A Cottagey Row House Renovation in Philadelphia

Kalyn Matthews describes herself as a home stager and aspiring interior designer. Having done home staging for more than six years, she felt ready to take on an exciting new project. She bought a row house in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia and went on a two-year renovation journey. “The house was not in a livable state. The plumbing stack was cracked, so there was no working plumbing. The kitchen and bath were in really rough condition. Structurally, it was sound, but it needed a new roof, windows, plumbing and electric. The bathroom and kitchen had to be gutted and completely renovated,” says Kalyn. Read on to see how Kalyn transformed this broken down row home into a cozy cottage-style retreat.