I was spending some time this morning updating some listings, going through old pictures and I stumbled on some before pictures of houses that the DH & I have bought and remodeled. It is interesting to go back and look through these pictures, as I always seem to forget how much work they were…hmmm….some of them were pretty bad :-)
Here are some pictures of the home we are currently living in. The DH always laughs that the houses we live in are never completely finished until the day we move out. I love redesigning and reclaiming outdated homes, make them sparkle and shine again and it allows me to release some creative energies….although I must admit…living in a constant construction zone and sometimes without even a kitchen for months on end does get old after a while.
Here are the before pictures. I spent 2 weeks scraping all of the popcorn of the ceilings. Here is a weird quirk alert about me...I HATE POPCORN CEILINGS...they give me the creeps:-)
They say pictures are worth a thousand words...that is pretty accurate because it would take me thousands of words to list all of the changes...so just sit back and enjoy the slide show.
BEFORE
AFTER
By the way how cool is this Picasa slide show? I am also a tech geek..so it was fun putting this together. I Told the DH I will have to catalog all his masterpieces. He really is very talented...may as well show him off. The Cherry Wood mission furniture in the living room...he made all of it from scratch and I bought a sewing machine recently so he is now sewing leather cushions for the sofa.
The kitchen was also completely hand crafted from solid Cherry. I designed the columns he built to finish off the wall we tore out...they turned out better than I would have ever expected.
Please keep in mind that I am a Florida Licensed REALTOR and there are some really great deals on older waterfront and general Palm Coast homes that can be bought for a super bargain right now if you have the talent and abilities to rehab them. if you are a handy person and looking for a great opportunity in Palm Coast - Flagler County....give me a jingle or drop me an email....I have a list of the best bargain rehab properties in town.
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Great pictures! I must admit, I love the feeling of seeing a rehab project from beginning to end. It really gives you a feeling of accomplishment, doesn't it?
What an awesome transformation! That entry way is great :)
They looked great, somebody's got alot of talent.
Such good before and after shots. It is amazing what can be done with a property.
Debi - Yes, it is a huge sense of accomplishment and I am glad that we always took before and after pictures. it has been fun to go through them and I hope to post more projects soon. Plus it always makes the DH feel good when people tell him how nice his work is.
Rachel - Thanks for the nice comments about the entrance way. The neighbors were very happy since we tackled the outside of the house first :-) i just actually redid the post and made it into a slide-show presentation with Picasa...I was channelling my inner geek.
Marc - Yeah I lucked out finding the DH. When I met him I had no idea he had talent :-)...he was a ski bumm waiting tables for a living and sharing a condo with a whole houseful of party animals...he had just dropped out of ISU where he was about a semester away from a degree in Aerospace Enginerring...funny how life takes us in different directions. I think he has found his true joy in life.
Cathy- Thanks for visiting my post and leaving your comment. I added a few more pictures when I redid the post and added the slide show. Looks like a much better way to put a large group of pictures on a blog. I just realized that my Picasa account would allow me to do this...pretty cool. I will probably do a whole series now...I have a ton of pictures from all the properties we have rehabbed over the years...this could be fun.