Budget Breakdown: A Couple Turn a Humdrum Home Into a Hygge Haven for $243K
Alli Devlin, her husband, and her architect cousin spruce up a riverside home outside Seattle.
Alli Devlin, her husband, and her architect cousin spruce up a riverside home outside Seattle.
The question Alli Devlin gets most often about her home in North Bend, Washington, is "Where is your bathroom vanity from?" Fortunately, Alli is happy to share her sources—in fact, she’s been chronicling the remodel of the 1978 "builder-grade" residence on Instagram since early 2019. (The vanity is a custom walnut piece by Knoxville, Tennessee–based manufacturer North Coast Modern, by the way.)
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$10,800 Architect Fees |
$6,400 Demolition & Haul |
$5,200 Framing |
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$14,450 Electrical |
$14,000 Windows |
$5,050 Bi-Fold Wall |
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$800 Door Reinstallation |
$8,300 Drywall |
$6,435 Flooring |
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$3,200 Millwork |
$7,250 Interior Painting |
$25,000 Deck |
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$30,000 Exterior Siding |
$4,500 Exterior Painting |
$6,850 Entryway |
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$2,700 Wood Slat Wall |
$1,500 Handrail & Cap |
$24,800 Kitchen Cabinets |
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$6,000 Countertops & Backsplash |
$1,800 Appliance Installation |
$900 Quartz Shelving Installation |
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$12,113 Appliances & Fixtures |
$26,658 Main Bath |
$18,121 Guest Bath |
| Grand Total: $242,827 | ||
Before the transformation, the house was plagued by a lot of brown: brown kitchen cabinets, brown exterior siding, brown floors. Alli—together with her husband, Jeramey Crawford, and her cousin, architect Sarah Merriman of SarMerr Design—has instilled a much lighter palette imbued with cozy textures, light wood tones, and handmade tile. Views are directed outside to the trees.
It all began on a bit of a whim. Alli and Jeramey were living in Seattle when they saw the house on its riverside lot, surrounded by trees. It was love at first sight. "There’s just a certain ambience with the whole property," says Alli. "The views of the river, and being right on the riverfront, were really special. We knew that it was a property that would be pretty hard to find again though it needed extensive renovations."
Before: The 1978 builder-grade home is a 1,650-square-foot split-level located on a tree-filled lot on the Snoqualmie River in Washington.
Courtesy of Alli Devlin
Before: "The home felt outdated in its finishes and lacked a lot of character," says Alli.
Courtesy of Alli Devlin
Before: The home also needed extensive upgrades to remedy deferred maintenance.
Courtesy of Alli Devlin
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