Middle of no where = 2.5 hours away.
Normally middle of no where is ok....unless you work a full time 40 hour a week job and then "middle of no where" quickly turns into "pain in the ass." But, in order to make money you need to spend money (and time). Along with everyone elses time since my parents put a LOT of time into helping me out. (Shout out goes to my mother for repainting the back porch steps 5 times because once wasn't enough and for spending countless hours removing all that wallpaper and to my father for spending multiple weekends trying to get the water to work.)
7 months later the house has been finished and is on the market. Hopefully it sells soon as I have my eye on two other investment properties. And I need to pay off my credit cards before Mr. Emily kills me.
Here are some before and afters along with what I did and where I bought it from.
Kitchen Before:
Kitchen After:
Sorry for the low picture quality. All photos can be found on my Flickr account. The link is at the bottom of my blog.
Team Emily (aka, boyfriend, parents and anyone else who will work for free) completely renovated two rooms in the house. The kitchen was one, the bathroom was the other. First came removing the old counters and the old laminate flooring. Since I was on a budget, everything you see in this kitchen aside from the floor and countertops are used.
The cabinets came from Habitat for Humanity, easily one of the greatest stores around. All the cabinets were from different years/designers and if you look close enough, some of the doors do not exactly match. But paint everything white with a glossy white spray paint and then topped with glossy white paint in a can from Walmart and you have yourself custom cabinets that cost $180.00.
The countertop is from Lowes. Milano Quartz. Approximately $200.
The appliances were used from my parents, thanks Mom and Dad!
The tile floor is from Lowes and are size 18x18 at .68 a square foot.
The table and chairs I found in the garbage that someone wanted to throw out. Stupid people.
The paint color is a color match. My friend's house is wonderfully decorated and I loved the paint color in her bathroom, so I took a sample to Home Depot and had it color matched. The bathroom was painted the same color.
All accessories came from Ikea and Walmart.
Now, for room no. 2 - The Bathroom
Before:
Can we say UGH. The only saving grace in this whole entire bathroom was the vintage claw foot tub that I eventually resurfaced using the Rust-Oleum White Tub and Tile Resurfacing Kit. Oh and don't listen to the reviews that say it's hard and you should pay a professional. Hands down this was the easiest thing I did during the whole renovation project.
After (I will re post the cleaner pictures later):
Look at that tub! Hire a professional? Pfft. I AM the professional. Professional at being awesome that is.
This bathroom was gutted. Walls, flooring, etc. Looking through the before pictures I can't believe how well it turned out. This bathroom was the location for numerous fights between Mr. Emily and I and multiple water explosions. It was also the location for every single headache I had during the renovation process.
For a few months we had to stay at a hotel due to the plumbing needing to be replaced. Then when we finally put the toilet in we found it was cracked. Another toilet had to be purchased. The water lines for the tub didn't fit.... nor did the new shower surround.
But it all worked out in the end.
Shower curtains - Walmart
Vanity - Lowes
Toilet - Tru Value
Paint color - Color match. Also seen in Kitchen. For the color code, just ask.
Shower surround - Ebay
Decorations - Target and Walmart
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