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
