New England Farmhouse Home Tour | Follow along as a 1980s colonial fixer upper gets a complete DIY makeover and is renovated to reflect character and charm.
Welcome to our home tour! While our home is a work in progress, I’m excited to share what we have accomplished so far! These are photos from primarily the first floor of the house.
We purchased our home in July of 2012 in the suburbs of Boston. It’s in a beautiful neighborhood of 1980s/90s colonials, but each house still manages to have its own very unique character. While the house lured us in with incredible curb appeal and a flat lot, it was undeniable that the interior needed some updates. You can read this post to see the original before photos of the house.
Our main goal for this house is to create an old-world aesthetic inside and out. We love antique homes, but with a young family felt we wouldn’t have the time to renovate and maintain one. We instead opted to purchase a newer home and add the charm we craved.
New England Farmhouse Home Tour
I love your chandelier in your dining room. Where did you get it? Beautiful home. Love all the rooms.
Hi Laurie! Thank you so much! The chandelier is from Pottery Barn (affiliate link). It looks very red and brassy on their website, but in person it’s more black.
Beautiful home.just love it
Thank you, Patricia! :)
I love your bathroom! The pops of yellows & cute baskets, plus the candles are darling ! I also LOVE the exterior of your home! The cape style & the coloring- so darling & perfect! :)))
Paige.Rose
I love your dining room chairs. Where did you get them? Thanks!
Hi Cooper!
They are from Pottery Barn- The Wynn Chair in Rustic Pine
Hi – I absolutely love your powder room. can you tell me the name of the granite color and the sea glass border? You are an amazing decorator !
Hi Patty! I’m not 100% sure about the granite- it actually came with the house and we re-used it on the new vanity. However, it is similar to (but not exactly the same as) Bianco Sardo, which we used in our previous kitchen. The border is the Arctic Storm Mosaic from Home Depot. It looks VERY different in real life (as you can probably see from my photos) than it does in the product photo non Home Depot’s website, it is much more gray-green than brown!
Your kitchen inspires me! I dream of an all white kitchen…..I didn’t know what to do for a back splash but you have answered that question with your perfect white subway tiles. I don’t have room for an island, but if I did I would try to do one like yours!
I LOVE the bathroom makeover! We actually bought the SAME floor tiles from Lowes! What is the spacing between the tiles and the wall boards?
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful home…You guys have done a wonderful job…..Excellent…..Enjoy…..Happy Spring.
Your house looks amazing. I have no idea how you recognized potential in the original house. I would have just passed it over, not being able to envision what could be done. Could you do a blog post on recognizing potential projects in the bones of a home?
Thank you so much! That would definitely make an interesting post, great idea! I will add it to the docket :)
What a beautiful home you have. There’s not one bit of it I don’t love. I think I need to get on with mine now.
I love your breakfast area. Where is the lighting from?
Beautiful kitchen!! I love how your apron sink in the kitchen goes from the wall out requiring no cuts in your granite. We could really use one just like yours! Where did you get it?
You have a beautiful home! I could live in your mudroom, alone:) Your kitchen is a gorgeous with that fresh white, and I am super envious of your big, organized pantry. I love it all!
I just love your home. So much charm and character.
I dream of a white kitchen like yours someday.!
Thank you so much Dianne! :)
Beautiful home! What color is the paint on your mud room door? Thanks!
Thank you so much, Christine! It’s Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore.
Hi I just bought this sink and I am trying to figure out how to mount it. The countertops I’m looking at to mount the sink on are 3/4 inches thick and are granite (also refered to as 2cm) it seems like you have thin counter tops installed but I can’t tell exactly how thin they are. Do you know if you have 3/4 inch granite counters?
Hi Sully, we have standard 3/4 inch granite counters!
I love your beautiful home! You are doing a wonderful job updating it.
Phyllis
Thank you so much Phyllis! :)
Hi Nina,
I was wondering where you moved your laundry room to. We are thinking about making our laundry room a mudroom as well, but that means the laundry room has to go down in our basement. Just wanted to know what you did and how moving it worked out for you.
Traci
Hi, Traci! We moved it upstairs. It’s a long story, but I wrote about it in this post and also this one. We love having it upstairs!
Please share the color of the exterior of you house with me. I just LOVE the look Thank You Jeannie
Hi, Jeannie! It’s Benjamin Moore Gray Huskie
Hi Nina, I love the exterior of your home! My home is similar and we are looking to paint the outside. What color are your shutters? Thank you!
Kelly
Hi, Kelly! Thank you! They are Onyx by Benjamin Moore. A word of caution- the painters did a gloss even though I asked for matte, and they look navy blue with the light bouncing off of them.
Hi! I love what you’ve done to the house! Where did you get the blue vases (clear blue)? I would love to get some!
Hi, Tania! They were from Homegoods!
Well Nina, You’ve helped take me away from that dreaded task of going through all the emails sitting in my box. Instead I took a walk through all the pictures on your site and just drooled and felt so homesick. An Upstate New Yorker, now living in Georgia, I wanted so much to be back in the land of New England style homes. I love your home and all you’ve accomplished in it. You could set me down in any of the rooms there and in the Camp and I’d be happy. Keep showing the pictures and the temptations. I’m loving it. Thanks for helping me spend a wonderful Sunday with lots of memories. Love, Hugs, and Prayers, NanaPennypockets
Nina, your home is absolutely stunning! I love every space but that breakfast nook?? Swoon 😍 I could see myself there every morning having coffee with the hubby.
Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for stopping by, Steffani!
Beautiful home…inside and out. Have to chuckle as we lived in NH on the Mass. Border, but moved to border of Canada in Vermont. Love it up here.
That’s such a beautiful area, Alice! I’m glad you love it there :)
I love the renovations of your home. The outside paint color is so pretty!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Vickie! :)
Nina,
Everything is beautiful. Your kitchen island/table Is something I will do in my kitchen remodel. What flooring did you use in your kitchen/entry?
Hi Cecile,
Thank you! We used Virginia Mill Works Bell County Hickory (discontinued, but it is similar in finish to Harvest Hickory).
I love your house, and all you have done!! I couldn’t tell the color of the kitchen cabinets? I am debating painting mine as well (similar look and style as yours before) and been reading about chalk paint vs. latex etc…. Did you do it yourself? Any advice would be welcome! I also LOVE the kitchen island. Was that in there before? I am looking to get one similar but hubby is not the handy to make one….. sigh…..
Thanks!
Hi, Sharon!
The cabinet color is the stock white of INSL-X Cabinet Coat. Our full tutorial, as well as an ebook, is available here! We also built the kitchen island, which has a tutorial and plans here. :)
Can you tell me where you purchased your outdoor lights outside the front door and the dimensions? I’m looking for something similar for my house.
Thanks!
Kim
Hi Kim,
Here is the listing for the lights, which includes different size options with corresponding dimensions. We used the large by the front door and medium on the garage.
You have a beautiful home!
Thank you, Virginia!