Watching this in 2024 and this lovely house still holds its charm - well done to Sam!

The before photos are AMAZING!!!

I love this renovation! There's a lot of balance between the modern and the old, unnatural and natural design, intricacy vs simplicity. It feels modern and yet livable. The pantry doors and the bathroom door are great ideas. I'm so glad that she didn't get rid of the fireplace in the bedroom. I feel like the rule is that you *never get rid of a fireplace because it can add charm to any room and can be easily renovated to look modern or antique.

I recently bought and renovated my very first house so I completely understand why she said the house was in bad shape before she did any work to it. to just quickly glance at the 'before' pics is one thing but once you really take a good look around in person, you find SO many things wrong with a house, esp if it's older. so don't judge. trust me, nobody wants to have to spend a ton of money on their reno, so if she says the house was in bad shape I believe her. plus it's HER home and if she's happy with what she's done to it, then that's ultimately all that matters. personally I would have changed a FEW things but other than that, I think she did a great job. it's gorgeous, looks very fresh and welcoming. nicely done.

I liked that she lightened and brightened her old craftsmen style house. She said it was a duplex, so a lot of her effort was bringing it back as a single family house. That old dining room had great woodwork, but was very narrow and needed to be opened up to the new kitchen so both rooms could breath. The painted dining room ceiling still showcases the beautiful coffers, but blends it with the new kitchen's white ceiling. It would have been too visually choppy and disjointed to not color connect those two rooms at the ceiling line. Kudos to her for keeping the dining room window trim stained. It adds the correct pop of gravitas to the combined rooms without overpowering them. They are a grand picture frame for the outdoor views! Likewise, by taking off the kitchen window wood trim and sleekly drywalling around them they blend seamlessly with the modern backsplash and counters. In good design "God is in the details". And choosing what to restore and what to modernize are the multiple design decisions a good interior designer has to make daily. Now, my question is where did she get the mosaic tile for her bathroom? If it isn't too expensive it would add that slight touch of sparkle to my planned small condo's bathroom ceiling redo!

old and new mixed , very fresh and contemporary not dreary or tired. Love it it breathes fresh life. Come on people lighten up ... why should old remain dark and heavy? It's about personal style and taste. She has good taste in mixing it up...it works.

That door is gorgeous! I love everything about this design.

This type of house can become really heavy and claustrophobic. I am impressed that she achieved a complete comfort zone for all the occupants and kept a spacious look throughout. Serendipity. I don't think we saw a photograph of the plastered in staircase so we don't get to see the heavy, closed in feeling that might have existed before. It was a shame to cover up the dark wood on the ceiling but stripping it would have been the only alternative. She kept the best features of the house - which is not a mansion, please remember !

I personally like the design, but people (in the comments) who doesn't like it doesn't understand the fact that different people has different tastes, and so they need to calm down and not be so disrespectful.

i dont see decrepit and dilapidated in the before photos...

It is shameful that she says this house was decrepit and dilapidated!! Ok so the house wasn't what you thought it could be but PLEASE!!

OK... does anyone else think the before looked REALLY nice? haha! She is exaggerating A LOT in my opinion!

what can i say, its stunning!

no shower in the master bathroom? That's not very practical.

Beautiful.

why paint the dining room ceiling... OMG

GORGEOUS!!! Wrestling with wanting to paint my master white but you have to pick just the right color!

love the dining room window. so happy you can see the natural wood.

This is one of the best renovations I've seen on your channel. The house is stunning. 😍

Wow! I just read through the comments and was stunned by the kind of commentary people think is acceptable. Make some constructive remarks and appreciate her hard work and style or keep the hating to yourselves!

I think she chose the right amount of wood to paint. It felt super heavy before with all the dark wood and she managed to keep some of it while lightening it up. Beautifully done. Master bath is my fave 😍😍😍 that floor tile and tub 🤗🤗

That gorgeous giant dog though!

This is So Simple. Easy Enough for Anyone could do.

The master bath floor is so pretty 😍😍😍

I was eating and not paying enough attention and when it ended I wasn't sure what she did to the house. I had to drag back to the beginning to find out and honestly like better the dining, living, and sun room before. The strangest thing is the living room with that white fireplace used to look so quiet and neat to me and then became kind of cluttered after. I do like those old doors she put in.

Hmm...I prefer the original fireplace in the master. My hubby would not be opening and closing those accordion bathroom doors tho ;(

love it!!

she painted over the wood on those AMAZING DINING ROOM CEILINGS??? WOW IM SO ANGRY

I liked the before better. Do not appreciate the wood on the ceiling being painted white. Loved the dark wood colors better.

Gorgeous Home!

I loved the bedding in the master bedroom.

Amazing-neat job.

How cute is the dog!!! 💖 love the design tho.

I love this,

Decrepit? Dilapidated? How much renovation design experience does this woman have? I would kill for most houses to start off that "bad".

LOVE IT!!!

The House "BEFORE" looks better than my house NOW! It didn't look "dilapidated" to me....

Linda ,maravilhosaaa,gorgeus!

Nice work updating that house. The wood work in the dining room was beautiful but it was just way too out of date to keep in original condition. Not everything can be sacred and you saved the best parts!

Stunning!

Absolutely lovely

omg people calm down!! she painted over some damn wood. jeezus. you'd think the world was ending with all of the bitching and whining in this comment section over a damn ceiling. you do realize the paint can be stripped and the ceiling can be taken back to what it was before, right?? ..and FYI she painted it white because it was way too heavy and dark and probably made the space feel like a cave. so there's that...

it is amazing plus I don't think it is stain it is pure lovely

Gorgeous

I Love so much new look

No shower in the master bedroom? That's awful.

Good job! I like your style.

She's a designer? Decrepit? You need to come out of your bubble! You've completely destroyed the original character of this Beautiful home. Yet she's excited about the staircase they found, and yet she painted all the original wood work! WTF?!

I like that some of the clutter was reduced

80 gallons of white paint - Check. Pair of cliche 1980s safari bar stools - Check. Several pairs of rustic (not "traditional") old, paint-stripped doors - Check. Complete lack of appreciation for classic, vintage home style - Check. More dollars than design sense - Check. Sounds like another cookie-cutter, white-washed "designer" job....

Great call places the bed under the window vs. getting rid of the fireplace. To white for me, but that seems the be the remodeling trend. Nice job!

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loved the dining room windows 😍

She acts like she did the house a favor.

Need to know where the after couch is from!! Looks so comfy

I feel bad for the bones....

I cannot believe you painted the coffered ceiling....

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You ruined that house.

Liked the “before” house a lot..😬

Based on her description you'd think the house was a dump. It looked good before. Just needed some updating.

Happiness remodeled too

Decrepit? Wow, she must have lived a charmed life, this place was nice even before.

the before was beautiful. nothing breaks my heart more than painting over beautiful wood beams. if that was 'decrepit' then please give it to me. why buy an old house only to gut it and turn it into white walls and marble? buy a new home then. such a shame

If I see one more diamond shape rug I'm going to scream

The ensuite without a shower is impractical. How do you clean up if you are in a hurry? Must you always have a bath?

For me . Shower is essential when u r in a ruch . Makes the bathroom less messy hhhh

Where did you get the pantry doors?

Noooooooo. Give us back thr original home!

I can believe she covered up that woodwork in the dining room I'm sick.

Decrepit and dilapidated? Seriously? And she said she wanted to bring the house back to how it was before. Then why would you ever paint all that wood??? It looked better before she touched it. The wood was beautiful.

The way this lady was going on, one would think that her transformation was going to be substantial, when in fact, it wasn't. Oh well.

American English is very interesting. In almost every video they describe, spaces, areas, places ... as 'moments'. I really don't understand this. Can someone please explain why that is? For me, a moment is to do with time. So how are they using 'moment' to describe an area or design?

The pantry doors look horrible.

Does anyone know what breed is the dog at 3:43?

Very sad to see such a historic home updated to in such bad taste. This lady pretty much ruined her historical home. If you want everything open and modernized. Please buy build a new house. Been house shopping and have toured many butchered historic homes. Very sad that some people don't enjoy the characters of the old home anymore.

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The house was already quite nice , after what you have done, really don't feel "wow" at all, desn't feel much has been changed!

It sickens me when the wood in beautiful old homes are painted over. It is just so disrespectful of their history, the natural element rebuked for white paint. It is a total disregard of what makes an older homes so long lasting.

I feel a big problem from many of these designers is that they add too many unnecessary decorations. This condo before it got renovated is a good example of keeping its simplicity but with its own personality.

It was gorgeous back in the modern days but this is too modern I feel like I want to throw up if there were not even a little change of it

I agree with the majority of the comments. The before house was beautiful. Too much white paint,white tiles, white toilets,tubs etc. In a house with children and adults all I see is fingerprints galore, spills, scuff marks and every little hair and dust ball. Who has the time to keep a place so clean white and pristine. I'm not knocking white since I have some in my kitchen but it's alot of work. I especially loved the dressmaker mannequin. A few splashes of color here and there adds more interest.

Was it just me or was this a design fail? After reading most of the comments I think most viewers agree that there were lots of design fail in the house. The before house wasnt totally bad. Needed just a refresh that would have celebrated its history. I would have kept the ceiling’s wood tones on the dining room and for practicality added a shower area on the large bathroom on the masters.

I find that draining the color erased the character of the place. They did a good job with the wooden elements, but why so obsessed with this sterile white?

That haircut is delapidated and decrepit

She sounds very snooty. The way it looked before was just fine.

This was decrepit and dilapidated?

After I finish the whole video, just reallize the most beautiful part of the dinning room ceiling has been ruined! If you want to soft it down, just use neutrual color furnitures, that ceiling was fantastic! Bad designer!

So... Just white paint. Snooze

Her hairstyle is tragic.

Big mistake painting that ceiling and wall details white. Shame!

she is Vivian. that house was so beautiful before. beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice

Too much white color...

She painted that beautiful wood in the ceiling ... omg she deserves a slap smh

She just ruined the house, She could embrace the traditional things but what she did was weird af . She just bought white paint and slathered it. What a loser. The original house was stunning. She should be ashamed of herself. It wasn't a major fix. It was destroying.

Not my style 🤷🏻‍♀️

Before better than after. Lady has walmart taste.

Honesty, the old doesn't mix well with the new. Not a good job.

In Short,she ruined that house.