House on Blakemore

Hello!! This is Tra. Welcome to our home renovation & interior decoration blog. I had an Instagram account for the last couple years but decided it would be so much easier to share our thoughts and process here in case it inspires you to fix up your space too.

On here, you’ll most likely see my husband, Henry, and our two daughters: London & Alex. When it comes to design, I am the visionary and Henry is the handyman.

We bought an older house in our dream neighborhood 2.5 years ago (in August 2023) and have spent the last couple years renovating it inside out.

Here are some “BEFORE” photos of our very beige house.

our family ON KEY DAY with the original kitchen

The office we built in the backyard

The backyard transformation

The house had amazing bones. We can tell right away from the first tour that the previous owner took amazing care of it. It just needed a little facelift to bring it back to life.

So that’s what we did for the last couple year. And are continuing to do. For this house, we did way more DIY projects than we thought, mostly due to budget. We did what we could ourselves to save money but for the big projects, we do hire out to ensure that it’s done correctly and efficiently.

So follow along as Henry and I play house. I hope seeing the transformation done by 2 very “normal” people will inspire you a little. Along the way, I’ll sprinkle in little adventures that we go on with the girls, things we cook and of course my gardening attempt.

Cheers,

Tra