Parker, Colorado Remodel

I was just about to post the remodel of the Texas home when I realized…I never posted pics of our last Colorado home remodel so all could see what we’ve already done! I sure miss my 3,000 sq.ft. Ranch Home in Colorado…but we’ll just keep working on this one here in Texas and see if we can’t get it lookin’ just as pretty!

 

Some history, the house in Parker was built in the 1960’s by a man, Mr. Calahan, who was a pilot and originally from California. The house was a familiar style for me…built much like the house on the Bonanza series which most California Ranch homes were, it was very open and spacious with Redwood beams brought in from California
2 inch knotty pine tongue in groove ceiling and rock walls through out the house. The rock was quarried right off the property!

 
 





Our entry way had a rock floor and an entry closet. As you enter looking straight ahead you see the sitting area near the fireplace.

 








The floors were concrete and we put in Birch Hardwood flooring. The little door on the left of the fireplace had originally been a wood box for the original fireplace.







 

To the left of the entry way was the kitchen that had a double oven stove, 11ft. counter with cabinets underneath, overhead pot rack and seating at the counter. We had mountain well water which was sweet and delicious. We put in added lighting features that made working in it a pleasure.    

There had been a cabinet over the counter which made the area dark and cramped. We put in the pot rack with lights and it opened up the space.

 

Over the dining room table we had tube lighting put in. Before it was a dark corner but now it was lit up all day! It was large enough for our dining table which had seating for 8! We could bump that up to 10 with a couple of extra chairs. The top cabinets  were the ones taken from over the counter in the kitchen and mounted against that wall keeping that cabinet space.
 

 

This is the hallway that leads to the bedrooms and baths. As you can see, it is solid rock...and therefore where we went during tornadoes! You can see the redwood beams throughout.







This was the first time I had tiled a counter!

 The two oval sinks made it difficult, but I was surprised that it was easier to do than what I had thought it would be! Got a great deal on the mirror from Hobby Lobby at half price off and the pattern in the tile and the mirror frame matched! Amazing find!

 We put in Saltillo Spanish Tile through a good portion of the house. This shows the transition from tile to the hardwood we put in.

This is the living room, looking straight ahead from the entry door. The view was gorgeous! Pikes Peak was to the left of the sliding glass door.

 

The living room from 2 angles. We put in a new energy efficient natural gas heating system, took out the skylights that were damaged, added a new roof, electric upgrades and tube lights (tubes that shoot light from outside in but don't leak like skylights can).