Portland Re-Design



SK carving the old concrete patio.
The back of the house has been cleaned and the landscape taken care of.
The roof looks new after a good pressure washing.
What a  hidden jewel.

The concrete patio off the kitchen is old, stained and cracked.
I have decided to use the random cracks carving vines and leaves with a Rot-Zip.
I then acid stained the carvings to give interest. This will take away from the ugly cracked mess.
I'm glad that we could save the concrete patio.
This saved us a couple of thousand dollars in replacement costs.

  
 
Before Before

Many hard hours later! The kitchen is finally gutted. Three layers of flooring were removed and all the old dented metal cabinets are in the back yard ready to be hauled to the dump.  
During During

Here is the exposed brick chimney in the kitchen.
The picture to the left is of the kitchen tile. I have placed several stainless steel medallions in the floor to tie in the stainless counter we are going to re-use.
This picture below is the cabinets being put in. The black marble makes a stunning backsplash.

New Tile

Black Marble



I had an interesting time installing the black marble. I learned how to polish cut marble edges on this job.
 




Hickory Cabinetry, re-using the existing stainless steel 15' counter. What an amazing find.
The fireplace has been updated with a cream travertine marble. The cool antique air vent is re-painted painted with a heat paint and replaced. The firebox has been steam cleaned and painted with a fire paint.

We will be putting on a mocha colored painted wood mantle


 


This old dark paint made the room look small and closed in. We have painted it a light vanilla and glazed mocha for an antique feel. All the window trim, baseboards and mantle are painted a mocha color to stand out from the walls.

This sure looks better than the spray painted brick of the original    fireplace.     








The bath was very oddly designed. We have gutted it, removed the old Formica surround and glass shower doors. The shower surround is now custom tile and we have made the counter double in size with two sinks. We have also made a second doorway into the master bedroom



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