This Old(ish) Townhouse

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You buy the PERFECT house. Perfect location. Just adorable. Just enough space.

You live in the perfect house for 5 years.

You have a kid,

The walls of your perfect house start closing in on you. WHY DID THEY MAKE SO MANY WALLS IN HOUSES IN THE 80s?!?!?!

You realize you still love your house in spite of the tiny kitchen and lack of laundry room and tiny living room and huge fireplace.

It’s time to renovate.

We are embarking on our own HGTV show, so come on and join us for the ride!

Below are the initial renderings of the before and after for the 2 main floors we are renovating.

First Floor

Fingers crossed, we will be removing the wall separating the kitchen and living space, creating an open living space and better flow for the small 500 square space main floor. Also we are removing the huge, imposing, wood burning fireplace and repla…

Fingers crossed, we will be removing the wall separating the kitchen and living space, creating an open living space and better flow for the small 500 square space main floor. Also we are removing the huge, imposing, wood burning fireplace and replacing it with a sleek, thin, electric fireplace.

Basement

I’m referring to this part of the project as “Zach’s Bathroom and Kait’s Laundry Room” This is where the big work is taking place as we are moving the bathroom from one part of the basement to another, and creating a dedicated laundry space out of w…

I’m referring to this part of the project as “Zach’s Bathroom and Kait’s Laundry Room”

This is where the big work is taking place as we are moving the bathroom from one part of the basement to another, and creating a dedicated laundry space out of what was part of the old basement bath. This part of the project will involve a lot of plumbing and busting up concrete but fingers crossed not a lot of surprises!

In following posts I’ll give you updates on what finishes I’m choosing and how progress is or isn’t (eek) going!

Which part of this rehab are you most looking forward to seeing - the upstairs transformation or the creation of the basement laundry and man bathroom?

Shiny and New

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Shiny and New

So it's been pretty quiet on the blog this summer.  With summer activities, days spend playing with friends and family, and Teddy running and talking to everyone who will listen, it's been quiet busy.  Oh, that and Zach and I made a totally normal summer decision ... let's renovate ALL the bathrooms in the house.  

I've been at Home Depot and on Pinterest every hour that I wasn't with Teddy (ok, ok, and some that I was).  Teddy has become quite accustomed to running around HD and sitting still in tile stores.  I've been shopping, designing, buying, returning, and working with a contractor all summer long.

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