Orestorations completed six projects at this Niagara Falls home: a two-tone kitchen, a bathroom, two kids rooms, a front entry deck and a back deck rebuild. The photos below follow each room and deck from its starting condition to the finished work.
Kitchen renovation in Niagara Falls with white upper cabinets, wood-tone lower cabinets, white countertops, a tile backsplash, and stainless appliances.
Bathroom renovation in Niagara Falls with a Schluter-DITRA membrane laid under new large-format floor tile, finished with a tub, grab bar, and vanity.
Kids room refresh in Niagara Falls with dark wood-look plank flooring, new white baseboards, fresh wall paint, and a trimmed window.
Second kids room refresh in Niagara Falls, shown before final cleanup and after the new flooring and finish work.
Back deck rebuild in Niagara Falls, from a cleared yard through framing and deck boards to a covered roof structure and finished exterior details.
Front entry deck rebuild in Niagara Falls, replacing the original concrete entry with new framing, stairs, skirt boards, railing, and a platform.
The kitchen pairs white upper cabinets with wood-tone lowers, white countertops, a tile backsplash and stainless appliances.
In the bathroom, our crew laid a Schluter-DITRA membrane over the subfloor before setting the large-format floor tile. The finished room has a tub, a grab bar and a new vanity.
Both kids rooms got dark wood-look plank flooring, new white baseboards and fresh paint. In the first room we also trimmed the window.
We carried the flooring work into the second-floor hallway and stair landing. Those photos sit in the project gallery.
Old concrete steps led to the front door. We replaced them with a framed entry deck: a platform, stairs, wood skirt boards and a railing with dark metal balusters.
At the back, the photos start at an open yard. The crew set the posts, framed the structure and laid the decking, then built a covered roof over the rear entry and finished it with lattice, trim and railing details.
Inside: the kitchen, a bathroom, two kids rooms and the second-floor hallway. Outside: a new front entry deck and a rebuilt back deck with a covered roof.
An uncoupling membrane such as Schluter-DITRA sits between the subfloor and the tile. It takes up small movements in the subfloor, which helps protect the tile and grout from cracking. We used it under the large-format tile in this bathroom.
The City of Niagara Falls requires a permit when a deck or porch is over 10 square metres, more than 60 centimetres above grade, covered, or connected to the house or another structure. Check your own deck with the city building department before work starts.