NAFASI THE BLOG

The Backyard House was being neglected for a minute while we let the Main House shine. However the plan was set. Back there I wanted to have a more contemporary Art-House color blocked Studio vibe. Something like the colors in this floorplan- Watch as it slowly changes from a pile of mud to the beginning stages of that plan!  Starting with that bathroom. Hello! The original exterior door was closed up first. Then they started leveling off and smoothing the floor. Re-working all the plumbing as well.  They built the half wall to separate the shower for me while I was gone. You'll see we edit it a little bit later.   In the main space the floors are all smoothed out!  The pathway from the Main House is repaved. A constant state of disarray in that backyard until we finish. I can't wait to clear it out and grow some grass! Yuck 😜 Back in the bathroom they're adding my step for a dry changing area before you enter the show...

In the last entry, I searched and found the tiles and cabinetry color that we would be using. Since I now had this information, when I went back home to Rubengera I was able to really put my interior design plan together, so I could make better decisions throughout the rest of the renovation. I knew the ceiling and floors were pretty light, so I had some room to go dark with walls. I also knew that in the Main House I wanted to get a little more sophisticated and neutral (a little more) than our Rubengera home, which was supposed to have a more tropical vacation feel. So I put a board together mostly for the Main House first. Check it out!  The floorplan is very open yet still cozy. And the color palette is more refined. Here is the visualization board for the main room as well. Here you can see in the living room area, I wanted a nice charcoal colored wall anchoring that space, and a very comfortable relaxed feeling sectional. Then in the kitchen using dark cabinetr...

After a quick demolition of the interior walls, we were feeling good about our design plan. The space felt big and open finally. The next steps were ceiling and floors.  We decided to keep the ceiling that was in the original main room, and extend it back through the kitchen.  It's not the best quality, and the ceiling is a little wavy. But it is better for sure.  Then the next move they wanted to do was choose floor tiles! (While this is very fun and exciting for me, I do wish that flooring would happen in the end like in the US so that the tiles don't get scratched and chipped and painted on throughout the renovation. I am still being reassured that in the end, it will all be fixed. We'll see...) In a sea of bad tile repeated one store at a time, the challenge was  that  much more exciting to find the diamond in the rough... And there she is. The BEST tile ever. Faux wood ceramic tile. Love. Wait 'til you see them laid on the floor...