Yes Dougie and I bought a House! We officially became home owners the day Before thank's giving. Ever since we have been working hard on fixing it up. It's a 3 bedroom 1 bath with a pool! Yes it has a pool. I mean how cool is that! I'v always wanted a pool. I remember last summer me and dougie wher pool hopping and overstaying our welcomes to anyone who had a pool. We where bad. So now, we have our own. And NO ONE can kick us out this time! =)
For now though we have fixed the majority of the inside of the house. We gutted the kitchen and bathroom. Re piped the entire house to new copper plumbing. Re-painted the whole house. (believe me..if you would have seen the colors you would have too!) We also re-did the floors ourselves. OH man was that a task. It sucked, it was a lot of work that took patience that apparantly dougie didn't have! So 4 months later ..we did it. Finally....After a few meltdowns =)
Following are photos of the before and afters. Hope you Enjoy!!!
We cut out a whole in the wall to open it up into the living room.Dougie wanted to turn it into a bar. Yeah like that was going to happen!
The kitchen had to be completely Gutted. New floor, walls, electrical, ceiling, lighting fixtures, cabinets, appliances..even the outlets had to be changed. Cabinets where from Ikea with the butcher block counter tops. Everyone Now take perticular attention to my stove! that is my baby! I bought it at an antique shop. It's a Chambers Model C in Buttercup Yellow. It has a thermo well a Griddle and broiler up on top and It has an awesome oven that cooks with the Gas Turned Off! Anyhow it's super cool.
Well needless to say we where very pleased with the way the kitchen came out.
The Living room was a big challenge as well. Besides the Obvious paint job, we also had to re-do the entire ceiling. First of all it had popcorn ceilings and 2 beams where warped and causing slopes, so it all had to come down.
We replaced the beams, added all new insulation and installed new recessed lighting. We also cut out a portion of the main wall to make it feel more open and so i can keep an eye on dougie while i cook =)
