Before & After: The Lafayette Remodel

There is something especially rewarding about seeing a home take on new life. For the Lafayette Remodel, we had the opportunity to transform several spaces throughout the home, each with its own challenges and personality. From the kitchen to the primary bathroom, here is a look at where these spaces started and how they came together.

The Kitchen

The kitchen underwent one of the most dramatic transformations with a refreshed layout, beautiful custom cabinetry, and a lighter color palette. Opening up the layout made moving through the kitchen feel more natural, while custom inset cabinetry paired with a beautiful quartz countertop gave the room a classic feel. One of our favorite details was creating matching beams and installing them across the kitchen ceiling so the updates felt as if they had always belonged to the home. Finally, the finishing touches came through unlacquered brass hardware and a custom Roman shade, which add the perfect amount of warmth and softness to the finished space.

The Laundry Room

The laundry room presented an interesting challenge in this 1920s Denver square, with ceilings dipping as low as 6.5 feet and exposed plumbing running throughout the space. Rather than relocating the pipes, we carefully planned around them while simultaneously creating a consistent ceiling height. To complement the home’s history, we chose a palette of soft green, terracotta, and warm white paired with inset cabinetry and a light stone countertop. An octagon-and-dot floor tile adds character and a nod to the home’s original architecture, helping the laundry room feel right at home in a century-old house.

The Basement Family Room

The basement family room still showed signs of the home’s original construction, including aging lath-and-plaster walls that presented an interesting design challenge. Rather than replacing them, we designed custom wall paneling with Phillip Jeffries grasscloth inserts that worked with the existing walls while introducing beautiful architectural detail. To connect the room to the rest of the home, we installed wood flooring to match the first floor and introduced custom furnishings and textiles. Our favorite detail is the built-in bookshelves and window seat upholstered in rich terracotta velvet, which brings warmth and contrast to the surrounding wall paneling.

The Primary Bath

The primary bathroom focused on making better use of the space we already had. By relocating the vanity and reworking the layout, we created a spacious, two-person walk-in shower alongside a freestanding bathtub. Large-format tile covers the walls to create the appearance of continuous stone, while glazed hexagon floor tiles add the perfect layer of texture. What was once a conventional bathroom now offers a more generous bathing experience without expanding the room’s original footprint. And the best part? We even found room to tuck an infrared sauna outside of the shower!

Every room in the Lafayette Remodel came with its own set of challenges, but that’s what makes renovating an older home so rewarding. With a little creativity and careful planning, we made these spaces work harder while honoring the home’s character.