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Our Home Renovation

WINDOWS & DOORS – MALIBU REMODEL PROJECT

March 18, 2015
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I don’t know where to start when it comes to this Malibu remodel project that TE and I have been working on since last year.  As I mentioned in a earlier post, TE and I started a house hunt almost a year and half ago.  After months of searching, we found this house overlooking the Pacific Ocean last March.  The minute we saw it, the hunt was over.

Now, after months of TE negotiating the home purchase, meeting with architects, going over plans, talking contractors, fretting over permits, going back and forth with each other on decisions and design aesthetic, the real work is beginning.

Just Monday, after work, TE and I drove out to Malibu to see the progress…we walked in and saw that the entire back wall of the house had been obliterated and the view was front and center as planned.  It was a definite wow moment.  The house currently looks like a bomb has gone off in it…and it kind of just looks like a tent of sorts…with no walls and roof.  But because we have been with this house every step of the way, we think it looks great…even in this in between state of disrepair.

A few weeks ago, the new windows and doors arrived.  When we first saw the house, it was a 1970’s Spanish outdated stucco, with small metal windows with a spectacular view trying to get noticed.  The plan from the beginning was to exploit those views and really make the house and the outdoors one with large windows and doors.

Might be hard for you to tell what we are trying to do…will try to share a bit of the house regularly…including floor plans and before shots…but today I want to focus on windows and doors.

Our contractor is awesome.  He introduced us to a wonderful guy who made all of the wood windows and doors custom to the house.  They were all delivered two weeks ago and since then, every day the house gets transformed.  Here are some “before and durings” (the afters will come this summer as we hope to be moving in then).

LIVING ROOM – BEFORE REMODEL

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Before, the remodel and the new windows and doors, it was hard to see the fantastic ocean view just right outside the house!

 

 LIVING ROOM – DURING THE REMODEL

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The back wall of the house has been demolished to make room for a wall of glass windows and large romantic swinging doors

 

DEN – BEFORE THE REMODEL

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This area on the opposite side of the large living room windows was a home office with a huge pillar right in front of it.

 

DEN – DURING THE REMODEL

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Now this former office is going to be our library and den. The large arched picture window is in! The view on this side, is the front of the house.

 

 FRONT DOOR – BEFORE REMODEL 

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The front door before the remodel was an old carved wood door with a stain glass arch above it. Just note please that the wood floors in the foyer were entirely different from the floors in the living room.

FRONT DOOR – DURING THE REMODEL

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During the remodel, we have now installed a 11 foot wood glass front door with an arch!

Will try to make this into a regular series so you all can see the process as it unfolds.  I have googobs of photos I have taken since we found the house and TE closed on it a few months later.

If you are remodeling, you may ask why we chose all wood windows instead of metal clad.  The house is going to be modern with a nod to rustic Mediterranean in the finishes.  We might do a light wire brushing on the wood to give it a little texture. We thought wood would speak to that aesthetic.  Also, the house is far enough away from the ocean that we will not have to worry about extreme salt air corroding the wood.  We figure that every 5 to 7 years we’ll do a little refresh on the stain of the exterior wood to keep it looking like new.

I have got to say, each day as something new is revealed in the plan TE and I get more and more excited.

Hope you all will enjoy our Malibu Remodel Project posts. Let me know if there is any topic you want me to cover…basically we are redoing EVERYTHING in the house so I am happy to share what we are learning in this process about remodeling and each other!

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

 

Photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY

 

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7 responses to “WINDOWS & DOORS – MALIBU REMODEL PROJECT”

  1. Nelson Bartley says:
    March 18, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    O my gosh. Gorgeous. What a difference opening up the house makes. Your windows are beautiful. Do you need like a house person? Cook? (I’m a terrible cook but would get take-away and artfully present it on plates and make it seem like I was the cook….) Looks like a heavenly place to live. Congrats.

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  2. kirsten burnett says:
    March 18, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    This is a very cool use of old and turning it into new i cant wait to tsee the end results

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  3. Sarah says:
    March 18, 2015 at 12:20 PM

    So exciting. Can’t wait to see it finished!

    Flip Flops and Furs

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  4. Segreto Secrets says:
    March 18, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    Soon enough it will be a brand new home! Cant wait to see the doors and windows installed- this is very exciting!!
    xo. Leslie
    Segreto Finishes

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  5. Colony says:
    March 18, 2015 at 5:15 PM

    Coco, I was so hoping you would do this! These views are amazing, so dreamy. Love these “demo diaries” can’t wait to see the progress. 🙂

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  6. Jodi says:
    March 18, 2015 at 9:25 PM

    I love your house. It’s going to be amazing when it’s finished.

    http://www.highheelsandtutus.com

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  7. SolidGold Philippines says:
    March 27, 2015 at 8:55 AM

    Looking forward to see the brand new artsy home of yours! How about a little bit teaser of your remodeling home? Yay! And the garden? How about the exterior design of your home? <3

    Nancy Ballard

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