House Remodeling

My husband and I are currently remodeling our house. We just finished our bathroom remodel and moved on to the kitchen. No breaks in between for us! Our hopes, when we purchased our home in March 2009, was to flip the house, while living in it. So far here is what we have accomplished in the three years we've lived here:

Spare room, hallway and living room - ripped out the carpet and redid the original hardwood floors (which were painted with Kilz...stupid, stupid, stupid). I love how they turned out. We also repainted the room.

Spare Room - BEFORE

Spare Room - AFTER

Stairs to basement - our stairs were once off the kitchen. They were "L" shaped, narrow and steep. We couldn't get any furniture into our basement, which was really frustrating, not to mention the countless times I almost tumbled down the stairs due to them being so steep. So we decided to relocate the stairs so that we would be able to have a dining room off the kitchen (there was no room for a table in our house and there was no dining room). So we relocated the stairs into the living room (pictures to come...I'm horrible and haven't uploaded them from my camera yet) and had the old stairs off the kitchen removed.

Kitchen Stairs - BEFORE

Kitchen Stairs - BEFORE

Kitchen Stairs - AFTER

Kitchen Stairs - AFTER

Landscaping - we redid all the landscaping outside, both in front of the house and in back. We took all the mulch out (I have a fear of termites and mulch up to the house scares me) and replaced it with river rock. Since we have such hard soil, mostly made of up clay, it is very difficult to grow anything here. So we decided to plant hostas, which have done very well.

Back yard - BEFORE

Back yard - AFTER

Office - replaced the carpet with new, texturized and repainted the walls. (No updated pictures, I'll get on that and post)

Bathroom - we ripped out the vanity, medicine cabinet, toilet and floors (left the tub and shower kit) and replaced with new. I love how it turned out. It looks great (Pictures to come).

Kitchen - this is a remodeling project that is still underway. Pictures of the process to come.