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A Fresh Life
By Linda Montet, Photography by John Johnson
Published in
Welcome Home Magazine 2008
When Bonnie Barnes decided to modernize her 1986 home in Urbandale, she knew she wanted to make serious changes to her golden oak woodwork, laminate countertops, tired carpet, and wooden wainscoting. It was time to bring the house into the 21st century.
She couldn’t replace everything in the house, but with the right combination of new and original, she knew she could do a great makeover. Barnes had scouted for months, even compiled a notebook of design and material components she wanted to include, and it was during a trip to The Tile Shop that it all started to come together. “When I saw all the wonderful samples of tile and stone, I knew I needed to bite the budget bullet,” she says.
A Whole New Home
by Carol McGarvey, Photography by John Johnson, Published in Welcome Home Magazine 2007
When Jodi and John Cornish of Norwalk decided to proceed with a big remodeling job, there was no question in their minds about who would do it—the crew of Rebel Snodgrass of Rebel’s Custom Design of Indianola. Usually a mega remodeling job occurs when a home is old enough to need some major updating. For Jodi and John and their two children, however, the process took place on a home that’s only 10 years old.
Their 11⁄2-story walkout was built in 1996, and they purchased it when it was about five years old. “What sold me on this home was the huge amount of light that came in on the southern exposure,” Jodi says. “Big windows in the family room were really important to me.”
What they didn’t like, though, were all the walls and chopped-up feeling of small rooms, says John. “Many people coming in didn’t even know we had a dining room, because it was literally closed off. We primarily used the room for folding laundry!”
That all has changed now. Rebel’s crew has turned the Cornish home into an open floor plan that flows easily from one room to the next. The contractor had done a kitchen remodel for Jodi’s father, and everyone was thrilled with the outcome. “We just had to get Rebel to handle this project,” Jodi exclaims.
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