4th Project

Today's post will encompass 3 things; Cool Homes (is it wrong thinking your own home is cool?), my featured listing and a before and after of my home renovation. This renovation is my 4th one and my 2nd one in the Junction Triangle in Toronto and it was definitely challenging at times. Lot's of hard work, sweat and tears went into this project, more so then others and I couldn't be more excited that it's finally done. I would call this project my labour of love/hate. Lot's of valuable lessons were learned along the way, but I'll save those for another post. In the meantime, here are the before and afters.........

Before...Exterior


After...Exterior

Before...Entryway, Living Room and Dining Room

After...Entryway, Living Room and Dining Room

Whole main floor gutted and open!

Before...Kitchen 








After...Kitchen

Before...Extension/Mud Room

After...Extension/Mud Room

Before...Basement

After...Basement

Before...Basement Bathroom

After...Basement Bathroom

Before...Main Washroom

After...Main Washroom

Before...Upstairs Hallway

After...Upstairs Hallway

Before...3rd Bedroom

After...3rd Bedroom

Before...2nd Bedroom

After...2nd Bedroom

Before...Master Bedroom

After...Master Bedroom

I will make one comment regarding the master bedroom as you can't really tell from the pictures, I vaulted my ceiling in this bedroom, so it went from a 9 ft ceiling to a 16 ft ceiling!!!!

Before...Backyard

After...Backyard

Here is a video of my home with additional pictures:

For more information on my home, click here.

All photographs and tours done by the fabulous Joseph K Muscat for VentureHomes.ca

More details regarding all the renovations to follow in future posts. In the meantime, what do you think?

Project Update In Photos

I realized that I haven't done a recent project update on my home renovation. There were definitely some obstacles since my last update, but they have now been resolved and things are moving along. I'm anticipating that the renovations will be complete in a couple of weeks and I can begin the fun task of decorating. So here are some pictures, I'm sure you've probably seen a lot of these if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, but here's a round up of them all, located in one place.

Front Entryway/Stairs...Before

Front Entryway/Stairs...Now

Long gone are all the walls, making the main floor open concept and hello exposed brick wall! I decided to go with tiles in the entryway, hence why the hardwood floors didn't get extended into this area

I also ripped out the old stairs and decided to order these custom made steel stringers....the only thing missing....wood steps that will be stained the same colour as the hardwood floor. The look....floating, open concept stairs = love!

These new cedar posts complete the look of my stairs by acting as the new banister as well as supporting the 2nd floor considering the entire main floor is now open concept. I'm yet to install the cedar hand rail and the air craft cable wire that will act as my pickets in between the posts

Living Room...Before

Living Room...Now

Exposed brick fireplace hidden behind all that lathe and plaster, why would anyone want to cover this beauty up?


Kitchen...Before





Kitchen...Now

Ikea kitchen with a farmers sink and granite counter tops!


This stainless steel slide in gas range and a hood fan will be inserted here.....



This stainless steel french door fridge will be placed here........


Master Bedroom...Before


Master Bedroom...Now

I decided to vault my master bedroom ceiling, so my ceiling went from 8 feet to 16 feet, can't wait till it's all done!

Can you tell I love exposed brick? This chimney stack was uncovered and will be left uncovered, the remaining brick will be covered by drywall

Well, that's all I got for now, what do you think? Do you have a before and after you would like to share with me?

PS. I know I need to learn how to use Photoshop, it's one of my goals this year!