This Kitchen Renovation Is Full of Secret Storage and Old World Charm
Photo by Bre Bertolini
When interior designer and content creator Bre Bertolini and her husband relocated to his hometown of Poland, Ohio, they thought a stay in his childhood home would be brief.
“His dad was still living here, but he was now alone,” she says. “He offered to let us move in while we figured things out, and six years later, we’re still here! We had our first daughter with us when we moved in, and have had two more kids.”
The house was built in 1989, and its bold palette of red, white, and black hadn’t been updated since. “My husband’s mom had a great sense of style for the time,” Bertolini says. They couldn’t afford to make major changes to the kitchen initially, so Bertolini did what she could with weekend projects—like painting the backsplash and adding new lighting—as their multigenerational family got settled. It wasn’t exactly her dream space, she admits, but she bided her time and saved money until they were able to commit to a full renovation last spring.
