Helping our son finish his remodel

Our son called in February and asked if I could come out and 

help them finish their house so it would be ready to put 

on the market.  

It was on the 15th that I arrived and I spent two and a half

weeks there helping paint, spackle, caulk, pack boxes, 

and whatever else needed to be done.  Plus the bonus was, I got to see the

kids and the grand kids.  I arrived on Braxton's birthday, and

left the day before Weston's birthday, so we had some

 really fund times together.  

And did I mention caulk?  Oh, we went through a lot of tubes

of caulk!  I learned from the painters we hired 3 years ago that

one of the keys to a great paint job is caulking first, and getting every

crack between the floor boards, and casings, and anything

else filled before you paint.  

So we caulked! and caulked and caulked!

I am just sharing a few rooms of the house in this post.

It really turned out great, and the house was under contract in

10 days!  So it was worth all the work.

                                                                                                                                                                      Here is the living room/Kitchen.

Several years ago we helped Jer remodel the kitchen,

all the cupboards are original to the house, however, they

are not all in the original space, where the island now is - was a 

wall with cupboards on it.  So they got moved to the other side making

the kitchen bigger and on the bottom of the island,

and giving the house an open concept living room/ kitchen.

                            

Here is another view of the kitchen

This view shows some of the living area too.

The false fireplace is a fun feature that Jer added to the room.

This is a unusable wall, basically a walk way.

The mantel was given to me as a gift from the contractor we

hired, and came out of a very, old house that was falling apart.

I loved it, and used it in every house we sold 

when I was staging.  Jer has put it here permanently.

This is the bathroom that needed an entire new floor, which 

Jer did before I came, he put a new countertop and sink in the 

bathroom before I came too.  I only had to paint and 

lots of caulking, he also put in a crown molding which you

cannot see, but made the room!

This bedroom was only sheet rocked when I arrived, 

so there was a lot of work to this room.

The walls were quite wavy too, so many days of 

spackling and drying before any painting could be done.

This is my bedroom when we come to stay. This time I came

by myself, but usually it is both Dana and I when we come to visit.

Isn't this laundry room a dream!

Long story as to how it came to look like this, but it is 

one of the greatest features of the house.   Jer made the counter

tops for the room from scratch!  So love this room.

It is pure joy when you have to fold clothes.  

Well, as "pure joy" as folding clothes can be!

Master bathroom.

All the bathrooms and bedrooms were painted in 

Agreeable Grey from Sherwin Williams.

There are 4 different grey paints in the house.

The Family room.

 My adventure to the kids for a few weeks was a job for sure.

But it was worth it, we knew the house would not last long on the

market.  One great feature of the house, is the guest bedroom is on 

the opposite side of the house as the master and kitchen,

So when we come we have privacy, which is nice sometimes with

4 grand children running around!

So happy for the kids that the house sold so fast.

It was a fun few weeks, and I must say, I am getting older,

cause there were days I was in pure exhaustion.

What do you think?

Robin

Pot Rack, Clock, Light Fixture in the Kitchen

We have been working on updating the Kitchen.

I will share with you the beginning of our kitchen to the 

end result of it in the next few months.

The first post on the kitchen is the pot rack light that hangs

over the top of the island.

We purchased this light/pot rack 6-7 years ago at Lowes.

It didn't have the clock, but it did have everything else,

it was just all the same color of bronze.

We found a clock at a outlet store that I thought might work in the middle

of the lamp.  I hummed and hawwed around trying to decide

if I wanted to get it, or if it would really work.

It came looking like this if I put it on the clock,

so I thought I would have to take the clock face off and turn it around.

I asked the fellow at the store how much?  Of course it wasn't marked.

and he said $10.  I thought ok, mm maybe I can make this work.

He said, did you know the nice thing about 

this clock, as I brought it to the counter, I'm,  no,

He takes the clock, pulls the face off, it is attached with magnets,

and I realized I only have to turn it so it would work!!!!!

$10  SOLD!

Dana took the bars off from the original base

and attached those bars with screws to the top of the light.

I sprayed parts of the lamp with silver spray,

to lighten the light/pot hanger.

I sprayed the leaves silver and left the wide edge bronze.

The addition of the clock to the light fixture is so fun.

Not that I really need another clock in the kitchen, but the fixture 

needed updating to what we are doing with the kitchen.

I will add more updates on the kitchen as time goes on.

Ciao!

Robin