Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Our Final Product

Au revoir 1167 Jackson!
Well, at least for a year or so...James and I have handed our renters their keys to the house. We hope you have enjoyed watching her transform over the past year or so. Below is just a quick Before & After of the main parts of the house.
FRONT OF HOUSE
Before
Middle
After
BACK YARD
Before
 
After
 
Ladies and Gentleman, that's over 40 planets along that fence.
 
Added a new retaining wall along the back near the shed and also got new patio furniture from Target. 

LIVING ROOM
Before
After

 

MAIN BATHROOM
Before
After
 

KITCHEN
Before
 
Mismatched appliances - ugh! 
New matching appliances, but that space is still lacking something...
After
 
Now the space seems to flow better with the addition of a half-wall and soffit that was created to cover up the pipes we added for the master bath.
 
Unfortunately, I don't have an images of our kitchen completely put together with the new flooring we added, but here is a picture of what it looked like right before the renters moved in. 

Yes, I did make a gift basket for our renters. And I also love Star Trek. Deal with it.

GUEST BEDROOM
Not much changed, but a new ceiling fan and James painted all the doors on the main floor black, which turned out really nice.
2nd GUEST ROOM/OFFICE
 
Again, not much changed, but a new ceiling fan.

MASTER SUITE
Stairs Before
 
Stairs After
 
Bedroom Before
 
Bedroom Middle
 
Bedroom After
Don't you just love the gun next to the bed? HA!

Master Suite Bathroom Before
Master Suite Bathroom After
 
 

Master Suite Walk-in Closet Before
....well since it was a completely new addition we have no before photos so on to 
Master Suite Walk-in Closet After!
I could have organized it more for the after photo, but the past month has been such a complete blur that I thought I had taken a photo of it empty and with the trim up before the renters moved in, but I was wrong.

And so that is it.
 Definitely a bitter sweet moment for us since this was our first project together and where we spent the beginning of our relationship. 1167 Jackson showed us that we work well together through stress and hard manual labor, that we are style twins, and that we can accomplish some pretty awesome things together. Oh, and patience. Something neither one of us had before.
What are we up to next? Well, James and I are moving on up to a big historic home that is 104 years old.

Oh yeah, bring it on.

Love,
M and J

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Master Suite Redo

 
Finally, the bathroom we added to the 2nd story is complete!
 
All items were purchased at Lowe's.
 
Replaced molding with a thicker style
 
New entrance and walk-in closet was created
 
The master was so big we were able to create a brand new walk-in closet
 
New carpet has replaced the old blue industrial style carpet...YAY!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Peep Show


It was a mad dash to the finish line, but we have completed our renovations for 1167 Jackson just in time for our renters to move-in! I'll do one final BEFORE and AFTER post and then on to a new blog!