we passed our final inspection today!
we have been working on the house over the past week or so, determined to finish up the loose ends. we started with a 4 page punchlist and now we pretty much only have caulk and paint left to do (but alot of it!)
i will post pics soon.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
hellloooo!
okay, i know, it has been a looong time since i have posted on this blog- so here is an update (in case you are still checking in!)
you probably already know that we have decided to move into this flip to wait out the slumpy market- not so bad, but the loose ends probably wont be tied up until the month we decide to put it on the market! (can you say, pro-cras-tin-a-tion?!)
so, what have we done since may?- mostly, we have been working outside...cant bring ourselves to caulk and paint when it is summer!
i will try to take some good pictures soon--- even though not much has been done, the old pictures are not very good!
you probably already know that we have decided to move into this flip to wait out the slumpy market- not so bad, but the loose ends probably wont be tied up until the month we decide to put it on the market! (can you say, pro-cras-tin-a-tion?!)
so, what have we done since may?- mostly, we have been working outside...cant bring ourselves to caulk and paint when it is summer!
i will try to take some good pictures soon--- even though not much has been done, the old pictures are not very good!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
yardwork-ugh!
yardwork has got to be the most difficult, back-breaking work! i would maybe put it in the same category as sanding drywall (which tops our list of the worst phases of rehab), but i think that i would still rather sand drywall!
our neighbors installed a new cedar fence so it was time to cut back the overgrown forsythia bushes-this was the only before photo that i could find...
after removing 2 rows of the forsythia, we found a beautiful lilac bush buried in the back!
here is the scrap pile...what you cant see in the photo is that the pile actually extends about 25' back and stands about 10' tall! (i took the photo from the deck)
nothing a bag of marshmallows and lighter fluid cant take care of!
thinning out the edge of the yard at the new fence already looks cleaner
so this is the reason why it is so difficult to get rid of bamboo, and you dont want it in your yard!
i dug up this small clump of bamboo to find this huge tap root! and the root broke off, so i am sure that it will return!
this is another project on our list; the front walk and side landing- we have picked out the new pavers but dont look forward to removing the existing concrete, so we're gonna procrastinate a bit more on this one!
our neighbors installed a new cedar fence so it was time to cut back the overgrown forsythia bushes-this was the only before photo that i could find...
after removing 2 rows of the forsythia, we found a beautiful lilac bush buried in the back!
you can see in the photo how much area the forsythia took up, so we feel like we took back valuable real estate.
let's file this one in the "it has to look worst before it can look better" category!
let's file this one in the "it has to look worst before it can look better" category!
here is the scrap pile...what you cant see in the photo is that the pile actually extends about 25' back and stands about 10' tall! (i took the photo from the deck)
nothing a bag of marshmallows and lighter fluid cant take care of!
thinning out the edge of the yard at the new fence already looks cleaner
so this is the reason why it is so difficult to get rid of bamboo, and you dont want it in your yard!
i dug up this small clump of bamboo to find this huge tap root! and the root broke off, so i am sure that it will return!
this is another project on our list; the front walk and side landing- we have picked out the new pavers but dont look forward to removing the existing concrete, so we're gonna procrastinate a bit more on this one!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
photo update!
okay....i realized that it was going to be a while before i could post "finished" photos...so here are some current pix- boxes and mess and all!
kitchen
before!
after!
before!
after!
today i installed the flip-down tray at the kitchen sink cabinet. it was relatively easy, just time consuming. we bought the kit at lowes...i think it was around $20.
dining room
before!
the wall to the right separated the kitchen from what was the living room, but is now the dining room:
after!
before!
after!
before!
after!
the wall to the right separated the kitchen from what was the living room, but is now the dining room:
after!
before!
after!
before!
after!
second floor
linen closet:
before!
after!
master bedroom:
before!
after!
there is the tv mount! tv coming soon!
we found these bureaus at ikea...they fit the niche perfectly!
guest bedroom:
before!
after!
i hate that valance...ive discovered that i hate drapery alltogether!!!
but i wanted to "stage" this room so buyers could see it as a guest room or a kids room! but right now, its just a room filled with boxes!
before!
after!
master bedroom:
before!
after!
there is the tv mount! tv coming soon!
we found these bureaus at ikea...they fit the niche perfectly!
guest bedroom:
before!
after!
i hate that valance...ive discovered that i hate drapery alltogether!!!
but i wanted to "stage" this room so buyers could see it as a guest room or a kids room! but right now, its just a room filled with boxes!
man den + office
basement:
before!
after!
before!
after!
before!
after!
basement office:
first floor office/bedroom:
before!
after!
before!
after!
before!
after!
basement office:
first floor office/bedroom:
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