So this is our home...

I feel like I needed a real writing spell to write this post, because there are so many things to write about!

After we closed on the house, there were several dire issues with it, and some general cleaning and renovating.  So let's start with the dire issues:

Our Bathroom
When we came to see the house the bathroom was pretty nasty. It smelled like someone has been missing the toilet while peeing for years.  The walls were faded green and the bathtub has been covered with one of those covers that should make it look new, but somehow, some water got in between the two layers and kept making squishy noises.

During an inspection, it was discovered that a serious leak under the bathroom caused the floor to rot, and that needed to be completely replaced. We decided that we needed the whole bathroom gutted out and have everything new in there. My dad ripped off the floor and the rotten wall around the shower, installed new floor, bathtub, new tile with a heated membrane for the floor, new cabinet and mirror cabinet.  Here's the before and after:

Before

 

After (later we added a very delicate blue color to the walls)

 

Roof

I mean, it was probably even more important than the bathroom, and so much more expensive! After all, you can scrub the nasty bathroom, but you can't live with a huge leak from your roof.  Remember the leak I diverted with my fabulous fix?

 

 

 

This photo I saved from the realtor's website. It's a very old photo because the plants in front of the house are still small.  But, this is the color the roof was before.

 

 

And this is our after:

 

 





 

And the rest of the renovations included:

 

Kitchen

Floor and backsplash tile change:

 



 

 

Floors

We had all floors sanded and stained in a little darker, Chestnut color (this included tearing off the nasty black tile they had installed on top of the wooden floor in the dining area.

 

 Thank goodness they installed the nasty tile on top of a plywood that they nailed to the original floor.

 

This one is our bedroom after the renovation. I love the way the color of the floor came out.

 

All Rooms and Walls

Some of the walls needed to be fully pulled off, and some just got the skim coat to make them look smoother. 

 

Our chocolate wall :)

We changed the entry door as well as all of the windows in the house. I love the huge pane window we put in next to the fireplace. It will make a perfect book reading space for me, or my dad:

On the ceiling we installed recessed lights with level control. They make it very romantic if you keep them super low :)

Guest room - that whole wall had to come off because the previous owners glued the wooden panel onto the plaster wall, which made it come off in pieces when we pulled off the nasty panel.

Joe was fast to install his office and an AC in the window in the smaller room.  He will have to move out very soon because this will be our little man's room very soon :)

Now, I love this one! Previously, at the end of this wall, there was a triangular closet that was super impractical and small. And on the ceiling there was a huge nasty old fan.  We removed the closet and installed a normal attic access ladder. This makes our hallway look so much better :)

 

 

I love how everything came out in our home. There are a ton more things we need to do, but all of upstairs is super nice now :)