Our Flip: Some Serious Progress!!

Wanna see something exciting??  

The kitchen at our flip doesn’t look like this anymore:

flip - before - kitchen  flip - before - kitchen  

flip - before - kitchen & breakfast area  flip - before - breakfast area

And it certainly doesn’t look like this:

ledgestone - day 1  flip - day 1

Nope, it’s all snazzy now.  Still unfinished, but snazzy.  You see, the custom cabinets, wood floor and trim have all gone in.  I’m practically giddy from these sights:

flip - day 17 - kitchen cabinets

[back wall of kitchen with sink, dishwasher, and undercounter microwave]

flip - day 17 - kitchen cabinets

[half wall between kitchen and den with fridge enclosure and range.  the drawers are deep enough for pots and pans.]

flip - day 17 - pantry

[back wall of breakfast room with built-in pantry]

Wahoo!!!  Can you believe how much has changed in the past week?  The granite will go in next week, the painters will start doing their thing in the next few days, and the floors will be stained as the very last thing before the house goes on the market.  It’s going to be finished in no time!!  The hubby and I need to start picking out knobs and pulls for these gorgeous cabinets.  I’m so excited!!

We opted for wood floors in the kitchen (like in our own home) to increase the visual flow in this open-concept kitchen and den.  What flooring do you guys have in your own kitchen?

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Flashback: Demolition Derby

As you know, we underwent an extensive renovation last winter and now live in our dream house.  But to take our home from this:

Flashback: Demolition Derby

to this:

Flashback: Demolition Derby

we had to get a little messy – to put it mildly.

Our intention was to leave no surface untouched, no stone unturned.  We were taking down walls, gutting the kitchen and master bath, putting in new windows in the den – the list was seriously extensive.  Demo started just three days after we closed on the house (not a minute too soon!), and after two days our little house looked a little like this:

Flashback: Demolition Derby

[lovely kitchen, complete with toilets]

Flashback: Demolition Derby

[looking into the kitchen from the den]

Flashback: Demolition Derby

[the breakfast room ceiling, which was vaulted like a teepee]

Crazy, right?  I must admit, even though it was a little overwhelming to think about putting everything back together it was so exciting to imagine what was on the horizon – our home, exactly as we wanted it.

Have you demo’ed any part of your home?  Did you tackle it yourself, or hire it out to pros?  Any demo disasters?  Tell us about it all!

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