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Vintage Bungalow Renovation in 5th Ward Coming Soon!

This 88 year old bungalow has definitely seen better days and the team here at Houston Vintage Homes couldn’t be more excited about restoring it to it’s former glory! This 3 bedroom 1 bath home is just under 1,000 sq. ft. of living space with a formal living & dining room in it’s current configuration!

Early design plans call for adding a spa-style Master Bathroom, a private deck & water garden off the Master Bedroom in addition to a total redesign and update to the exterior. As with all of our projects here at HVH it will get The Kit as we like to call which consists of all new mechanicals (Electrical, Plumbing & A/C) along with all new foundation, roof, windows, exterior siding and doors!

Now many would ask, why not just tear it down and start all over? Great question… our vision at HVH is built around restoring old homes like this back to their former glory! In our opinion, it would be a travesty to tear down a house like this when structurally the home is pretty sound! Yes, it has endured many years of deferred maintenance and lack of care but we can see tons of potential in this home and we believe that it will be a highlight in the area once it’s complete!

Stay tuned for more updates as we begin to make this home great again!

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Introducing the Boutique Closet by Houston Vintage Homes…

Introducing the Boutique Closet…

Almost anyone can renovate or repair what’s already existing and make it look good but here at HVH we pride ourselves on creating and designing! Take this seemingly nondescript photo of some 2×4’s installed in a bedroom…

But in fact, this is, in our humble opinion one of the best Master Bathroom & Closet designs we have made thus far! I know you can’t tell from what you see right now, but do trust there is soooo much going on this photo, you have no idea!

What I can share at this time about this particular project is that it will feature an oversized shower with dual shower heads, a body wand and rainfall showerhead and a full length bench for the ultimate relaxation after a long day! The closet will feature a full fledged dressing area, built in dresser and an oversized built in shoe-rack for all of the shoe-lovers and one or two other goodies I can’t mention!

As you can see, all of our designs have hidden goodies and secrets that we can’t share until we do the complete reveal on the project, this keeps things interesting! Stay tuned for more design updates on the Boutique Closet!

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Spring Break Design Getaway to New Orleans…

Spring Break Design Getaway to New Orleans…

For Spring Break our family took a road trip which afforded us plenty of time in the Big Easy for trekking all around the French Quarters, taking a million pics and absorbing as much of the creole flavor that we could muster! A trip to New Orleans is always sensory overload for us as there is so much style and ambiance to experience…

The music, the food, the architecture and of course the people with their creole, cajun accents! Here are some of the wonderful homes we captured…

We are madly in love with Shotgun Doubles which are a very popular duplex design you will find all over New Orleans in varying colors, styles and trim levels! Some have simple shutters while others will have wrought iron rails with extensive scrolling, very detailed trim and gorbels and antique gas lamps on the porch…

 

A trip down Bourbon Street wouldn’t be complete without stopping in at the Bevolo showroom and factory where they actually hand make each and every one of their amazing gas lamps! These lamps are amazing and it’s poetry in motion to witness their artisans take sheets of copper and mold, form and create these amazing lamps that are shipped all over the globe!

We actually took way more photos but many of which will be used for a current design project we are working on so you will have to stay tuned for more cool design content from our design road trip!