Needless to say, this house needs a LOT of work. But that is one of the main reasons we bought it. It was bringing down the value of the entire neighborhood and the people who were looking at it were making my mom nervous the lower the price got (there is a big meth problem in our area :/ )
So we bought the house. (Yay! I love fixer uppers, that makes them more yours when all is said and done.)
Unfortunately I am on pelvic rest for the last two months of my pregnancy due to low lying placenta so I can't do anything to help in the house itself except stay out of the way and snap a few pictures because the before and after shots are going to be AMAZING and I can't wait to show them to you!
I've spent most of my time doing laundry, and making sure that there is frosty iced tea and good lunches available for everyone doing the actual work. My brother and sister-in-law have been down helping out a lot as well.
The day after we closed this is what happened:
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| Blair smashed the tile out of the entryway |
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| Ashley apparently Hulk-stomped tile out! |
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| Proud of their work |
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| Countertops are gone and the rotting drywall ripped out |
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| What was the laundry area is now demolished |
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| This lovely mess is why it is great my brother worked as a plumber for 4 years |
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| Backsplash being ripped off |
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| And sometimes chiseled off... |
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| Hall bathroom vanity gone |
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| Master bath vanity gone... |
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| The thing Blair hated most about the house getting torn down. |
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| Piece by piece... |
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| Removing popcorn ceiling - a tutorial coming later |
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| Ashley did most of it |
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| It is messy work. |
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| Progress on the terrible faux brick wall |
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| Piles of fake brick |
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| Now the "built in" shelves |
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| And the end of day one |
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