Living Large In Small Spaces - Sweet Small Home in Upstate New York

Welcome to the 112th post in the series

"Living Large in Small Spaces".

Today it's my pleasure to welcome AnnMarie of the blog Musings of a Vintage Junkie to Living Large In Small Spaces. AnnMarie is sharing the darling home of her niece and her husband, and the story behind it.

Enjoy!

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I am a regular follower of Nancy's blog and I love her series,
Living Large in Small Spaces. You can imagine my excitement then, when
I realized that my own niece, her husband and daughter are
doing just that. Thank you to Nancy for allowing me
to share with you their sweet, small home
in Upstate New York.

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When you see a turquoise mailbox post amongst the regular brown ones all down the street, you can assume these homeowners love color....

And you'd be right!

This cute updated ranch home built in 1991,
is full of color and charm, design and character.

Behind the turquoise door

and the pretty turquoise accents on the porch....

is a DIY lovers remodeled dream home decorated

in a contemporary eclectic style by its owners,

my niece Danielle and her husband Mike.

Together, with their almost 3-year-old daughter Bria, they are 

living large in this small space. The square footage

is 1176 with about 700 more square footage in the

recently renovated basement.

The home didn't look this fresh and cute when they first

bought it in 2013. As a matter of fact

the homeowners insurance was cancelled

until they removed the overgrown landscape. This home

had been neglected for some time.

They pulled out all the old trees and bushes around the house back then

and recently had the new patio installed in the front and back.

They planted the new landscape themselves....

along with a vegetable garden in the back.

They did most of the interior work

themselves over the past four years. The first year

they gutted the inside, painted the walls, put the 

floor in and painted the kitchen cabinets.

Danielle and Mike are fortunate to have the same

taste in decorating. Mike is a master at painting

and they chose the colors and décor together,

Danielle having the final say of course!

Let's take a look inside. You will see some different themes 

throughout, like turquoise accents, wall stickers, 

bold colors and Mickey Mouse!

Walking through that pretty front door you are greeted by this sweet wall.

From here the home opens up to reveal bedrooms

 to the left,  living room to the right and kitchen and porch in the back.

Here is some of that color I mentioned....

As you can see, Danielle loves pattern and color and texture.

She has a degree in interior design and finds lots of inspiration  from HGTV (the channel and the magazine),

the Property Brothers in particular.

I can see that!

She also gets inspiration from her Mom. 
Growing up in a beautifully

decorated home with a lot of different design elements, she 

can take advantage of her Mom's eye for decorating and 

have the benefit of some great hand me downs.

The kitchen is painted a bold pink

with white cupboards and turquoise accents....

and lots of other colors mixed in.

The doorway into the living room was recently opened up by Mike 

which gives it all a better flow.

What you don't see anymore are dark cabinets and floor, old appliances

and one of those drop down cupboards over an island.

There are sweet wall stickers on the doors and walls throughout

which adds so much personality.

The one above is on the kitchen door to the garage and the next one
is on the basement door. Danielle has a love of
Mickey Mouse as you will see throughout the house.

Words with nice sentiments are sprinkled throughout...

Across from this door is the hallway to the bedrooms and bathroom.

The cute chair is a hand-me-down from Danielle's Mom
and the light fixture is something her Mom found while
out of town. Danielle loves light fixtures!

There is so much going on in this little hallway and a

look to the left or right fills your senses with

more color and texture and design.

The use of gray walls just makes the color of the décorative items pop.

Every wall and corner is used to its full potential.

In the second year the bathroom was completely gutted
and Mike did all the tile work, painting
and installation of everything new.

The dramatic colors and pretty tile makes for a very pretty bathroom.

Across the hall is Bria's room. Did I mention that Danielle loves pink?!

There is a guest room/office

and the Master Bedroom.

Danielle did the vertical wavy stripes on the opposite walls

with complimentary colors.

Off the kitchen is an enclosed porch where Bria has
her toys and play time.

And finally, the newly renovated basement. A contractor did
the walls, the structural elements and the bar.
Mike and Danielle did the rest.

They added another full bath in the basement
with a Florida beach theme.
They lived in Florida for 3 years
and brought some back with them.

All of this work and decorating inside plus

the siding, roof, landscape and patio was

done in the last 4 years.

For a young couple to have a home like

this in that short amount of time

is just remarkable.

Is it their forever home?

 Maybe.

There are more projects coming up

but until then, every day

they are Living Large!

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Thank you, AnnMarie, for taking us on this delightful tour of Danielle and Mike's home.

Join me next Saturday for another post in the special series

 Living Large in Small Spaces

See more home tours in the 

Living Large In Small Spaces Series here.