Interior Design - Comfortable & Grand Renovated Old Family Home
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- On houseandhome.co..., Toronto designer Sam Sacks outlines the steps she took to turn a major fixer-upper into a dream home for her family of five. See how Sam uncovered surprises (like a gracious wood staircase hidden behind a plaster wall) and made the original 1910 features look fresh, plus see how salvaged doors help personalize this formerly 'decrepit duplex.'
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The before photos are AMAZING!!!
You could honestly switch the before and after photos and I'd completely believe it.
I love this renovation! There's a lot of balance between the modern and the old, unnatural and natural design, intricacy vs simplicity. It feels modern and yet livable. The pantry doors and the bathroom door are great ideas. I'm so glad that she didn't get rid of the fireplace in the bedroom. I feel like the rule is that you *never get rid of a fireplace because it can add charm to any room and can be easily renovated to look modern or antique.
Watching this in 2024 and this lovely house still holds its charm - well done to Sam!
I recently bought and renovated my very first house so I completely understand why she said the house was in bad shape before she did any work to it. to just quickly glance at the 'before' pics is one thing but once you really take a good look around in person, you find SO many things wrong with a house, esp if it's older. so don't judge. trust me, nobody wants to have to spend a ton of money on their reno, so if she says the house was in bad shape I believe her. plus it's HER home and if she's happy with what she's done to it, then that's ultimately all that matters. personally I would have changed a FEW things but other than that, I think she did a great job. it's gorgeous, looks very fresh and welcoming. nicely done.
Agreed. I’m about to start a renovation of a 1960s home that hasn’t been lived in in nearly 5 years. You want to keep the historic charm, but you also have to be realistic.
alophn exactly.
my home was also empty for 4-5 years and omg what a straight out of the 60s-70s nightmare it was. as much as I wanted to keep a lot of it's "older charm," it has taken me almost 2 years just to get it into a livable state. that's another thing I should add. on TV they make renovations look so easy and quick...pahahaha!! of course it looks quick and easy. that's usually because they have a crew of 30+ people on the job and a much bigger budget to work with than the average person would have. and even if you do have a lot of people helping and a ton of money to pour into a house, if you buy an older house and/or a foreclosure like I did, then you are almost definitely going to run into ( a lot of) things along the way that were not planned.
I have lost sleep over my house. I have lost patience over my house. and I've almost lost my sanity once or twice. lol. it takes a lot out of you, but in the end (and I promise it does end, lol), it's so worth it, because you've created a home that you can call your own.
..congrats on your new house and I wish you the best during your reno. stay strong. 💪 😊
jjenn 33 I'm glad you made it through to the other end. I'll remember this during those moments of regret that may creep in. LOL
alophn lol. maybe a few meltdowns and some f-bombs, lol, but no regrets!! you can do this!! ..shoot me another comment when you're finished. I'd love to know how it turns out!
LOL. Definitely will do.
I liked that she lightened and brightened her old craftsmen style house. She said it was a duplex, so a lot of her effort was bringing it back as a single family house. That old dining room had great woodwork, but was very narrow and needed to be opened up to the new kitchen so both rooms could breath. The painted dining room ceiling still showcases the beautiful coffers, but blends it with the new kitchen's white ceiling. It would have been too visually choppy and disjointed to not color connect those two rooms at the ceiling line. Kudos to her for keeping the dining room window trim stained. It adds the correct pop of gravitas to the combined rooms without overpowering them. They are a grand picture frame for the outdoor views! Likewise, by taking off the kitchen window wood trim and sleekly drywalling around them they blend seamlessly with the modern backsplash and counters. In good design "God is in the details". And choosing what to restore and what to modernize are the multiple design decisions a good interior designer has to make daily. Now, my question is where did she get the mosaic tile for her bathroom? If it isn't too expensive it would add that slight touch of sparkle to my planned small condo's bathroom ceiling redo!
old and new mixed , very fresh and contemporary not dreary or tired. Love it it breathes fresh life. Come on people lighten up ... why should old remain dark and heavy? It's about personal style and taste. She has good taste in mixing it up...it works.
That door is gorgeous! I love everything about this design.
I personally like the design, but people (in the comments) who doesn't like it doesn't understand the fact that different people has different tastes, and so they need to calm down and not be so disrespectful.
i dont see decrepit and dilapidated in the before photos...
love the dining room window. so happy you can see the natural wood.
This type of house can become really heavy and claustrophobic. I am impressed that she achieved a complete comfort zone for all the occupants and kept a spacious look throughout. Serendipity. I don't think we saw a photograph of the plastered in staircase so we don't get to see the heavy, closed in feeling that might have existed before. It was a shame to cover up the dark wood on the ceiling but stripping it would have been the only alternative. She kept the best features of the house - which is not a mansion, please remember !
This is one of the best renovations I've seen on your channel. The house is stunning. 😍
It is shameful that she says this house was decrepit and dilapidated!! Ok so the house wasn't what you thought it could be but PLEASE!!
EXACTLY!! I was like the hell is she talking about?
I'm sure the house got over it.
Oll
Denise Headd my thoughts exactly!!!! It was a grand old house!
I like this channel, but it is filled with smugness and most of the time out of touch and make no attempt to hide it. The way that they describe these homes...we're like, "you know, I live in one of these decrepit places right? This is real life"
GORGEOUS!!! Wrestling with wanting to paint my master white but you have to pick just the right color!
what can i say, its stunning!
I think she chose the right amount of wood to paint. It felt super heavy before with all the dark wood and she managed to keep some of it while lightening it up. Beautifully done.
Master bath is my fave 😍😍😍 that floor tile and tub 🤗🤗
OK... does anyone else think the before looked REALLY nice? haha! She is exaggerating A LOT in my opinion!
Me too. The before looks wonderful while the renovated house doesn't intrigue me one bit.
Agree
Yep she removed all the character and individuality from the house
Beautiful.
no shower in the master bathroom? That's not very practical.
That gorgeous giant dog though!
The dog looks like a newfie!
I was eating and not paying enough attention and when it ended I wasn't sure what she did to the house. I had to drag back to the beginning to find out and honestly like better the dining, living, and sun room before. The strangest thing is the living room with that white fireplace used to look so quiet and neat to me and then became kind of cluttered after. I do like those old doors she put in.
I loved the bedding in the master bedroom.
Stunning home ❤
The master bath floor is so pretty 😍😍😍
How cute is the dog!!! 💖 love the design tho.
why paint the dining room ceiling... OMG
Because she didn't like it?
Gorgeous Home!
Wow! I just read through the comments and was stunned by the kind of commentary people think is acceptable. Make some constructive remarks and appreciate her hard work and style or keep the hating to yourselves!
@@ian1856 He did not say the comments are disallowed. He is just saying how rude and judgmental they are. It is her house and she renovated exactly the way she wanted it to look and she seemed to be very happy with the results.
Need to know where the after couch is from!! Looks so comfy
Amazing-neat job.
love it!!
This is So Simple. Easy Enough for Anyone could do.
*THAT
it is amazing plus I don't think it is stain it is pure lovely
Nice work updating that house. The wood work in the dining room was beautiful but it was just way too out of date to keep in original condition. Not everything can be sacred and you saved the best parts!
Decrepit? Dilapidated? How much renovation design experience does this woman have? I would kill for most houses to start off that "bad".
Good job! I like your style.
Stunning!
Absolutely lovely
Hmm...I prefer the original fireplace in the master. My hubby would not be opening and closing those accordion bathroom doors tho ;(
britjessica exactly! Agreed. The doors are not functional enough for privacy
she painted over the wood on those AMAZING DINING ROOM CEILINGS??? WOW IM SO ANGRY
Duh! The kitchen ceiling looks so heavy don't you see that? It looks cluttered. It looks better with the white paint. Good thing she didn't not touch the windows it's beautiful.
Me too, it could have been so dramatic!!
totally agree... at first I thought all pictures are wrongly labelled as BEFORE. I specially found the dining room with all that wood detailing so beautiful
Chyna Bryan I love it!
My thoughts exactly.... ugh... she painted the coffered ceiling. I cannot watch anymore. It hurts my eyes.
omg people calm down!! she painted over some damn wood. jeezus. you'd think the world was ending with all of the bitching and whining in this comment section over a damn ceiling. you do realize the paint can be stripped and the ceiling can be taken back to what it was before, right??
..and FYI she painted it white because it was way too heavy and dark and probably made the space feel like a cave. so there's that...
js art thank you!
LOVE IT!!!
I love this,
I like that some of the clutter was reduced
Gorgeous
I liked the before better. Do not appreciate the wood on the ceiling being painted white. Loved the dark wood colors better.
Linda ,maravilhosaaa,gorgeus!
She's a designer? Decrepit? You need to come out of your bubble! You've completely destroyed the original character of this Beautiful home. Yet she's excited about the staircase they found, and yet she painted all the original wood work! WTF?!
80 gallons of white paint - Check. Pair of cliche 1980s safari bar stools - Check. Several pairs of rustic (not "traditional") old, paint-stripped doors - Check. Complete lack of appreciation for classic, vintage home style - Check. More dollars than design sense - Check. Sounds like another cookie-cutter, white-washed "designer" job....
I COMPLETELY agree.... I am getting tired of "I found an old home, painted it white, added a modern bath tub, look how original and modern I am :)" hehe
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The House "BEFORE" looks better than my house NOW! It didn't look "dilapidated" to me....
I Love so much new look
Great call places the bed under the window vs. getting rid of the fireplace. To white for me, but that seems the be the remodeling trend.
Nice job!
You ruined that house.
loved the dining room windows 😍
Where did you get the pantry doors?
The ensuite without a shower is impractical. How do you clean up if you are in a hurry? Must you always have a bath?
BEAUTIFUL! natural design
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Decrepit? Wow, she must have lived a charmed life, this place was nice even before.
Does anyone know what breed is the dog at 3:43?
Newfoundland?
Sam's dog is a Newfoundland dog and he's a very good boy.
I cannot believe you painted the coffered ceiling....
Liked the “before” house a lot..😬
She acts like she did the house a favor.
LOL
No shower in the master bedroom? That's awful.
We underestimate the power of our surroundings
Based on her description you'd think the house was a dump. It looked good before. Just needed some updating.
For me . Shower is essential when u r in a ruch . Makes the bathroom less messy hhhh
the before was beautiful. nothing breaks my heart more than painting over beautiful wood beams. if that was 'decrepit' then please give it to me. why buy an old house only to gut it and turn it into white walls and marble? buy a new home then. such a shame
Happiness remodeled too
I feel bad for the bones....
If I see one more diamond shape rug I'm going to scream
Sharon Binns agreed!
Very sad to see such a historic home updated to in such bad taste. This lady pretty much ruined her historical home. If you want everything open and modernized. Please buy build a new house. Been house shopping and have toured many butchered historic homes. Very sad that some people don't enjoy the characters of the old home anymore.
American English is very interesting. In almost every video they describe, spaces, areas, places ... as 'moments'. I really don't understand this. Can someone please explain why that is? For me, a moment is to do with time. So how are they using 'moment' to describe an area or design?
You are completely correct with the meaning of "moment". However, it is used more colloquially to describe more of an experience or memory, so sometimes designers call decor "moments" because they are small touches that add memorability. Its very hard to explain - I hope this helped you!
Thanks a lot, I understand it better now. Though I wonder why they speak so nostalgically about something that is in the present right now.
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Decrepit and dilapidated? Seriously? And she said she wanted to bring the house back to how it was before. Then why would you ever paint all that wood??? It looked better before she touched it. The wood was beautiful.
The way this lady was going on, one would think that her transformation was going to be substantial, when in fact, it wasn't. Oh well.
I can believe she covered up that woodwork in the dining room I'm sick.
It was gorgeous back in the modern days but this is too modern I feel like I want to throw up if there were not even a little change of it
It sickens me when the wood in beautiful old homes are painted over. It is just so disrespectful of their history, the natural element rebuked for white paint. It is a total disregard of what makes an older homes so long lasting.
I agree with the majority of the comments. The before house was beautiful. Too much white paint,white tiles, white toilets,tubs etc. In a house with children and adults all I see is fingerprints galore, spills, scuff marks and every little hair and dust ball. Who has the time to keep a place so clean white and pristine. I'm not knocking white since I have some in my kitchen but it's alot of work. I especially loved the dressmaker mannequin. A few splashes of color here and there adds more interest.
The pantry doors look horrible.
The house was already quite nice , after what you have done, really don't feel "wow" at all, desn't feel much has been changed!
I feel a big problem from many of these designers is that they add too many unnecessary decorations. This condo before it got renovated is a good example of keeping its simplicity but with its own personality.
I find that draining the color erased the character of the place. They did a good job with the wooden elements, but why so obsessed with this sterile white?
That haircut is delapidated and decrepit
wow -- I understand disagreeing with design choices, but no need to be so mean.
I agree. The hair cut needs updating for sure!
She sounds very snooty. The way it looked before was just fine.
Noooooooo. Give us back thr original home!
Was it just me or was this a design fail? After reading most of the comments I think most viewers agree that there were lots of design fail in the house.
The before house wasnt totally bad. Needed just a refresh that would have celebrated its history. I would have kept the ceiling’s wood tones on the dining room and for practicality added a shower area on the large bathroom on the masters.
So... Just white paint. Snooze
After I finish the whole video, just reallize the most beautiful part of the dinning room ceiling has been ruined! If you want to soft it down, just use neutrual color furnitures, that ceiling was fantastic! Bad designer!
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She just ruined the house, She could embrace the traditional things but what she did was weird af . She just bought white paint and slathered it. What a loser. The original house was stunning. She should be ashamed of herself. It wasn't a major fix. It was destroying.
What a terrible name to call someone when you merely disagree with her design choices in a property THEY OWN. Buy your own house and do what you please. Differing design ideas should not devolve into degrading another human being -- she is a total stranger to you. So mean-spirited.
Big mistake painting that ceiling and wall details white. Shame!
she is Vivian. that house was so beautiful before. beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice
This was decrepit and dilapidated?
She painted that beautiful wood in the ceiling ... omg she deserves a slap smh
Really? It's cool to slap someone who has different ideas than you? Antifa is taking applications.
Her hairstyle is tragic.
Agreed! I thought the same thing
Insulting a total stranger online, for no reason at all, is *FAR* more tragic.
Honesty, the old doesn't mix well with the new. Not a good job.
In Short,she ruined that house.
Before better than after. Lady has walmart taste.
Too much white color...