We recently served a lovely family in Abilene that lives in one of my FAVORITE houses in one of my FAVORITE locations in town. This historic home included a beautiful and unique entrance. But time and weather have beaten it down over the years and it was time for a little updating. At first glance… Continue reading Beautiful Custom Front Door
Abilene has a LOT of colorful bathroom tile!! This pale pink bathroom needed a little updating. We were able to use a tile paint from Sherwin Williams to clean it up to a nice white. We normally stick to neutral colors, but this time I went bold with a warm copper for the walls! See… Continue reading Goodbye 60’s pink tile…
Our latest rehab is on the market and I'm enjoying reminiscing over where it began! Digging through old photos is always the fun part. Sometimes it's hard to remember how far a house has come! For this kitchen we kept the original cabinets but we removed the cook top and built in oven to provide… Continue reading How we updated a 60’s kitchen
Sometimes designing a rehab project is easy. But sometimes, you buy a house with an elevated living room and an L shaped brick wall, and it leaves you stumped as to the best way to fix it up. I came up with several ideas about how to utilize the wall, but at the end of… Continue reading What knocking out a brick wall gets you…
Our recently purchased house is a home in the making (yep, we are living in a project while flipping another house!). Just showing off some of my husband's recent work: This is now our son's room. The built in bookshelf makes a great place to organize his toys and books! But first he had to get… Continue reading The bookshelf stays, everything else goes!
We just started renovations on our recently purchased home! I will be posting updates as Joseph completes sections of the work. This is our master bathroom, complete with lovely, very old, green carpet (yes, it looks brown, but it was green) and tiny corner toilet. Here is the view from the entrance. We are keeping… Continue reading Goodbye green shag bathroom carpet…
Helped a local office update their historic building, turning bedrooms into offices. The building was built by the railroad around 1910 as the train depot. Over the years this building has had many owners and many uses. So much history in this building! Here is the first office we tackled. Beautiful antique windows!! Pulling up… Continue reading Corner Office // Hardwood Floors
This room has hardwood floors from 1929 which had been painted over. Joseph set out to sand them down and refinish them to their original glory! Or...their aged glory, I suppose. After days of sanding, here is their raw beauty. This is the floors after he sealed them! This picture is at night so you… Continue reading Refinishing Hardwood Floors // 1725
The master bathroom certainly needed the least work. Even though we removed every last yellow tile from the guest bathroom, we decided the teal tile was adorable and kept it! Before... After. We updated the medicine cabinet and light fixture and softened the walls with a grey color instead of white. We removed the old… Continue reading House Flip: 341 // Master Bathroom
Here are some pictures before and after the remodel of the kitchen area, which included a breakfast nook. This view is from the living room. The room through the door on the left was a bit odd. It could be a sitting room, or a large formal dining, or a second family room. See below… Continue reading House Flip: 341 // The Kitchen
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