the biggest transformations in our house. There were several random, off-center lights in the ceiling, a very dated looking fireplace and surrounding shelves and a LOT of wood paneling.
We opened the floorplan by taking down the wall on the right side, which backed into the kitchen. We also hung an art gallery wall and completely transformed the tired-looking fireplace area.
If your house also has such a fireplace area, you can also decorate it with some small accessories, such as Custom Neon Signs. You can design the style of the neon signs yourself to match your house. They take up very little space, but may give you unexpected effect!
Our kitchen was very…green when we moved in. With lime green cabinets, trim and wallpaper, we knew we’d have a significant amount of work to do. We removed the wall to the left, allowing for an open floorplan between the living and dining room. We ripped out and replaced the cabinets with beautiful white cabinetry with brass hardware. We also tackled one of our favorite projects to date- we made our own concrete countertops! We absolutely love them.
Directly off the living room, there is a sunroom. This room is our favorite place to hang out on weekends when it’s warm out. We whitewashed the brick and added a table (perfect for Saturday morning brunches!) and hung a chair from the ceilings. I love sitting out there when it’s raining with a cup of coffee too. The room affords a great view of our beautiful backyard- along with the swinging outdoor bed we built!
Currently, we are finishing up our hall bath remodel. The house didn’t have a hall bathroom when we moved in- there was a master bath and a jack-and-jill bathroom. For our purposes we knew it would make more sense to have a bathroom that was accessible directly from the hallway itself, so we reworked the floor plan to allow that by tearing through a hall linen closet to create an entrance. We then took part of a closet from an adjoining room to add enough square footage for a bathtub, which replaced a tiny shower neither of us could stand straight in! We also converted a thrifted dresser into a vanity for a custom look.
We also added a light fixture from the 1940s, as well as gorgeous travertine tile. I have loved the horizontal planked wall trend for quite some time, and we decided to add it halfway up the wall. We plan on painting it a glossy white in the near future.
Our master bedroom might have been the most memorable “before” in our house. It featured a dusty rose ceiling and carpet, and a lovely pink wallpaper border along with lace curtains. Not our style of romance! We painted the walls and ceiling white, replaced the floor and added art. We used to joke that we would never spend any time in our room except at night with the lights off so we didn’t have to see anything. Now we are happy to be in there in broad daylight! đ
See the frames on the right side? I made them back when Ashley and Jamin had first released their eBook- Handmade Walls. Now they have the book in print, along with three additional books filled with amazing art to fill your frames! I picked both art pieces out of their books and can’t wait to make more frames to hang more!
Now let me introduce you to my favorite room in the house. It’s probably hard to tell from the photo below, but watch and see. We painted the room white, ditched the scary tweed curtains and the faux wood-grained ceiling fan and made magic happen. We transformed the room into a studio area for me to work on all my arts and crafts projects!
If that wasn’t enough goodness for one room, we also added a built-in library! I happen to be a giant book nerd, and one of the happiest days of my remodeling life was when we got to open all the boxes of books that had lived in our garage over the last 18 months, and put them in their new home.
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Isn’t the transformation amazing? I certainly feel inspired! She gives me the needed gusto and motivation to get behind this bath redo we’ve gotten ourselves into! Be sure to check out more of Tania’s adventures at Run to Radiance… I can’t wait to see what else they do! What’s your fave space?
cassie says
such a pretty home! i love the dining room and would love to have an office/workspace like that!
Erin @ House Envy says
Wonderful vision for their home. It looks gorgeous!
Susie Hatley says
Love your style! Great job. Can you tell me where you found those fabulous green lights in your kitchen?
Tania @ Run To Radiance says
Hi Susie! đ
Thanks so much for the kind words! They are from Ikea- http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80237310/
They are actually designed to be plugged in, but my husband spliced the wires so that we could hard wire it instead. đ
xoxo
camila mendoza says
The changes you have made to that house are nothing short of amazing! Keep up the good work.
Jess says
Yay Tania! Your home is beautiful. đ
Trish @TheOldPostRoad says
Absolutely love the new house! How fun to so drastically transform something!
Volta says
Absolutely adore the decor! Amazing job!
So inspiring! I especially love the studio – looks like a great place for some creative flow!
Brynne@TheGatheredHome says
I love Tania! And I love her home – it’s so gorgeous! The kitchen/living room before & after transformation is stunning!
Jessica says
Absolutely stunning!! I’m in awe. What a beautiful transformation. So warm and inviting. Love it love it love it
Anne says
Hi! What is the name of the wall paint that you used in the living room (beige)?
Thanks!
Tania @ Run to Radiance says
Hi Anne! It’s Benjamin Moore Edgecomb Gray. đ
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Love Tania’s blog and what she’s done with her home!
Laura Bailey says
Wow! I really loved this fabulous spin through Tania and Scott’s house. I really love their kitchen/family renovation (especially the green pendants and open layout). You are very talented and your house has a fun personality. As a fellow blogger, http://www.housecallsdesign.blogspot.com, I am always looking for inspiration. Thanks!
Michelle says
Wow! What a transformation! I am so inspired that they did those projects themselves. It’s amazing that they saw what potential that house had when they bought it. I am definitely stealing these ideas for my own home! Thanks for sharing!
Trisha Kelly says
Love it! Amazing transformation by an amazing couple. I really like the bright open space.
Anne says
Perfect! Thanks.
Stacey says
Hi, I’d love to know a little bit more about the whitewashing of the bricks, particularly the fireplace? Do you buy whitewash paint or is it more a technique? And did you paint the inside of the fireplace too? Thankyou, the house looks great.