Pressing on!

We have been busy bee's trying to get the house ready for inspection (which was last Friday).


Good news: it passed!

Now it's crunch time.  We move this Saturday!!  Granted, we will be moving into an unfinished house, but progress is in sight!  The floors will be sanded and ready by Saturday...just in the nick of time!!

Next on the list for the 1st floor:

• move the kitchen to the back of the house
• tear down the existing kitchen in the front room
• Add new flooring to the old kitchen
• finish touches on the bathrooms
• hit the spa :)

 

Be gone ugly dirty walls!

 

Volunteer staff with a smile!

 

All business!

Door knobs matter!

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Much better!


Jim putting in the new kitchen.

The carpets are finally out!  Time for sanding!

Still Alive

I've been delinquent! Jim and I are just soooo busy with this house and managing our day jobs. We have, however, made some serious progress. The bathrooms will be done this week (yipee) and most of the painting is done on the first floor. There is still a gigantic renovation mountain to climb, but next steps will hopefully be pulling out the carpets and refinishing the floor after the inspection.. Piece of cake, right!?

Here is what we started with:

And here is where we are. The color we used are gypsum white and barefoot beach.



This arch way will have to go after the inspection too!

The green is a goin'.



Still on floor #1 - this room is right off the entrance to the right from above.


Painting the trim is a pain in the derriere!

This is an entrance way into the room below.

I still have to figure out what to do with that terrible outdated ceiling fan. Could use a DIY idea.

Emma's room. She loved the green. She won't need a night light! It will be our glow-in-the-dark room ;)....ZING!

This is a closet in Emma's room that still needs some help.

I found this awesome find on Craig's list for a steal. It's going to look super cool in Emma's retro room!

Bathroom pre-gut!

The baneiro is looking much better these days! It will look the same on the 2nd floor too.


...but not the 3rd floor bathroom. We decided to keep the tub in this one.

Okay, enough of the 1st floor. Let's go upstairs which will be getting a face lift too!

prepping

Somewhere in the house...

Most of the closets are in bad shape too..3rd floor kitchen with new counter top and bottom cabinets. Top cabinets and backsplash next on the list.

George Street: Love/Hate relationship!

Ready, Set, Go

Last weekend we started the painting process. Let me rephrase that, I started the painting process. Jim was busy removing and putting in sinks (not to be discounted). I did the trim on the ENTIRE first floor and learned that no amount of yoga could prevent soreness the next day. Any who...here are a few more pre-painting pics of the first floor.

This is the front room/kitchen area that we decided to move to maximize living space.

Here is another angle peering into the kitchen. Lovely.

Demolition time!

This is where we are moving the kitchen to.

Basically, it's a small unused room. Essentially a blank canvas to do whatever we want! I know, I know...it's hard to visualize in this current state.

A spare room that needs a 911 call.

Front living room off the soon-to-be old kitchen space.

Bedroom number 2.

There is one more bedroom that basically is in the same sucky condition. Each floor has 3 bedrooms which equals alot of QT with the paint brush.

The Adventure Begins

Tah dah....this is our new crib if you haven't seen it yet! Jim and I purchased it back in February and have been nonstop since then. There is alot of work in front of us, so be sure to stay tuned to see our progress.

Based on this top picture, you may be thinking it's not bad. I will admit, the exterior wasn't what scared the bejesus out of me. In fact, with a little landscaping TLC and curb appeal, my eye's glimmered with hope until.....the grand tour! Below is a preview:

This is the bathroom layout for all 3 floors. Nice! As you can see, not much in the way of room unless you are Gumby.

Here we have the top floor kitchen. It comes with nonmatching cabinets, a nice mustard yellow counter top and superb vinyl flooring layered over 6 other vinyl floorings. Each floor has its own unique story which I am happy share over the course of the next several months.

Needless to say. I was horrified. This place is a DUMP! But with some persuasion and Jim's know-how, I was convinced that this was a project we could tackle together.

So far, all of the electrical has been rectified and most of the plumbing is complete. We've gutted two of the bathrooms, changed a kitchen counter top and replaced a sink.

I will hit y'all up with pictures later. For now, it's time to hit the sheets! zzzzzzzzzzzzz.....