Some Changes Around The House

Haven't posted any photos of the house in a while and thought it would be fun to show you some changes we have made.

 We painted most of the main floor a soft gray. 

 Moved this cabinet into the living room.

 Picked up the cow picture at a local shop in town.

 My grandfather's desk looks cute in this corner and is a convenient place to pay bills.

 Fireplace mantel.

 Took down the heavy curtains from all the windows and let in the natural light.  Redid the chairs in a large buffalo plaid.

 Started collecting Rae Dunn for the house here in Ohio and the Carriage House in Georgia.  Love how simple her designs are.

 Heated towel rack.

I would love to say we are done but we never are.  Already making changes to the sewing room and more plans are being dreamt up for other rooms.

Diana

One Step Closer

Another post on the progress at the carriage house in Georgia!

 Starting out with a pic of the tile we chose for the bathroom, laundry closet and entry.  Love the color, hate that they messed up the layout.  Second tile from the top is not right.  Sent them a note and that should be fixed soon.  Our builders have been great so far about everything including last minute changes so can't complain too much.  Can't wait to see the tiled floors in person once they are all done.

 The wood floors have a few more steps til they are finished but I really like the color they turned out to be.  This picture is from the kitchen into the small pantry.  The cabinets should go in this week.

 Living area and doors into bathroom and bedroom.  That wall next to the doors will be where our TV will go.  I want to get a white painted buffet to go below the TV.

Here is the painted exterior, during a rain shower, as taken by our daughter.  The garage doors still need to go in and will be white.  The front door will be painted black.

Here is the dormer area in our bedroom.  Don't know what I will end up putting there but I have always wanted a house with dormers so I am excited about just having this area!  

We are getting really close to the finish line.  We will check with the builders this week to see if they have a "finish" date for us.  Then we will rent a little uhaul and move in.  Looking forward to vacationing on Lake Lanier and just getting away from the everyday life.  I can already picture us sitting on the boat dock or taking a ride in the boat while my husband fishes.  Or maybe exploring the area, stopping to shop at all the fruit and vegetable stands.  I have already mapped out the bakeries nearby including a pie shop that looks really good.  Sounds like I better put on my stretchy pants!

Diana

NOT!

Looks like a simple project doesn't it?  Not so much.

 Well it actually was a simple project, I must have walked under an ladder or crossed paths with a black cat cuz it took me multiple tries to get this right.  And we won't even talk about the other project I really messed up........  And yes I do get the irony of the above wall hanging sentiment........

 First started with a vinyl stencil cut on my silhouette that I totally put on the wood crooked.   Didn't figure that out til after I stenciled all the words.  So repainted cream over the entire thing and decided to give myself a day to figure out how to do it better.  Today I redid the silhouette file and tried to cut new vinyl and it would not cut for the life of me.  Not the first cut or the 6th, 7th or 8th cut.  That's a lot of vinyl to waste.  Put in a call to the hot line,  Got some good advice.....none of it worked.   So I cut out cardstock stencils instead (silhouette would cut paper, just not the vinyl......go figure),  It was much messier to do it this way since the paper isn't adhesive like the vinyl but it worked!  After I finished the Today sign I did a little Farmhouse one.  

We are slowly redecorating our bedroom to match the master bath we remodeled last year.  New paint and some new items (like the bird cage light) brighten up the room.  We have new carpet on order too.  A few other rooms are getting facelifts so we are really staying busy around here.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Diana

Flip House Under Contract

Just one week on the market and we have an accepted contract!  Now I know these things sometimes fall out so keep your fingers crossed.

Diana

Non Traditional Christmas Tree

Pinterest is sooo bad.  It shows you pretty things that you become obsessed with and must have!  Such is the case of this years Christmas "tree"

 Saw it on pinterest and showed it to husband.  Husband says he could make it and off to Lowes we go.  Husband spends several evenings in the barn in freezing weather to make and paint it.

 Set it up in living room.  Figure out the wiring.  Then the fun begins.  More trips to the barn to get Dept 56 houses and several hours later............

 I have been collecting these houses for years but displaying them has always been an issue.  They take up so much room.  The collection outgrew the 4 x 8 table I had been using a few years ago.  So the last few Christmas' they didn't get put out.  Made me sad.  But now I have this great 5 tiered tree to put them on with room for more!

 Used a package of batting and one of stuffing too.

 Santa is saved for the top.  Here he is with his reindeer taking off from the north pole.

I guess I would call this a pin win!

Thanks to husband.

Diana

Flip House on Market!!!!!

Yeah!  We finally are done with our flip.  You can see the listing here.

Now comes the wait..........

Flip House Breakfast Room

The other day I showed you pictures of the galley kitchen.  It opens into a pretty nice size breakfast/mudroom with a built in breakfast bar.  We finally got all the molding done and tools cleared out so here is the finish room.

 I love all the cabinets!  I got the stools at Wayfair for a really good price.

 This tall cabinet is a broom closet with lots of storage.

This cabinet has a coat rack and shelves.  Again, lots of storage.

So where do we stand on the overall project?  A few paint touch ups and two thresholds where the wood floors transition to other floors.  Then we are working in the basement for a few days.  Oh, and I have to clean windows and do a lot of dusting.   Then finish staging.  So maybe the house will be on the market in a week if we really push it..  Keep you all posted.

Diana

Flip House Kitchen

The kitchen in the flip house is almost done!  Just a little molding and touch up painting and it is complete.

This view is from the breakfast room through the galley kitchen and into the foyer.  We put down a floating floor system in a rich medium wood finish.  It was a bear to do because of all the cuts but now it looks so good.

 Just in case you forgot what we started with......dark cabinets, carpet on the floor, filthy appliances, stucco walls and cheap counters and back-splashes.  

The ceilings had grease spots and the ugly florescent lighting cast a sickening glow on an already depressing room. 

But now here is the sink area and the new stainless dishwasher.  All the appliances are brand new and really pretty.  We also replaced the side door at the right of the photo.  New sink, faucet, hardware......pretty much everything  was replaced except the cabinets.....those we just painted white.

The stove, microwave and fridge all match the dishwasher.  We tiled the back-splash with simple white square tiles.

We carried the wood floors all the way through to the dining room in the back of the house off the breakfast room.

 The dining room just needs some molding and a little touch up paint.  I hung the curtains yesterday.  For a treat we are eating our lunch in here everyday......It's a nice break from the work that still needs to be done.

 

 Here is the living room with a few of the staging items already in place.  Still more staging to do but until the last of the jobs are done, there is no hurry.  We still have to finish molding, paint some outdoor trim. put transition floor molding and thresholds in.  We also have some outdoor lighting to address, the basement needs painting, and the half bath down there needs some work.  Then some general clean up. After that we will call the realtor and get this cutie on the market.