A First Look at Our Montana Bungalow

January 16th, 2023

Happy Monday friends! Today we’re featuring the design plan for our Montana Shop Conversion. If you’re new here, we bought and renovated our first short term rental house in Montana last summer. This year we’re converting the 620 sq ft shop into a two bedroom, 1 bath bungalow! A few of the many goals of this project are to host more family, have an additional stream of income and increase property value.

As always, we needed a jumping off point! Needless to say, we are carrying over the moody mountain vibes you saw in our Montana Modern Cabin and adding a few hints of warmth. Because access and timing of materials is a big deal up in North Western Montana we’re using readily available building materials and sourcing vintage furniture pieces where we can!

We have a fun mix of texture happening - rugged concrete tile, smooth Alder doors, quartz soapstone counters, woven light fixtures and even a velvet bed!

We’re sticking with the same moody Railings by Farrow & Ball paint color for the bedroom and bathroom walls, complimented by warm wooden shiplap ceilings. In the common area were sticking to the lighter palette with White Dove by Benjamin Moore.

We’re opting for oversized tile floor throughout, vertical straight stacked tile in the shower and the same moody soapstone counters in the kitchen.

This time around we’re most excited about what the bungalow will have to offer that our main house didn’t, a fireplace, a spa and an undone exterior (which means new siding and windows)! More on all of those features to come! For links to everything you see on our mood board and more, click here!

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