John Webb provides us with a complete overview of a recent Modern Home Remodel that he had a great time working on. John has been a modern home designer for over 30 years. While he has done several more traditional home designs, this home needed to get the John Webb Upgrade.

“So, it was an A Frame built in the late Seventies I’m guessing. And it had reached the end of it’s first lifetime. It was a very conservatively built home, nothing special. You could see that the previous owners had changed this and added things without considering things structurally. So, we basically came in and got rid of all the things that they had added here and there.

We opened it up to the outside walls and took everything out of the middle because of how it’s designed. Being an A Frame the walls are at an angle, so we maximize the space in their by taking the IKEA cabinetry and pushing it into that triangular space.

So we have more space by getting the cabinets up off the floor – more cabinets and shelving in the wall. We’d cut out where we had the A Frame of the wall, and make table tops and counters out of that wood.

All the closets we opened up and maximized using the Pax cabinets so everything is built in. We’d alter cabinets here and there to suit the areas and the weird angles.

We kept the place very organic and natural looking. It’s basically white with black windows inside and out with light IKEA cabinetry. We did a natural hickory floor – real wood, solid wood. And when we redid the fireplaces we used real stone, done by a mason. They were existing so we just ripped the fronts off and redid them completely in a new style.

The bathrooms were small and weren’t planned so we basically ripped everything out to the studs, took soffits out, opened everything up and maximized the space. I ended up getting, I think, a 4 and a half foot bathtub to maximize space to be able to get a decent sized vanity in there with drawers.

And, where you have hidden space under stairs or the exterior walls, we’d maximize that by cutting holes in and sliding cabinetry into those spaces, so they weren’t in the room. So everything’s built in.

All the choices are timeless. We used a light colored, not all white, bit a nice bright, very neutral pallet. So, whatever colors you put in and add to the space will be really nice. For years it will never go out of style.

So, we used porcelain tiles and quartz counters where they could be used. We used a lot of the IKEA vanities and products just because they help to maximize the space, adding drawers and storage for each area.