Jennifer Eberle built her Glenmary home with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms in 1999. After 17 years in the one and a half storey house, she decided to give it a minor facelift with some fresh wall colors.
“At first I was just going to paint,” she told The Courier Journal. “But I knew Leslie (Lewis, from LL&A Interior Design), and made her come over. (I said), ‘I’m open to your ideas.’ Then we decided to rebuild the entire first floor. ”
Ready for a renewal
Eberle took the ideas of the local interior designer and ran with them, and she compares the grand renovation unveiling to something you would see in a TV show. In one day, she says, Lewis brought his entire team, hung up pictures, placed decorations, and decorated a whole new, remodeled room. Eberle had the opportunity to buy new pieces she liked and return those she could not.
“I said, ‘I want to buy it all!'” Eberle recalled with a laugh. “(Lewis) just made it so easy. I own a business (and) I do not have time to shop.… (I) was impressed. It was as if I just (saw) an episode on HGTV.”
The original plan to give the house a fresh coat of paint led to updating doors and hardware, installing a new back plate and cabinets in the kitchen, completely remodeling the master bedroom, reconfiguring the built-in entertainment center, remodeling a rarely used office into an office. large walk-in closet, and demolition of the old floor.
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“I had ceramic tile in (one room), carpet in (another) and hardwood in (another),” Eberle recalled. “We’ve torn it all down.”
The home now boasts hand-scraped constructed hardwood in an ebony finish throughout that helps tie it all together. Lewis also incorporated some of Eberle’s existing furniture and accessories, while adding new pieces that reflected things she likes, such as horses and a blue-green hue that is now sprinkled all over.
“I just wanted a more cohesive flow and look to the house,” said Eberle, “(but) we have such a beautiful view here, I would not want it exaggerated. We would like the outside to come in.”
Great glimpse
With more than 20-foot-high ceilings and large windows, both Eberle and Lewis felt strongly about creating a peaceful and neutral interior space that lets the exterior speak for itself. The living room looks out onto the terrace and pool, and the backyard which has a stone path leading to a gate connecting Eberle’s property with her sister Julie Kelleys who lives right next door.
“I have a video of (the pool installation) – it was pretty impressive,” Eberle said with a laugh, explaining that the original plan was to drive the fiberglass pool to the back of the house through Kelly’s property. But when the pool company realized the plan would not work, it had to be craneed over the roof from the front of the house.
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“It was just done at the end of last summer,” she added, “so we spent a lot of time (at Kelly’s pool). Everyone asked why I put a pool in when my sister has a pool.… But “I can not just bomb, (and) I want to be able to have my own things. We are still going over.”
Favorite features
Although the outdoor area includes the recent remodeling of Eberle’s home, her most popular space is inside.
“I spend a lot of time in the kitchen,” she said. “I like to cook, (and) that’s where everyone gathers when they come in.”
Her favorite room – hands-down – is the former office that Lewis turned into a walk-in closet. “Back then, no one really used home offices and it was a waste,” Eberle said. “Leslie had the brilliant idea to turn that whole office into a big walk-in closet that I love.”
The closet was also a big selling point for Kelley, who got help from Lewis for his own remodeling of the home after Eberles was completed.
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“We just love working with her,” Eberle said. “We all have similar styles and similar tastes, and it’s easy and fun to work with her team.”
Julie Kelly’s home will be Home of the Week next week.
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nuts and bolts
Owner: Jennifer Eberle, Vice President and Owner of HighNote. Also in the home are Doug Strothman, Taylor Eberle and Woodford Joseph bernedoodle.
Home: This is a 4-bed, 3 and a half bath, 5,000 square foot, 1 and a half story home in Glenmary, built in 1999.
Distinctive elements: Open floor plan; newly painted painted kitchen cabinets; quartz countertops; large windows offer views of the rear deck and views out; shower, walk-in closet, inground pool.
Applause! Applause! Leslie Lewis and the design team at LL&A Interior Design