1906 bungalow

Yesterday I had the opportunity to take a tour of the historic Mesa home of Dorie and Roger Understiller.  I have followed Dorie from her blog "Tuesday's With Dorie" for awhile now and was thrilled when she posted that they were opening their home for anyone interested in taking a peek.

All I can say is this couple has great vision, for being able to take this home....

Down to this....

And end up with this....

Living for two years in the very small guest quarters, the Understillers went to great lengths to restored their home back to it's original craftsman bungalow style.  For instance, the previous owners had turned the corner of the wrap-around porch into a laundry room.

They converted it back to this huge beautiful front porch.

Porch before

Porch after

The front doors - before

Front doors - after

Back of the house - Before....

Back of the house - After...

I think my favorite thing about the house were all the beautiful old doors and windows....gorgeous!
Living/dining room

Check out this bathroom....windows, tub, shower curtain and lighting, all amazing!

Downstairs bedroom....wouldn't you love to sleep here!

This was an interesting feature....a door from the bedroom going out to the front porch.  Dorie explained that when the house was built this was most likely an office with a separate entrance.

Entering the kitchen

Can you guess Dorie's favorite color?  Beautiful cabinets....

Love these little knobs... 

 

Mason jar chandelier....

Awesome sign! 

From the kitchen looking towards the laundry room.

Notice the framed flashcards behind the dog dish...

I think I would want to spend more time folding clothes if my laundry room looked like this!

I was surprised to find out that most of the house interior (excluding two rooms) was painted one color.  The shadows and play in light made it feel that the colors were different as you went from room to room.  It's a great tan color with green undertones from Benjamin Moore called Hush.

Walking through this house was truly inspiring and gave me new enthusiasm for wanting to do something new and fun to my own home.   Thanks to Dorie and Roger for their wonderful hospitality and making us feel so welcome.  I will finish the rest of the home tour early next week....you will love it!

see you then,

deb