Silver Spring Remodel

Over the last few weeks we completed a full makeover of a brick split-level house in Silver Spring, MD for a client. The house was livable when it was purchased, although very outdated. The homeowner wanted to redo the kitchen and three bathrooms, as well as adding a screened-in porch and deck in the rear yard. In addition, the young couple wanted to repaint the entire house and update the lighting. While we were there, we replaced all of the shingles on the roof on the entire rear of the house where an overhanging tree had caused moisture damage.

The house came out really awesome. Construction took about six weeks, which was pretty great for the amount of work that was accomplished. The before pics can be found here, sorry I couldn't figure out how to copy them from the program:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=sgqhppe.8z4o0pri&x=0&y=bc9s9a&localeid=en_US

Here is the after:

On the exterior we repainted all of the siding and exterior trim as well as recasting the front concrete steps, which had cracked and shifted over time.



The new kitchen has stained white cabinetry with granite countertops. We also removed all the old linoleum flooring, leveled the floors and installed new tile.



The previous kitchen had no island. The island was added to increase counter space and provide a place to eat.



Here is a picture of the new screened-in porch. This space will be great in the warm weather, and at some point could be easily enclosed to add more living space to the house.



Here is the new deck and a better view of the sunroom. Previously there had just been a large concrete pad that was in poor shape.



The homeowners used several different colors throughout the house.



The bathrooms were all totally gutted. Here is the master:



And the hall bath:



A small room in the walk-out level was converted into a home office.



This is the basement bathroom. It was difficult to renovate because a large gas pipe runs along the wall underneath the vanity and could not be removed. We ended up making this vanity out of a wood block countertop from Ikea.



The second living room was painted and new carpet was installed.



In the lower level we installed a ton of shelving which was purchased for practically nothing from a Linen's and Things bankruptcy sale.