Behind the Scenes: Mid-Century Mod Dream Home

Happy Monday everyone! Today we are sharing our mid-mod dream home reveal and including some fun behind the scenes content from our stage day.

A little about 1913 Timberview home: We teamed up with Kruse Development Iowa for another new build in the Norwalk area. This home is a mid-mod inspired beauty with all the charm in the world. It features an open-concept, airy design that highlights all the beautiful woodwork and glorious modern details. While the home nods to the mid-century style, it also incorporates timeless elements that make the home feel approachable and livable. Checkout the photo tour below!

The kitchen cabinets are cherry with an Autumn stain slab door and a coordinating cherry wood kitchen island.

We carried the same cherry autumn stain slab to the fireplace built-ins and the living room open wood railing. We love the lighting throughout the home, it creates the perfect focal moment and keeps things fresh with a touch of mid-mod.

Finally, we brought this space to life with lightly layered textiles, playful accents, and laid-back materials.

Thank you guys so much for taking the tour, we hope to see you soon for another home reveal!

A Fresh Start for A Historic Home

833 19th St.

Built in 1905 by Philetus P. Dawson and his wife Delilah I. Dawson, this fully restored Colonial Revival American Foursquare has modern amenities, a new poured concrete foundation, finished basement with 9 foot ceilings, and updated mechanicals to accommodate families of today.

Philetus P. Dawson was a hardware merchant in Des Moines and owned the Dawson Hardware Co., a late 19th and early 20th century enterprise in downtown Des Moines.

After several years owned by the Dawson family, the Dawson House became a rental property and was occupied by a series of Drake University fraternities and sororities. Pictured above is a photo of the house from the 1926 Drake University yearbook, “Quax,” as it appeared as Drake sorority Delta Gamma’s winning entry in a homecoming house decorating contest.

In 2019, the Dawson House was transported from a neighborhood near Drake University to its current location in Sherman Hill, Des Moines’ oldest neighborhood. It is within walking distance of coffee houses, restaurants, shops, downtown offices, and more.

We dreamt up this space long before it came to life, and we couldn't be more grateful for Laneways Development for helping us make it happen.

1905

Present Day

The Process

Staying true to the traditional character of a Craftsman, we salvaged and restored natural elements of the home such as trim and flooring. We felt that the contrast of dark trim would seem more appealing and less heavy to the eye. Finishes were well thought out to be a mix of new and old. You will see a continuous and intentional mix of white, black and green and golds throughout the home. The more modern clean lights help bring a different style perspective with the woodwork. Decorating with a dash of Boho pieces helped bring all styles together.

Sitting Area

Dining + Kitchen

For the kitchen, we decided on this beautiful putty-colored cabinetry, meaning a creamy, off-white color on the surround. For the kitchen island, we needed something that felt different with a bit more saturation. We decided to go with this really deep green-olive color and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out!

Mudroom

Master Bedroom

Primary Bath

In choosing the finishes for the primary bathroom, we wanted to tie in unexpected details that would flow beautifully with the home. We knew we wanted the green tile to be the focal point of our bathroom. We love the look of it so much! It adds such a unique splash of color and texture and it totally completes this space.

Thank you for taking the tour! We will be sharing more of this project soon in later posts. A special thank you to Laneways Development for collaborating with us on this amazing project.

Spring Is Here: Boho Chic Home Photo Tour

We are back with our latest home stage project, a super charming two-bedroom ranch style home located in the Highland Park neighborhood in Des Moines! Spring is here and this was the perfect opportunity to break out all of our soft pinks and greens we’ve been saving up all winter. We worked with Steph Anania to dress up this gorgeous home and get it ready to put on the market. We are so grateful for the collaboration and we couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out!

This home has the most gorgeous look and feel, It's incredible, but we'll let the photos do the talking. 

Thanks for taking the tour! We’ll have more staging and remodel projects to share soon so stay tuned!