Share Your Inspiration With an Old Home Renovation Company to Bring Your Vision to Life
You likely fell in love with your historic home due to its stunning architecture, its unique historical features, and its charm. But if you’re like the majority of historic homeowners, you’re probably wondering if there’s a way you can keep everything you love about your home while pursuing upgrades that also enable your home to fit into your modern lifestyle.
You’ll be delighted to know that you can do both. At Architectural Craftsmen, we are specialists in old home renovations that elevate your space to create something you adore, yet still honoring the historic charm you love so much about your home.
If you need some inspiration before your old home renovation, check out these design ideas that can help you elevate your space.
Love Your Kitchen Again
Kitchen trends change vastly decade by decade. Homeowners have adopted open-concept floor plans, created large workspaces with kitchen islands, and experienced an increase in appliance size. Most renovations are motivated with the goal of maximizing freedom of movement and more effectively using spaces.
To accommodate the need for an updated kitchen that enhances usable space, Architectural Craftsmen can redesign kitchens to incorporate modern technology and meet the needs of busy households. We’re skilled in expanding, refreshing, or redesigning kitchens to accommodate modern technology, utility, and needs. Moreover, we do so by finding creative solutions that honor your home’s history.
Embrace Custom-Built Additions
Custom-built additions can enhance the livability of a historic home without compromising its style. Adding modern conveniences such as a mudroom, sunroom, or expanded living areas can provide the extra space you need. The key is to ensure that these additions blend seamlessly with the original architecture.
A well-designed addition will look like a natural part of the home, both as you’re looking at the exterior and as you walk the floorplan inside. This approach allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds: the timeless beauty of your home’s original design and the comfort of a space that meets today’s standards.
Add Storage Spaces
Older homes don’t typically have walk-in closets because people living in the era in which your home was built didn’t collect clothing and accessories like we do today. This, unfortunately, means that many historic homes built in the 1940s and earlier have inadequate closet spaces.
An old home renovation can include creating these storage spaces from spare bedrooms or reconfiguring floor plans to accommodate closets. If a lack of storage space is what is keeping you from truly loving your older home, a renovation allows you to stay and still get everything you need.
Unused Carriage House? Consider a Renovation
Your older Kansas City home may have a carriage house in the back. Originally designed to house horses and wagons before the birth of modern cars, carriage houses today can add valuable living space to your property, either for your family’s leisure time or as an accessory dwelling unit.
Choosing Architectural Craftsmen as your home renovation contractor means that we’ll treat your carriage house like any other home interior, implementing period-appropriate systems, unique lighting, and authentic materials to bring about a final design that fits your vision.
Give Your Bathroom a Luxury Update
A bathroom remodel in a historic home can look vintage and classic, but functions in the modern world. In our old home renovations, we frequently use porcelain or ceramic tile, timeless elements that are also beautifully authentic.
Pairing traditional fixtures such as a claw-foot bathtub and classic stone surfaces such as marble creates an elegant bathroom remodel that marries historic elements with a modern, spa-like experience.
An Old Home Renovation Company That Brings Your Ideas to Life
When you work with Architectural Craftsmen, the first step is a complimentary on-site consultation, during which our master craftsmen get to know you and your home.
We’ll talk about your goals for your old home renovation. During this phase, we will begin to understand your ideas and needs for your project by asking specific questions and internalizing your vision. This will guide future phases of the project, including creating concepts for your review, finalizing the design, and helping you choose finishes and fixtures for your remodel.
Review Our Portfolio Of Old Home Renovations Near You For Inspiration
We know it’s rare to find home remodeling contractors that bring as much passion and wealth of experience to your old home renovation project like Architectural Craftsmen does. That’s why we got our start remodeling our families’ own historic homes ourselves!
Because we’re inspired by period-appropriate architecture and the beauty and elegance of historic homes, our team focuses on preserving the past while helping your house function in the modern era.
To see examples of our work and get inspired before a discovery meeting with us, browse our award-winning remodeling portfolio.
