The Transformers

What a spring it has been! Whew. We've definitely been keeping busy. 

Josh's little job search turned into a new job for him so as a result of that and his frenetic renovation pace, we decided to put our house on the market this summer to see if it will sell. Who knows!

I have been wanting to post some before and after pictures because it is interesting to me and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing the transformation.

My husband has vision. 

I wanted to buy this house because of the sun room. He wanted it because of the shop. The crazy renovation potential was just an aside. A really big aside. So I provided the down payment and he said he would provide the man-hours, and we bought our first house!

We had a 5 year plan to renovate the addition. Its been almost 3 years and he's finished already.

Enjoy the transformation.

the front yard before

The old downstairs

the new downstairs

old downstairs bathroom

new downstairs bathroom

the large upstairs room

upstairs room split into master bedroom,

hallway & stairway,

and master bath

old upstairs room

another random upstairs room

new bedroom upstairs

another new bedroom

original front kitchen

just a minor change in painting

one of the 2 original weed ponds/drowning hazards

Our little side yard  

The miracle worker & his trusty side-kick

While these pictures can't possibly display the labor that went into leveling all of the floors, redoing all of the plumbing & wiring, tearing down walls & rebuilding new ones, spackling, sanding & painting, cutting out the old elevator and bulldozing the yard, I think they do show a bit of difference.
Now he is on to building furniture, which is what he really wanted to do from the very begininning.

My husband the handy-man extraordinaire. He gets to provide the downpayment on the next house :)