i’ve got a bit of an obsession with stripes. ac had to practically pry my favorite striped sweater out of my hands when it got too shrunken and faded to wear, and i seriously squealed when i saw the colorful stripes in bonnie’s stereo cabinet. so you can imagine my delight when i saw this bench makeover from diana van helvoort in munich. diana found this german 50′s style kitchen bench after the nuns from the kindergarten next door to her house left it outside to be recycled. luckily diana moved more quickly than the recycling truck and convinced her husband that dragging “this brownish thing” home through the rain was a good idea.
diana discovered that the inside was actually made of a lovely scented cedar wood so she stripped the brown coating off and updated with with a fresh coat of white paint and seriously happy-looking colored stripe fabric. and the best part? the bench has built in storage under the seat so now diana’s children have a moth-proof place to store their winter bed linens. great work, diana!
CLICK HERE for jessica’s facade entryway before & after, after the jump!
next up is talented interior designer jessica helgerson (you might remember her incredible work in this portland home- it’s one of my top 3 favorite sneak peeks of all time). jessica updated the front of this home, along with her husband, architect yianni doulis. yianni designed the front deck and trellis, and then laminated glass panels were installed over the trellis to let light through, but provide rain protection. all the wood used is FSC certified and the concrete pavers were recycled- cut from the original walk up to the house. thanks so much to jessica and yianni for sharing!
ps: stay tuned for one final before & after today at 2pm!
[have a before & after you'd like to share on d*s? just shoot me an email right here with your pictures]
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grace you are blowing my mind today!
Oooh, that bench is the hotness!
That facade is wonderful! Wow, what a difference. I am coveting the front door, the house numbers and the porch light! Lovely.
this is entry way is so beautiful!
Great work on the bench and Wow, what an entrance!
I am a great fan of before and after. Nice job on the bench! The house entrance makes more of a statement. Nice job!
An absolutely amazing transformation. I love it!
That bench is the awesomest thing in awesome town.
where did you get that fabric , god i love it !
Amazing bench! I love the technicolor fabric :)
LOVE the bench!
The facade- looks great! But…what is laminated glass? What keeps the water from draining all over the porch? How does something like that stay clean? I think I would have gone with something translucent that might look cleaner longer.
just curious, what happened to the use of “Feel” script for “before” and “after” ?
The facade looks great… not sure about taking that tree out, and the climber, but it looks nice and clean. i love that bay window too with the windows opening outwards… that’s different!
alison
i just felt like trying something different. feel started to feel a little dated to me. in hindsight i don’t like this new one much better. so i’m back to the veer.com drawing board ;)
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Gorgeous bench! Why don’t I live next to nuns from the kindergarten who throw away great stuff? :)
And bravo to jessica and yianni for an amazing transformation on the front of their house. Wow! So much personality. Love it!
LOVE the fabric – where did you pick that up – it’s SO cheerful :)
Oh,this is really lovely but taking the maple out is so sad….
I totally agree with Chihiro, keep the green above all. For the sake of it I’d pick the former facade. I’m greatly disappointed that such a green killing project has come from the very talented Jessica Helgerson. About the bench, no offense, I hated the whole thing, looks cheap.
Love the new front facade! Just curious where I could get a front door like the one pictured above.
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