The House: Before
The operative word in the phrase "gut renovation" is the first one — it takes real guts to strip a house down to the studs, then build it back up again. Especially if you're new parents, like Lisa and Mark Hellman were (to then-infant daughter Avery) when they found their 106-year-old home, situated on a former chicken farm near Jeffersonville, New York. Not only had the sprawling 6,000-square-foot building been converted into six apartments, but by the time the Hellmans discovered it, the ramshackle residence had stood abandoned for 25 years.
The House: After
Beneath the exterior's yellow asbestos shingles, Lisa and Mark Hellman discovered well-preserved clapboard, which they painted with Benjamin Moore's Flat White. The couple also had the roof and all 57 windows replaced, and the porch torn down and rebuilt.
Kitchen: Before
"Our broker didn't really think we'd be interested [in the house], since it needed so much work," recalls Lisa, the vice president of global public relations for Kenneth Cole. "I told him, 'Don't underestimate us.'" In return, she and Mark didn't underestimate the property's potential. "We knew we could turn it into exactly the kind of home we wanted," Lisa explains. "We loved the idea of being able to inject our personality into every corner."
Kitchen: After
Lisa and Mark (pictured, with Avery, 7, and Owen, 3) sealed up a side entrance in the kitchen, making room for a wide Viking stove, set against a slate-tile backsplash. Custom cabinets with antique glass panes and Restoration Hardware light fixtures add to the finished look, as does a built-to-order island.
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