#Renovations

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don't know what's going on with this 1911 home in Spokane, WA, but I do love before & after photos. This house sold in 2019 for $900k.

The new owners completely redid it, and in 2021 the 5bd, 4ba, 5,520 sq ft home was sold for $1.15m. It was recently relisted for $1.212m, but was taken off the market. Check out the before & after.

Above is the original, below is current. So, the change they made to the entrance hall is basically a cleaner look. The home is a lovely Craftsman style.

They also gave the inglenook a more defined look- the original decor was light and frilly. I think that it's more Craftsmanlike this way. What do you think? I mean, they didn't ruin it at all with the reno.

I'm leaning toward liking the redo much better. The library looks fabulous.

They left the painted dining room, but gave it a level of sophistication and took away the wallpaper and multi-color pastels.

The old and new sun room decor. This was a very skillful redo.

What do you think of the new green kitchen? I love the flooring.

This is so well done. Look at the chef's stove and backsplash.

Beautiful pantry.

The bedrooms look very different, but this will give you an idea of how the decor was changed.

I don't know if they were made smaller, but they've been tastefully decorated with less florals, etc.

Actually, I like both baths. The original has vintage fixtures and the renovated one has a reproduction sink and a new shower, plus teal tile.

The old rec room and the new, complete with a full size wet bar.

The old pergola in the yard and the new one. Well, I have to say that I really love the renovation. They did a great job. To see all the before and after photos, click on the links below:

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Spokane/238-E-13th-Ave-99202/home/117807285

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/238-E-13th-Ave-Spokane-WA-99202/23522167_zpid/?

[nightblightowl]

One side of the kitchen is finally done being updated!

I’m so proud of those damn doors 😭

[nahisummerhold]

Mosaic

Nahi left the other women and headed back to the contractor’s office, the light was on so she knocked softly. “It’s open,” a masculine voice called and when she opened the door he looked up from the paperwork he was doing. “It was the mosaic idea, wasn’t it?”

Full lips twitched and then a smile drew them up, “Was I so easy to puzzle out?” She chuckled and moved in to take the seat she had vacated a little while before, the broken pieces of the tiles laid out where they had been left. 

“I saw the art you have waiting to hang in your home and when you were asking for plain, clean lines it didn’t fit the woman who would buy that art. It wasn’t all that much of a gamble,” he smirked at her, the wrinkles at the sides of his eyes becoming more pronounced. 

Since the older man had helped her with the little ‘Victim’ problem she had a soft spot for him, but until he suggested this little tile art project nothing had really convinced her. She thought that getting something basic would allow her to personalize the space so it all had been down to budget and time range right up until she came to see his final presentation and sprung the idea of the entire back wall of her shower being a mosaic made from tiles that were left over from other projects.

Taking her back into a warehouse with building materials, he showed her the leftover unopened boxes of tiles and a bucket of broken pieces, “They are already paid for, so I won’t charge you a second time for the materials.” That sounded too good to be true, so she waited for the other shoe to drop, “What will cost you is the design, that will take time to put together and a lot more work than a standard tile job.” They talked about his idea, arranging some of the broken tiles on top of another box, him showing her how they could be used to form new patterns. 

Almost the moment she stepped from his office she ran into Tinn, Pyra and Kara the three,of them talking about art that they all loved and how special those individual pieces that someone would make for you were. Granted, the contractor was going to be paid well to do a job for her, but the romantic notion that the art pieces she bought right before the fall of Dalaran had inspired him in some way helped to convince her. “I am happy to sign the contract tonight, but I need to add a heated towel rack, my friend says they are a must…”

(Minor tags for @kharrisdawndancer @pyraelia and @karaamberlight )

[staticspaces]

Renovation Nightmares

Don't forget, there is also a video in case you are interested!!

Today, we get to see what the inside of the home looked liked. Not a whole lot going on but it does give you an idea what the house may have looked like if it were ever finished!!

Sitting on over two acres of land with a gazebo and shed, this property also features its own pond! Surrounded by forest, this house when it was originally built, once resembled a castle.

Almost all of its openings were filled with lancet windows and it had a two story wraparound porch on the front and one side of the home. Inside, the house was filled with wood details, including the staircase, decorative walls and it even had large barn beams that adorned the kitchen.

The home sold in 2011 and that is around the time the porch was taken down. It sold again in 2015 and by that point the home had already been extensively renovated with all of the wood details having been removed. It would sell one final time in 2016 and by that point the owners had converted most of the lancet windows.

More renovations occurred after 2018, they completely redid the outside of the house, added a portico to the front door and had replaced all the windows. But by 2023 it appears all work on the property had stalled, with the garage left wide open and even a wrecked car sitting in the driveway.

What could have happened, did the owners die, did they run out of money, was the house haunted? We may never have all the answers.

[imagineannemorgan]

It's so nice to have everything put away after four weeks of renovation chaos.

[dolce-tenebra-toscana]

Well, after 6 hours of work this friday, i can proudly say phase 1 is complete!

[distort1xn]

Renovations

my office is blue-themed (by corporate decree) and so i decided to lean into it, dstrt1xn-style.

so, because these fuckers aren’t paying me to renovate and/or subsidising this overhaul, i am repurposing old canvases and painting with whatever knickknacks, odds and bullshit i have left in my art cache.

so, this was the old painting i did that i’m painting over. heartbroken and grieving, but c’est la vie.

some background: this was one of the first paintings i ever did after not doing art for 17 years. did art as a tot, some quack said i’m not ‘engaged’ enough and so they swapped me to music and art was discouraged in favour. i used a cheap ass brush tip marker from typo and artiste watercolour markers for a friend that ended up not wanting it. i loved it regardless and kept it until now.

[pamwmsn]

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Major renovations on Hunting Island Lighthouse.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Before: 1937 home in River Forest, IL.

After it was painted white. Sold for $1.85M.

Large great room and dining room all done in knotty pine.

After.

[sleepyselkiesims]

I finally finished renovating this section of Olde Platz!!

[overscaledesign]

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[thegothmakesstuff-iam]

Bathroom and laundry progress. The ensuite is finished, and my bathroom and the laundry have been demolished.

[rhysintherain]

Why haven't I found all this stupid shit yet??

I've owned this house for 6 years this month.

Today I noticed there wasn't any hot air coming out of the floor vent under one of the livingroom windows.

I lift up the vent cover and... There's literally no ducting down there. It's just a hole. You can see the basement ceiling drywall.

So I figure I should find where the duct actually goes and move the vent. Not unheard of, the former owners floored over a vent on the other side of the house and I had to measure and cut a hole in the laminate for it.

But there is absolutely no ducting anywhere near where this floor vent is. The closest duct is 6 feet away and going in the other direction.

SO WHY?? DID THEY CUT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND PUT A VENT COVER THERE???

[imagineannemorgan]

It's done. It's finally done. I have a finished kitchen.

[fractal-voidling]

been listening to Welcome to Night Vale

Kevin.

Shut the fxck up.