Monday we saw the Wren & Willow cottage’s kitchen renovation, and Tuesday, their two glamorous, deco-style bathrooms. Today, a look inside the living room and two bedrooms — all designed with a 1940s big-screen Hollywood aesthetic that give this little jewel of a house even more sparkle and shine. We’ll also hear the (other) surprise happy ending for this 900 s.f. worker’s cottage.Heck yeah there is more →
Glamorous deco-style bathrooms for the Wren & Willow 1940s cottage
Yesterday we saw Wren & Willow’s kitchen renovation, and heard from owner-contractor Laureen Skrivan about her company’s plan to remodel it to rent on Airbnb. Today let’s look at the bathrooms — all-new, but designed to look like they’d always been there. Heck yeah there is more →
Wren & Willow’s little bit of perfection 1940s house remodel: Let’s start with the kitchen
Laureen Skrivan, general contractor / owner of Wren & Willow
This is exactly the kind of story I was hoping to ultimately see lots of, when I started this blog nine years ago: Contractors … professional remodelers … house-flippers, even … who would see the charm in the original architecture of midcentury homes and instead of updating them, would Retro Renovate them. And not just fancy architect-designed midcentury houses. Charming little ones — the midcentury modest homes — too. And that’s just what the general contracting company Wren & Willow has done: They took a needs-work 1940s cottage and gut-remodeled it to look brand spanking new — new, ala 1940. Owner Laureen Skrivan contacted me about the project. She’s got quite the story, too. And oh, there’s another twist happy ending. This story has everything… and there’s so much to show that I am going to spread it out over a few days. Today: The kitchen, which is sure to blow your bobby socks off!Heck yeah there is more →
