We’re so proud of how this exterior turned out! It’s so fun when your vision becomes reality. This is exactly how I wanted the house to look. Classic, black and white house.
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Here it is! One of my favorite rooms in the whole house. I just love the transformation we made happen.
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You know what they say…kitchens and bathrooms sell houses. This kitchen needed a serious update. It was old, dark, and small.
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The Dining Room updates were mostly cosmetic. We did open up the doorway from the kitchen into the dining room. It used to be a standard 30” opening, but we felt like the two spaces should feel more connected, so we opened up the doorway and made it much larger.
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All of the updates in the living room were purely cosmetic. We didn’t move or tear down any walls. It was a really nice space to begin with; it just needed a little TLC.
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In this bathroom we only made cosmetic changes. Don’t get me wrong, we still gutted the whole room, but the vanity, shower, and toilet stayed in the exact same spot they were in when we bought the house.
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This hallway and staircase look so different than when we bought the house. However, we didn’t do that much work. Besides the obvious cosmetic changes, we removed the wall surrounding the staircase and installed newel posts, spindles, and a banister. What an insane difference it made!
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While this master bathroom stayed in the same spot as the original bathroom, it was completely gutted down to the studs.
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This master bedroom originally had two average sized closets. I really, really wanted to get a large walk-in closet in there if we could. Here’s a couple of pictures of the bedroom when we bought the house:
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An overview of three bedrooms (not including the master) in The Engagement House!
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The basement was totally unfinished when we bought the house. We decided to finish half of it and leave the other half for utilities and storage.
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Wahooooooo! Mike and I finished The Engagement House in late April, put it on the market on April 25th, and received a full price offer the next day! However, in the world of real estate, things aren’t always so easy.
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It’s time to paint the exterior of our current renovation house! The house is half siding and half brick, so I wanted to paint it no matter what, but we were forced into it after we bricked in the back patio door and a window and our mason couldn’t find a matching brick.
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Mike and I sold our first remodel house in December of 2017 and were on the hunt for our next one. We spent some time doing research online and compiling a list of houses that were options.
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