Are you conversant in the saying… Turning homes into properties, one paint job at a time. Effectively that’s what Ed and I helped our daughter, Mandy and son-in-law, Matt start to do final weekend.
It’s possible you’ll bear in mind I posted about their wedding ceremony a couple of months in the past. After they have been married they lived in my daughter’s home that she purchased 3 years in the past.
She made that home into a comfortable pleased cottage and liked it, however it was too small for beginning a household, so that they determined to promote it and discover a bigger dwelling which they did in file time.
They discovered an older dwelling that had some good updates after which put the “Completely satisfied Cottage” in the marketplace. It offered in per week.
They closed on each properties final week, however earlier than shifting into the brand new dwelling, they’re renting the pleased cottage for per week so they might paint a couple of of the darkish downstairs rooms within the new home to suit their type, set up new flooring within the sunroom and get the hardwood flooring all by means of the home refinished.
It’s an previous home with numerous character – an up to date kitchen, pocket doorways, numerous molding and hardwood flooring all through, aside from the kitchen, laundry room and sunroom.
The Downstairs Rooms Earlier than Portray
Wall paint colours could make or break the best way a room feels and Mandy and Matt wished the partitions in all of the rooms to be lighter.
Portray the partitions in lighter colours introduced a brand new vitality into the home. We solely had time to do the primary flooring, however the bedrooms, tub and hallway on the second flooring have darkish partitions additionally that they may paint after they transfer into the home.
The eating room was a darkish blue…
… and really shiny. Plenty of paint wanted to get it gone.
New Flooring in Sunroom
Not solely did we paint 3 rooms, however we additionally ripped up very pungent carpeting within the sunroom. As soon as Ed had the carpet eliminated and all of the carpet tacks up, I received down on my palms and knees and gave the ground a well-needed scrub.
It was very pungent. I scrubbed and rinsed the ground 3 instances till it was clear. As soon as it was dry, Ed and Matt began to put down new flooring for the room.
A view of our portray progress from the kitchen.
We rolled and cut-in and rolled and cut-in all weekend till we completed portray the partitions in all 3 rooms.
Painted Partitions After
I didn’t get after photographs of the eating room and lobby, however right here is how the lounge seems with SW Pinkish on the partitions.
The lighter coloration actually opened up the room and suits their adorning type.
Subsequent for these rooms is new lighting fixtures and window therapies however they will wait till after they transfer into the home.
Putting in New Flooring
Whereas Mandy and I painted, Ed and Matt received the brand new plank flooring put in that they purchased on the Habitat ReStore in Charlottesville.
They have been fairly a crew and received all of it completed, base molding and all.
The remainder of the home has hardwood flooring that’s getting refinished earlier than they transfer into the home this Sunday.
Till then, Mandy and Matt shall be taking kitchen objects over to the home and organizing them into their new kitchen since they will entry the room with out disturbing the flooring within the different rooms of the home which can be getting refinished.
It’s a nice home with a yard and a big 2 story shed that shall be used for storage, however may be became a visitor home.
I’ll publish extra with you as they make updates. The subsequent shall be selecting reasonably priced window therapies, I’m serving to them with that and can share extra about what they select with you quickly.
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