Front of the House
Yea, that shrub there was growing up into the attic. Also, some birds figured out it had punched a whole in the attic vent, so I had to deal with those.
As you can see, the yard was somewhat neglected. The place was vacant when we bought it.
The Backyard
Here’s a shot of the backyard, taken from the vantage point of the side-yard. That shed is still there, but not for long. It’s filled with debris from fixing the place up. Also, those boxwood bushes are all gone. yay! There’s some snazzy patio furniture, a fireplace, and candle light all over the place now.
Back of the house
This is what the back of the house looked like. Nowadays, there’s a new attic fan (solar, of course) on the roof back there. It’ll get painted probably today, to blend in a little better. Not much has changed from this angle, except for reseeding the lawn, and cleaning out the fins of the AC compressor.
Inside: Family Room
Here’s where you’ll notice the most changes. This is the family as viewed from the entry way. As you can see, the color of the walls is puked-up-avocado green. Gross, huh? And that ceiling fan hangs dangerously close to ones head when passing by. Also, that far corner is quite dark, no?
All that has been changed.
Inside Family Room
This photo was taken 90 degrees left from the previous one. See the thermostat on the far wall? It wasn’t hooked to anything – REMOVED! Also, there’s a nice, large TV mounted to the wall now (burying the wires is coming soon). And of course, we painted everything.
Front Bedroom
This is the front bedroom. What we have deemed to be the office/guest room. Dark, blank, gross crayon writing all over the walls (this kid had no discipline at all). All cleaned up as you’ll see in coming photos.
Master Bedroom
And our coup-de-grace: the master bedroom. We really turned this room around. From the baby-poop wall color, to the hideous window treatments and ceiling fan – all has been dealt with! I even re-built the closet! It used to be that cheap-o white-wire crap. Now it’s all custom hardwood.
Bathroom
Here’s the one-and-only bathroom. Kinda nasty huh? It’s now a nice, deep purple, has a nice, curved shower curtain bar, and that gross soap dish? Gone! New shower-head, removed that ugly, mismatched cabinet. Check!
The hall closet
This used to make me chuckle everytime I walked by: they installed a new furnace (presumably replacing the wall-heater). But, they didn’t bother to repair the wood they had to cut out to get the furnace in place, nor did they do a half-decent job of patching the dry-wall holes.
Tisk tisk! This has all been fixed.
Kitchen
Okay, you thought the master bedroom was bad? Who did this paint job? What lunatic picked these colors?
We painstakingly took down all the cabinets, sanded them clean, repainted them a nice, bright white, replaced broken tiles, recaulked the sink (somebody decided that grouting the sink to the tiles was the smart way to go..), and repaired a giant hole in the dry wall. Also, that door to the garage has been replaced with an insulated steel door.
The Garage conversion.
And last, but not least, we removed this garage conversion. They converted the garage (presumably unpermitted) to an office/room. Yea, that’s not gunna work for us. We dispatched this hack in about an hour.
It goes without saying that this took both of us working countless hours together, along with some invaluable help from friends and family to accomplish all of this. Also, it’s been about 6 months of solid work.
More to come, stay tuned!
