We went right to work on the exterior because it was warm outside when we bought the house. In the front, we replaced the porch columns with updated columns, cut down the overgrown landscaping, repaved the asphalt driveway, and installed a new garage door.
Read MoreRight before we closed on the house, we did a final walkthrough. When we got to the house, we realized there was no power and as a result the basement had flooded.
Read MoreThe house had a very small galley kitchen when we bought it, and we knew right away that we wanted to move the kitchen elsewhere. Once we figured out the kitchen would move to the family room, we had a great space for a new hallway, a laundry room, and a half bathroom.
Read MoreBedroom #2 had bright blue carpet, stick-on stars on the ceiling, and the light fixture seemed to have caught on fire at some point. First, we removed the carpet and stickers.
Read MoreThe biggest change we made to the master suite was the bathroom upgrades. We actually changed the location of the master bathroom, which meant we had to change the location of the doorway from the master bedroom into the master bathroom.
Read MoreWhen we bought this house, the guest bathroom was massive and the master bathroom (which shared a wall with the guest bathroom) was tiny. We completely demolished the wall separating the two bathrooms (and demo’ed a coat closet too) and made the room one big blank slate to work from.
Read MoreWhen Mike and I first took on this remodel, we knew we didn’t like the kitchen. It was a very small outdated galley kitchen. Once we started demolition, we realized all the work we were going to do wasn’t going to be worth it if we didn’t give the house an amazing kitchen.
Read MoreThe VERY first project we did in this house was removing the wall separating the living and dining room. I actually thought it looked like a shower door so it was an easy decision.
Read MoreIn June of 2015, Mike and I had just moved in together and had already tackled big DIY projects on our home. We were feeling pretty confident about what we could accomplish together and had been dreaming about tackling a full house remodel.
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