Spec Home House Tour

Exterior Of Home Before

The week before Christmas, we found out that the sale of our spec home had fallen through $%#@!!!   It also occurred to me that I had never given a whole tour of the spec home.  So here you go.

 

Exterior of Home Now

The kitchen before had VERY nice new cabinetry from a few years ago, but it also had mismatched appliances, a laminate countertop (in a clashing color), and Pergo floors.  (I am not a big fan of Pergo......sorry).   Also, super dated lighting and plumbing fixtures.

The kitchen received new paint, amazing brick pattern tile floors, stainless appliances, lighting, granite counters, cool industrial faucet, and a really pretty crackle finish subway tile backsplash.  Look how much better the cabinets look with the right color countertop!

 

Julie (My Mom) sewed the new hand towels to coordinate with the curtain fabric that became the color inspiration for the whole project.

Julie also sewed the curtains.  The cute green tabs were a solution to a shortage of curtain fabric.

(Not sure how I managed to do that, but the tabs fixed it).

The new flooring, and getting rid of the ugly vertical blinds made a HUGE difference in the amount of light in the room.  Also notice the giant pine tree from the before that is gone in the after.  It is one of MANY trees that fell in Davis County in the huge wind storm.

It is hard to get a good picture from inside the bathroom, but the stripe in here is one of my favorite parts of the whole house.  It has a slightly metallic sheen to it, and looks really great with the marble floors, and Ceasarstone Counters.

We put new bathtubs in, and white subway tile surrounds.  Here is another look at the striped wall.

Besides the obvious new carpet and paint, we also widened the entrance to the family room at the bottom of the stairs, and put in a new iron and wood topped railing (in the left of the photo).  We also got rid of the obnoxious low hanging light fixture at the bottom of the stairs. 

 

At one end of the family room in the basement was a wide storage room.  It took a lot of the light from the room, and seemed like a giant waste of space, so we tore it out.  The family room is big and bright and open now.

I have written about the laundry room changes before.  I love this room now!

I have also posted this fireplace before too.  I think it is one of the most dramatic changes.  I wish you could see it in person.  The wood work fireplace surround is so beautiful in real life.

If you live in Utah, this house is back up for sale!  The real estate listing can be found here.

Heber City Dream Home

So what's on the agenda for this weekend?  Finishing up the decorations.....doing a little shopping.....some real estalking......Yup that's right.  I have been pretend real estate shopping again.  One of Utah's new "hot spots" is Heber City.  It's a little more rural than Park City, but still very beautiful, and becoming very elite.  It use to be nothing more than a quaint little valley with farms and old time milkshake shops, but the increasing popularity in Park City and Deer Valley, and the limits on availability there, have pushed the boundaries out further where second-home seekers will go.

This little (well this 5700 square feet) beauty is available to purchase, for just under $2 million.

There are 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms (so that your whole family and two of the neighbors can all be using the facilities at the same time).

There is also 1.2 acres of space to call your own.

This house is actually a tad too modern for my taste.  (I do like those bar stools though).

I think the bedrooms are lovely too.

It looks to me like the TV can be raised into the ceiling?  Not sure, but I love that cabinet to the left.

Super cute.  I wish we could see the bedside table better.  Those curtains are AWESOME.

Everybody needs there own personal massage room right?  The problem is, where is the masseuse suppose to stand?  It looks a little crowded in there.

This is actually my favorite room in the whole house.  I love the idea of using tile in unexpected ways.  That built in shelving wall is AMAZING.  I also really like the low sofa and the masculine IKAT pillow.

I hope there is another point of access to get home besides that tiny little bridge.  I'm pretty sure that thing wouldn't hold my SUV.  To see the complete listing, go here.

Have a great weekend!

Park City Heaven

I love Park City.  I really do.  I wish I could live there.  I know it might not be as "kid friendly" as where we live now.  And I know that there a lot of part time residents, which makes it a little difficult to be neighborly.  Still, I love it.

Occasionally I peruse the real estate listings there.  And of course I don't look at anything that would actually be in my budget.  If I am going to pretend real estate shop in Park City, I am going to do it with a pretend budget. 

Most of the time I find the design in Park City too literal........giant log furniture and light fixtures encrusted with moose and bears.   That's why I love it when I find a well done Park City home.  Rustic AND refined.  It's completely possible to have a beautiful mountain home that doesn't feel like an episode of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.  To view more pictures of this home, (yes there are more), view the real estate listing here.

Enjoy!