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A Stellar House Tour (It’s For Sale!)

When Danielle and her husband Nick sent us a link of their newly listed home in gorgeous and charming Church Hill we couldn’t just ogle the listing and let it go. We knew we had to house crash them in the flesh and share all of the eye candy with you. They bought it in pretty rough shape in 2003 and they worked with one of our favorite local organizations, Better Housing Coalition, to restore it to a livable condition. Records trace it back to existence as early as 1855 (although it’s unclear whether it was burned to the ground in 1865 and rebuilt then). Either way it’s extremely old and it needed lots of work when Nick and Danielle purchased it.

After two years of renovation (!) they finally moved in back in 2005 – and they’ve been loving their first place ever since. Now that her two boys are older they’re moving into our neck of the woods (Bon Air) for the schools, but they’ll always have a special place in their hearts for the home that they so lovingly revived after years of work. So without further ado, here’s Danielle’s amazing house (if you wanna move in, click here to contact her realtor).

Church Hill Meet Homeowner

This stately foyer is crowned with a classic Restoration Hardware light fixture. And how amazing are those transom windows above the double door?

Church Hill Foyer

Danielle snagged this stunning mirror from Pier 1 on clearance thanks to a small missing mirrored disk around the perimeter (which she repaired by gluing on a new one). Paired with that showstopping green cabinet it’s just about my favorite entryway idea ever. She got that awesome piece from a local thrift store called Class & Trash, painted it Palmetto by Martha Stewart, and then added an antique glaze from Lowe’s for depth. Genius right? I’m so in love.

Church Hill Foyer Mirror

Here’s the living room with cheerful yellow accents. We especially loved the side table (snagged on sale from Serena and Lily) and those dramatic floor to ceiling curtain panels (from Pottery Barn).

Church Hill Yellow Room

The kitchen is dreamy and Paris-like, complete with granite counters that look like marble, ornate wooden brackets under the counter lip, a classic subway tile backsplash, and charming metal stools from Overstock (which are easy to wipe down when her boys get something sticky on them).

Church Hill Kitchen Stools

Oh and that rug is actually two runners from Ballard Designs that Danielle stuck together with rug tape to create one larger “custom sized” mat for that area of the kitchen.

And check out their fantastically deep double sink and that gorgeous vintage looking faucet (both from Overstock, seen here and here).

Church Hill Kitchen Sink

Here’s a wider shot of the kitchen which includes the giant bulletin board that Danielle made to showcase all of the sweet art work that her sons whip up. And check out the lovely and industrial pendant light above the sink.

Church Hill Kitchen Art

This is the playroom, which is right off of the kitchen. We love the wall to wall seagrass carpet that she had installed – especially paired with the charming patterned area rug from Ikea on top. And the use of those sleek white Ikea bookshelves for toy/magazine/book wrangling (look at all that storage!) was so smart.

Church Hill Playroom

See those lovely prints of planes hanging in a nice neat grid? Danielle’s late grandfather was a pilot in the Navy, so her husband surprised her with this gorgeous set of vintage watercolor prints by Nixon Galloway. We’re nothing short of obsessed with the whole arrangement. Especially because it’s so meaningful to their family.

Church Hill Playroom Planes

When you travel upstairs there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms (and a charming pooch if you’re lucky).

Church Hill Upstairs Hall A

We loved this little “moment” that Danielle created along that diagonal wall with a cabinet and a collection of frames full of meaningful objects like an ultrasound photo, inked baby footprints from the hospital, wedding photos, childrens portraits, etc. And the bold black color in the table and the lamp shade coupled with the black and white prints was the perfect amount of drama and contrast. We also love how the white frames make the thermostat fit right in instead of sticking out like a sore thumb.

Church Hill Upstairs Hall

Here’s the hall bathroom complete with gorgeous floor to ceiling subway tile (which masked some unsightly wall issues that they had to deal with during the renovation). We loved how the tile goes behind the mirror, which is hung in front of it. Such a pretty look that you don’t see every day.

Church Hill Tiled Bathroom

And yes, that’s a fireplace mantel in the corner of the shot above. It’s non-working but still a stunning architectural detail. Especially for a bathroom!

Here’s Nick and Danielle’s bedroom, which is warm and welcoming thanks to breezy gray-blue curtains…

Church Hill Bedroom

… and a gorgeous printed headboard that Danielle snagged on sale from Pottery Barn (the headboard’s patterned slipcover, also from Pottery Barn, was something she found on eBay along with the Crate & Barrel lamps).

Church Hill Bedroom Headboa

Here’s their older son’s bedroom, complete with a charming nailhead & denim headboard (from Target) and a fun orange patterned rug (from West Elm).

Church Hill Boys Bed

We also thought the planet mobile (from Pottery Barn Kids) and those super fun greek key curtains (from Pottery Barn) were great graphic touches.

Church Hill Boys Curtain

And the long Ikea dresser provided tons of storage while the driftwood lamp on top of it totally had me drooling. Cutest thing ever? There was a little white owl ornament tucked into the lamp’s branchy base by Danielle’s mom (she did it the last time she came over and they left it there because it made them smile).

Church Hill Boys Mobile Clo

This is the corner of the guest bedroom. Everything from the bold green curtains to that pretty scroll art work on the wall (from Pottery Barn) and the West Elm mini parsons desk was totally speaking my language.

Chuch Hill Dark Corner

So there you have Nick & Danielle’s lovely Church Hill home. We’re sending them a big wet kiss for letting us run through and snap some pics for you guys.

Church Hill Exterior

Now let’s play the what’s-your-favorite-part game. I was enamored with those plane prints in the playroom and the two runners that Danielle rug-taped together in the kitchen. John loved the pops of yellow in the living room and the fun planet mobile in the kids room. Now you.

Psst- Check out tons of other House Crashing adventures here.

Comments

  1. janie says

    Thank you, I’ve been missing your house crashing posts!I love the makeover ones, too, for instant gratification while your (and mine) renovations trundle along in real time.

    I am already planning planets for our play room.

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  2. Heather says

    I love, love the runner idea, I have been toying with this idea for my kitchen as well. Also love the airplane prints! Thanks for the tour. :)

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  3. allison wist says

    I love love love the yellow accents in the living room. I also really love the little boys room! Right up our alley!!!

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  4. Margreet says

    Oh how gorgeous! Love those yellow curtains, always thought yellow was a horrible interior color but this proved me wrong. Would love to know what their next house is going to look like. You have to do another house crash at due time.

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    • Danielle says

      Thank you for the kind words! If/when we move to Bon Air, the Petersiks are always welcome in our house. They are even sweeter in person! It’ll be fun being in their neighborhood, and also getting the chance to decorate a house from a different era.

  5. Jenny says

    Love house crashing! I hadn’t seen one of these post before, but enjoyed it. Even when we aren’t in the market for a house, I love checking out real estate websites. My favorite part of the tour was the black & white moment on the hallway upstairs. Love how they collect everything together that is important to them.

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    • Abby says

      I love the guest room too! I wonder if Danielle could also share info about the paint color on the walls in that room? It’s beautiful!

    • julie says

      love it all!!! I also want to know where the guest room rug is from as well as the ottoman in there.

    • Danielle says

      Hi Mallory! The striped rug was a bargain buy from Williams-Sonoma Home last year. I believe it’s call Nautical Stripe Rug if you want to track one down. It came in a few different colors. Ours is black and white.

  7. Cathryn says

    Such dreamy hardwood floors! What can’t you do when you start with a classic base like those floors? Loved the historic exterior house color, too. Very charming!

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  8. Beth@Just{Heart}It says

    This house is gorgeous. Love lots of her details and accents. I also really like her photo collage wall.

    Sort of related question: is there any way you could make it so that we could enlarge the pictures when we click on them? Or maybe there’s a reason you don’t have that feature…? I was wanting a closer view of that owl you mentioned, as it’s hard to see without making the picture bigger.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      We wish we could do that- unfortunately we’re at capacity with picture size (anything larger slows down or even crashes the site). So sorry!

      xo,
      s

    • Danielle says

      Hi Beth! Thank you for the compliments on our house. I can email you some close ups if you want to check out the owl or any or the details. The owl is actually a Christmas tree ornament from Target a couple years back. My email is griff_koug at hotmail dot com.

  9. K says

    GORGEOUS! Those yellow accents in the living room are so lovely. I am about to paint my living room a very similar wall color and now that has me rethinking accent colors.

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  10. jules says

    I loved all the pattern they welcomed into their home, the kitchen sink a favorite too but what really caught my eye was that red mailbox at the front door:) Great house crash!

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    • Danielle says

      Thanks Jules! It was a risky move but I spray painted the mailbox on a whim. Glad you like it!

  12. Amy J says

    I love the pops of color throughout the house. The only thing that really got me was the couch in front of the fireplace. I get why you might do that day-to-day, but when selling a house you would think you would want to show that fireplace off!

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    • Danielle says

      Hi Amy! Good question about the fireplace. All the fireplaces in our house are non-working. Unfortunately it was too cost prohibitive to restore them, but we wanted to keep them for architectural detail. I had a hard time finding adequate seating for this room. The sectional ended up being the best solution for our family. No worries though – we have 4 other fireplaces getting top billing in the house. :)

  15. Danielle says

    Wow, it’s beautiful! That rug in the older son’s bedroom certainly provides a pop of color…love it :) Any idea where the little ottoman in the guest bedroom is from?

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  17. Leah says

    I have been eyeing that gray tufted ottoman on overstock for a while now and love it even more seeing it in their last picture….

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  19. Katie says

    SO much inspiration! I especially love the 2 runners together. What exactly is rug tape? What a gorgeous house. Thanks for sharing.

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    • amc says

      I had never heard of rug tape either. Such an obvious idea, but something I never thought of. Good stuff!

    • Danielle says

      Hi Katie! Flattered by all the nice things people have said about our house! I picked up the rug tape at Target (we practically live there). Look in the rug aisles. I found the tape where they stock the rug pads. I think it was around $4 or so and it really does the trick for getting the edges of rugs to stay put.

  21. Brittany says

    I love the green curtains in the guest bedroom and the subway tile in the kitchen and hall bathroom! As someone who’s taken the metro in Paris multiple times it makes me smile :-)

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  22. Karen says

    What a beautiful home! I absolutely love that cabinet and mirror in the entryway. The pop of green is brilliant, and that mirror is like jewelry. I’m drooling over it.

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  24. Kelly says

    What a fabulous house. I am seriously in LOVE.

    I am lusting over Danielle’s counter tops. Do you know what kind of granite it is?

    Thanks!

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    • Danielle says

      Hi Kelly! The granite was the closest thing I saw to carrera marble (not practical for our house). I think it’s called White Kashmir granite. We got ours from Granite Outlet in Richmond. We’ve been very happy with it. Hope that helps!

    • Kelly says

      Thanks Danielle! I love marble as well, but not practical for us either. That is why I am so in love with your countertops. I appreciate the tip!

  25. Tardevil says

    1) the foyer table 2) the taupe paint color in the guest bedroom w/ the green curtains (any idea what color it is?)
    3) the planet mobile, but it’s all good! I’m sure they will have no problem selling it. Especially since the outside is very close to Carolina blue! LOL!

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    • Danielle says

      Hi Tardevil! To your questions:
      1) Foyer table – From a thrift store called Class & Trash in Richmond. Bought it unpainted.
      2) Taupe color in guest room – Flax by Restoration Hardware. Like the color but don’t recommend RH paints. Have it color matched elsewhere.
      3) The planet mobile is by Pottery Barn Kids.
      4) Exterior color of the house – Benjamin Moore’s HC-159 Philipsburg Blue

  26. Meaghan says

    ADORE! Hopefully Danielle can also tell us where she got that gorgeous ottoman in front of the mini desk in the guest room.

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  27. Meg says

    We’re going to have to be picking out countertops for our new kitchen in the next couple of months and I want some countertops just like those in the kitchen – granite but looks like marble! Do you know what type of granite that is? I’m also curious what price range it falls under! (I’m sure you don’t necessarily know but maybe I can get some input from them!)

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    • Danielle says

      Hi Meg! Picking granite is a tough decision. I also wanted marble but thought it was too fussy for us to maintain. It’s called White Kashmir granite. It’s been great. I want to say it was under $50 per sq ft. The best price I found! We got it from Granite Outlet in Richmond. Good luck!

  28. zinna says

    I love how everything is neutral with really wonderful pops of color. It reminds me of how I dress. Basics and neutrals for the main pieces with bright accessories. I wish them the best of luck in selling their home. Thanks for sharing the pics. They’re wonderful.

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  30. Lara says

    Love, love, LOVE the entry!

    The airplane collection is also great–very artsy & impressive en masse.

    P.S. Sherry, I’m sure you’ve been told this before, but you would make a seriously outstanding realtor. (Not that I want you to change your current line of work, by any means!)

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  31. Paige says

    I think my favorite part was the entry way in the foyer. I currently live in an apartment, but my dream home would have something similar…a cute foyer where I can search far & wide for the perfect entry way cabinet (except, I think she might own the perfect one already–haha!) and accessories.

    Other than that I loved how they decorated the older boy’s room. I LOVE the orange accent color and the planet mobile is so awesome…

    Great house! I’m sure they won’t have a problem selling it!

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    • Danielle says

      Thanks for the compliments Paige! I can relate. It took me a long time to find the right piece for our entryway. And for the record, my husband hated the cabinet when I brought it home. He also was skeptical about the pain color at first, but has since come around. I’ve found decorating is all about trial and error. I had some stuff there before that just wasn’t working. Thanks again. We’ll keep John and Sherry posted on the house selling process.

  33. Meagan says

    Can I make a perhaps unnecessary comment just to point out the typo in the first sentence of the post? Sorry, I’m an habitual proofreader! Despite that, love the post and the house. And what an awesome surprise to see a new post so early in the day : )

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  34. danielle says

    love the greek key curtains in the son’s room – those would look great in my son’s room, too bad i don’t think they still sell them. also in the son’s room love love the denim headboard -also would look great in my son’s room when he’s out of his crib – also probably not available!!

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    • Danielle says

      Hello Danielle! If our house sells, I may be listing some things on Richmond Craigslist. Probably not the greek key curtains (a little sentimental about those), but I see them on Ebay a lot. Are you local? Feel free to email me and I’ll keep you posted. griff_koug at hotmail dot com.

  35. Amanda @ Our Humble A{Bowe}d says

    Love it all! My fav has to be those granite countertops that look like marble! Do you know (or think we can find out) what they’re called? We’re hoping to renovate our kitchen soon and I would love Carrara counters, but they’re not practical for us, This would be the next best thing!

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  37. LindseyR says

    Great House Crash! My faves are the picture gallery walls in the playroom and hallway! (oh…and the hardwood floors throughout)

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  38. Rachel says

    The green cabinet in the entry way is fantastic!! I’m looking to do something similar with a thrifted little cabinet myself as soon as I decide on a color. I love the pops of color throughout the house. Good luck with the home sale, Danielle!

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    • Danielle says

      Samantha, I’m so glad to hear that. Church Hill is a wonderful place to live and we’ll be sad to leave if/when the house sells. The people, restaurants and parks are great, it’s dog-friendly, has amazing architecture … we’ve been very happy here. Plus it’s really exciting to watch it get better and better as more is restored.

  40. Debbie says

    I LOVE that entryway mirror and green storage piece together! So chic! Also, the touches of yellow in the living room are just enough color to make a statement.

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  43. holly says

    that entryway is my fave. annnnnd, also every light fixture in the house. such a great eye for detail!

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  44. Sarah says

    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this house!!! The master is so calming and serene!

    Question: In the photo grouping in the hallway, what is the photo on the top that is mostly black with two white circles on it. It’s my favorite of them all and I don’t even know what it is! I’m with the previous reader who would LOVE to be able to click and enlarge photos!

    Keep the house-crashing coming!!! One of my favorite parts of your website!!!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Nick and Danielle are Greek and had a traditional wedding ceremony which included two woven headpieces, which Danielle framed in a shadowbox. Loved that detail! Wish we could make the pics bigger without getting slow or crashing the site!

      xo,
      s

    • Danielle says

      Thanks Sarah! Yes, those are our wedding crowns called stefana. A beautiful Greek Orthodox tradition. I plan to pass them on to our sons. They’re very special to us and I love seeing them on display.

  45. jeanna says

    My dining room is the same color brown as the guest room. I need some curtains for this room, and when I saw the green curtains, I thought this would be perfect. Any idea there she got them? I even like the curtain rod with the crystal ends.

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  46. Angela says

    Holy crap, that’s a gorgeous house! The decor is amazing; like something straight out of Lonny Magazine. There’s loads of ideas here that I’m going to steal…

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  47. cappy says

    I love her play on neutral wall colors with pops of bold color in the furnishings! I am hoping she is reading this and will give us a list of wall colors she used. An incredible home!

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    • Danielle says

      Sure thing. Here are our paint colors:

      Hallway/Entry – Camouflage, Benjamin Moore
      Living Room/Kitchen – Sharkey Gray, Martha Stewart
      Playroom – Navajo White, Benjamin Moore
      Guest room – Flax, Restoration Hardware
      Boys room – Marilyn’s Dress, Benjamin Moore
      Master bedroom – #1569 Night Mist, Benjamin Moore

  48. amanda f. says

    The entry way and guest bedroom had me at hello! What a beautiful home….just the right amount of vintage style w/fresh colors! Love your house crashes!

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  49. Liz says

    What’s not to love?! However, I am particularly fond of the bulletin board for the kids’ art projects. As my son moves into toddler-hood (gasp!), I know we will have lots of art to display soon, and I’m wondering the best route. That was a good idea!

    Also, the pops of yellow! I think that is such a hard color to pull off, but they did it! Thanks for sharing.

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  50. Sadie says

    Wow- AMAZING! I am obsessed with the spare bedroom– the canvas, Parson’s desk, ottoman and striped rug are a perfect combo. I’d love to know where she got the rug, but know there are a lot of questions out there. I’ve been looking for something similar. I’m totally inspired by this house- thanks for sharing!

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