When we decided to sell our PH House, we set a summer deadline, but first had to finish all the projects we had not quite finished, mainly the kitchen. Stripping all those cabinets, ai, yi, yi. I had taken a good, long break from that and never gotten back on it. The laundry hall cabinets weren't finished, the family room needed paint, there was unfinished bits of trim here and there. But mainly it was the kitchen. We started working on it in the spring, and as the summer wore on, we had to step it up. There was just no time for pictures. So, finally, here are the 'after' pictures, almost two years after selling the house.
Outside Front - After:
And the original Before:
Outside Back - After: (Two photos stitched together)
I can't believe I never took a picture of the back of the house after it was finished. Here is mid-addition but before the gate was added:
A peek into the courtyard off the dining room. After:
Before: (Or as close as I could find.)
Now the inside tour. First the foyer, which has no before picture because it was too small to get a good angle. We took down a wall and combined the original foyer with an adjoining hallway.
Straight ahead into the living room. The After:
And the Before:
Moving into the dining room added in 2012 and the kitchen. The After:
The Before: of the kitchen (which used to be a kitchen AND dining room)
Around the corner is the laundry hall with built in washer and dryer.
Hall with laundry closet Before:
The master bath did not have an update either other than wall paint. These are the same photos I've shared before. We didn't take pictures of this bathroom for the realtor listing. He thought this bathroom was so small that people shouldn't see it until they came to look at the house! lol
After:
And Before:
And last is the office, coffee bar, and bathroom. We built this part with the garage in 2003, so no Before photos.
Thanks for going on this tour with me. Looking at these photos of the finished house makes me wonder if we'll ever get there with our current project. It seems a long way off right now.
You did a lot of work your old abode. Has it really been almost 2 years? I remember when you started on the addition for the dining area. The remodel looks great. Hopefully your new project will move along quicker once the warmer weather gets here.
ReplyDeleteNo, you're right, it's more like a year and a half. We decided to sell in the spring of 2016 but didn't sell it until the first of September.
DeleteWow, I love the after shots. Went from bland to wow in a second. Labor of love and it shows.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and weekend. ♥
Thank you. I'm not sure it was all love though. Toward the end, we just wanted it done.
DeleteMarti: What a beautiful home you have, its magazine beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you have chosen beautiful.
Thank-you for sharing with us.
Blessings
Catherine
WOW! Given our current new home project, I can REALLY appreciate the work that goes into a remodel. You could get a job with Property Brothers! I especially like the dark trim in the living room and the white trim behind the bed in one of the small bedrooms.
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie. I dunno, Property Brothers probably doesn't want someone who takes 5 years to complete anything. lol
DeleteWOW! What a great job! I love your colors and how everything looks perfect. We are currently slowly, slowly looking for another house. All the small things (that are not really small) which we need to do to this house before we sell it, really adds up.
ReplyDeleteLooking at houses for sale is also disappointing. I want to ask the sellers, "What were you thinking when you did that?" Why paint every room purple trimmed with lime green? That seems to be the going trend now.
It is worth repeating, you have done a great job.
Jeannie @ GetMeToTheCountry.blogspot.com
Thank you. I don't know what I was thinking with the blue countertop in the bathroom either. I like color - but in moderation. We once bought a house that had been painted cornflower blue, inside and out. They even painted the washer and dryer. It was just. too. much.
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