The master bath was a challenge. We thought of trying many different storage and renovation options, but in the end we decided to keep it simple. We still ended up replacing almost everything in this small bathroom:
We rarely use this bathroom, but we did a lot to improve it. We painted the vanilty, added new hardware, replaced the faucet and most other bathroom hardware, replaced the light and laid new flooring.
This room was tricky. As I mentioned before, this home was smaller than the last, and trying to find a place for everything was a challenge. We didn’t want to set up our former loft in the living room or family room, because we thought the love sac would look out of place. We combined our guest and office furniture from the last house into our second bedroom, and made the third bedroom into a dedicated gameroom.
It’s a bit cluttered, but in a happy gaming cave kind of way. Though there is no curtain up in the picture, I usually have a blackout curtain over the window. We mounted the TV and hung lots of shelves to get as much space as possible. Our media shelves fit perfectly in the closet, so we were able to store almost all the games and accessories in this room.
The office was the last room to be finished. This room served as temporary storage (aka dumping ground) for everything that was still packed or unused. We got rid of a lot of stuff while living here, as this home was smaller with no storage room. After a few trips to Goodwill, this room was ready to go. (The closet is a different story.) As a side note, I started pulling up the carpet before I remembered to take pictures.
Here’s what we did:
The dining room, like the living room, didn’t need much work. Here’s what we did:
There’s not much to say about the living room. All the furnishings and decorations came from our last house, so it was a simple room to complete. Unfortunately, we did have to pay someone for one fix. We took off a light switch but couldn’t figure out how to reconnect it, because it was a three way switch with mysteriously colored wiring. After paying an electrician $125 to fix it, we vowed to learn more about home wiring. Here’s what we did:
This is the first of many “before and after” posts about our place. The outside of the house wasn’t awful, but it was a little more work than we imagined.
The pictures are a bit deceptive, as they don’t look that dissimilar. Here’s what we did outside:
Our house is on the market! I’ll be posting a ton soon. For now, I’m enjoying all our hard work and our clean, finished home.
Nothing exciting has happened at our place over the last few months. Though I started to paint the cabinets, I stopped when the paint color didn’t live up to my expectations. I decided to wait to make a decision, because it’s a lot of work to do twice. Because I would need to do the work inside, I decided to deep clean the house first, getting rid of junk and de-cluttering closets before tearing apart the kitchen. It’s amazing how much the two of us (mostly I) have acquired. I’ve sent many car loads to Goodwill and the dump, trying to keep only what we need. All this work will help immensely when we move again, but it’s taken a lot longer than I expected. On the bright side, it’s warm enough to paint the cabinet doors in the garage.
I have consolidated all of the remaining junk into the living room, which is currently a wreck. It’s filled with the hardest to sort items, and I’ve been procrastinating doing anything about it. Beyond this organization, there are a lot of little projects to be tackled inside too. We’ve started to clean up our yard and get ready to establish some curb appeal. Yard work is absolutely my least favorite part of renovating, but it has to be done.
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