Mid-Century Childhood Home Renovation

Whole Home Remodeling

About Project

Homeowners Austin & Kim came to us wanting to renovate their mid-mod home in Grinnell, Iowa. The home is very near to both of their hearts because Austin's father actually built the original house and it's belonged to the family ever since. The home features a lot of amazing original details that the clients wanted to not only preserve but enhance. Some of these features include limestone walls and floors, plexi-glass & wood lighting, large vaulted ceilings, faux beams, & large trapezoid windows.

The biggest pain points of the existing house were that that the primary bedroom and bath were very dated and cramped, the kitchen/ dining room were closed off from the rest of the living room by a partition wall, and the open air lanai was being un-utilized.

In my design I converted one of the existing first floor spare bedroom to become their hall bathroom, while the existing guest bath and office were consolidated for a larger primary bedroom, bathroom, closet and laundry room. We took down the partition wall between the kitchen and living room providing that open concept feel that the client was after and enclosed and finished the lanai as a space to house Austin's ample bicycle collection. We also, added a new full bathroom to the basement while updating all the finishes. The home's exterior was painted a darker more striking mid-mod inspired color that truly enhances the richness of the new vertical cedar detail at the entry.

Location:

Grinnell, IA

DURATION:

4-5 months

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