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Little Ranch House Tour

Posted on July 31, 2019December 5, 2019 by jennifer froese
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As promised, here is a tour of our little 1200 sq. ft. ranch house. Dave bought this house 10 years ago before we were married, and as you can see from the “before” pictures it’s really come a long way. Most of our improvements were DIY, with the exception of some major things we weren’t able to do ourselves – like installing new windows. We also had to enlist some help with the kitchen in order to reconfigure the cabinets to accommodate a dishwasher and range.

I regret that I don’t have a lot of great before pictures. If you are in the “before” or “during” phase, my advice to you is to take those pictures! When you don’t love (or even like) the way things are with your house, it’s not really fun to take pictures. But I wish we had more pictures to look back on and see how far we’ve come! I honestly had a terrible attitude and at times I hated our house during the before stage. What I lost sight of is that it’s not the house that matters, but the people (and pets!) that live inside of it. Yes, it’s fun to fix it up and make your house your own, but don’t lose sight of the more important things in life! <3

If you are in the process of fixing up your house, know that you can DIY a lot more than you probably think you can. You can do it! Between Pinterest and Youtube and Google, you can figure out how to do almost anything. One project I’ve done that I never thought I’d be able to do myself is tiling the bathroom backsplash! I have included links to some of the DIY tutorials I followed for some of my projects.

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Kitchen

The kitchen was one of the first DIY projects I tackled at this house, and let me tell you what a difference it made! There’s almost nothing a fresh coat of paint can’t fix (like these terrible knotty pine cabinets). The cabinets were structurally in great shape and we weren’t ready to shell out a small fortune for new cabinets, so I painted them using the Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Kit in Linen (without the glaze included in the kit). We also installed oak butcher block countertops and a farmhouse-style sink from Ikea, along with a beadboard backsplash.

We don’t have a mudroom in our house, and the main entrance that we use opens right into the kitchen. Another one of my DIY projects included this wall with beadboard that matches the kitchen backsplash. I topped it with trim and installed these coat hooks from Amazon. It is so functional and makes the kitchen so much more organized!

We originally were hoping to knock down the walls that separate the kitchen, dining room and living room in order to make the house feel more open. After much debate (and realizing that would cost WAY more than we wanted to spend), we opted to have these wall cut-outs instead. As you can see, there is way more light flowing through the house now. We got a similar effect for a much smaller investment.

Dining Room

Living Room

The picture ledge above the sofa was another DIY project. I use pine boards and followed this tutorial from Chris Loves Julia. I finished mine with this Danish Oil in Dark Walnut. I used my magnetic stud finder to find the studs and screwed the ledge directly into the studs using 3″ wood screws.

Painting the knotty pine paneling in the living room really brightened up the space and made it feel WAY bigger. 10 out of 10 recommend! If you are painting knotty pine, it’s important to use a strong primer. I always use this BIN Oil-Based Primer. It works really well and I haven’t had any of the knots bleed through at all. I did two coats on just the knots and one coat on the entire wall. I wish I had used this primer on the kitchen cabinets, because there are a couple of spots where the knots are starting to bleed through. I mostly followed this tutorial from Young House Love on “How to Paint Wood Paneling.”

I installed this low-profile bracket to mount the TV on the wall, and also bought and installed this kit to hide the wires in the wall.

The fireplace and the insert are still a bit of an eye sore and it was next on my DIY list but now that we’re moving, it will stay there for the next person to worry about haha! I was planning to remove the insert, install a chunky natural wood mantle, paint the stones, and re-tile the hearth.

Bathroom

The bathroom was a huge transformation! I painted the cabinets and installed new hardware, and we installed a maple butcher block counter from Ikea.

I used mini subway titles and followed this tutorial from Jenna Sue Design to tile the backsplash. I love how it turned out! I do wish I had gone with a darker grout instead of the white grout that I chose, but you live and learn I guess.

Office

You can see a before picture of the office on this post.

Bedrooms

The built-ins in the master bedroom were another DIY and made our tiny closet so much more functional! Our spare bedroom below is super tiny, so it’s hard to get a good picture of it.

And that’s it! The house sure has come a long way, and I’m really going to miss it when we move. What are your favorite DIY projects you’ve done? What’s the next one you want to tackle?? Leave a comment below!

5 thoughts on “Little Ranch House Tour”

  1. Carolyn says:
    August 1, 2019 at 3:07 pm

    OOOOOhhhhhhh MMMyyyyyyyyyy GGGooooodness !!!!!!!! Absolutely Amazing!

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  2. Jessica Marchese says:
    August 15, 2019 at 11:55 am

    Just found your lovely blog via your Instagram account. Your house is beautiful. The simplicity and neutral tones are so pleasing to the eye. I can’t wait to try the cookies.
    Jess
    PS I am a pharmacist by day too. 👩🏼‍⚕️💊

    Reply
    1. jennifer froese says:
      August 16, 2019 at 7:02 am

      Thank you so much! I’d love to know how the cookies turn out!! 😊
      Jen

      Reply
  3. Betsy Christner says:
    April 10, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    Absolutely beautiful. I love your home.

    Reply
    1. jennifer froese says:
      April 10, 2020 at 8:41 pm

      Thank you Betsy!!

      Reply

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This window takes the cake for my favorite one in This window takes the cake for my favorite one in the house! It overlooks a giant silver maple from the second story of our old farmhouse and gets the absolute best light throughout the day ✨
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This white leghorn is the newest addition to our flock, and she actually showed up randomly in the fall and would hang out near the run during the day and disappear towards the evening. This went on for a couple of weeks, and then one day she wandered in when I had the door open and I couldn't get her out. So in she stayed!
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One egg a day is not quite enough to keep up with the baking and cooking for us, so I did have to buy eggs at the store the other week. Talk about sticker shock! I'm curious what prices everyone has been paying for eggs these days.
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Our baby may be arriving any day now (hopefully so Our baby may be arriving any day now (hopefully sooner rather than later 😅), but we've been busy harvesting honey from our hives! We just restocked with our freshly harvested raw honey at @martins.mercantile on Friday last week, so if you live in WNY you can head over there for your honey fix #🍯 I think it's extra delicious this year!! 😋 Just check out that beautiful golden color in the second picture 😍
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We took a trip to Joe’s Farm Market in town to gather some of the produce we needed for dinner alfresco the other night! We enjoyed caprese salad with farm fresh tomatoes and basil, pasta salad with roasted veggies, iced tea made with mint from our garden, and focaccia from a local bakery.
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