Flip Project - Kitchen & Bonus Room Update

Hey there!   It's been awhile (like three months)... but I'm back to give you an update on our flip project (#belmontflip).  If you missed it, you can see the before pics here.  Things are really starting to take shape & it's fun to see design decisions that I made months ago, all come together.

Thought I'd start with the little bonus room at the back which is just off the kitchen & leads into the backyard.  This room had something I'd never really seen before on the walls...I'm calling it plastic panelling because I really don't know what it was but that's what it looked like.  Let's just take a little peek at the before.

I wanted to visually elevate this room a little & also visually expand it, so went with shiplap on the walls.  What a difference a little bit of shiplap makes.   This room will be an eating area on one side (across from the fireplace) & a mudroom on the other side.  I wanted it to feel like a living space and not at all like  a mudroom so the texture on the walls really helps with this.  You can see that we moved the window & put french doors leading to the backyard.  We also installed a electric fireplace as this room has no heat source.  This is the first time I've ever used an electric fireplace... they really give off a lot of heat... who knew?  And this industrial light is from Lowes.   I'm really impressed with the lighting selections that Lowes has right now... great price point & style.  Most of the lighting in this house is from Lowes.   

We went with a longer click tile but I did it in a check... because of the threshold, I had to choose one that was very thin. 

Through the barn door you enter the kitchen... you can see the other side of it below.

This tiny kitchen has been quite a design challenge as it has one wall with two entrances & another wall with a large window...  I believe it's 10' x 7' so not a lot of room to work with.  I'm using a few tricks to make this tiny kitchen seem larger which I'll share a little later.  This week the farmhouse sink from IKEA was installed & the insdustrial 
light from Lowes.

All the work on this house has been done by master carpenter & partner on this flip, Mike VanHemert from MVH Custom Carpentry.  
He also made the custom cabinets in the kitchen & the barn door.

Next up is the bathroom on the main floor, which has just been gutted.

In the meantime you can follow me on Instagram @styletomoveblog if you want to see updates as they happen.  I'll be back soon to show you the progress in the loft & master ensuite.

Have a good week!