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I have a few before and during shots lol
Bathroom before and bathroom during tile install

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kitchen before-yes we bought it like this with the filth, missing sheetrock & mauve counters & it was only 9ft wide


During-excuse the mess


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hall bath before-we bought it with no sheetrock or insulation-that is the kitchen you see through the wall

During-that's my DH

After

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our basement before-it was finished but had to be ripped out after the flood. When we bought the house it looked like this.

now



master bath-this room just got a mini-makeover till we gut it in a year or two
before

now


The guest room before-in the condition we bought it in

It's a small room & hard to get good pics but this is how it looks now

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KellyFG - I love your kitchen! It's gorgeous

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Thanks Piyo!!!

Its Sat morn & I'm bored so I'll bore you with more pics.
backyard & deck before-beautiful isn't it?

After-we still need to do much more-excuse the ghetto plywood-we are getting a new fence

the new ralings are stained to match the deck now

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Beautiful everyone!! Im so jealous. Even though weve done a number of things, I still have a horrendous kitchen & bathroom. Not that we have the $$ to spend but its more of a priority to me than my DH. Supposedly we are doing a open floor plan and vaulting the ceilings & redoing the kitchen next summer. We'll see....

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bump

looking for more photo's of curtains in bedrooms and livingrooms!!!

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Posted by KellyFG

kitchen before-yes we bought it like this with the filth, missing sheetrock & mauve counters & it was only 9ft wide
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hall bath before-we bought it with no sheetrock or insulation-that is the kitchen you see through the wall
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i always looking at kellys pictures you have great taste

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Posted by KellyFG

kitchen before-yes we bought it like this with the filth, missing sheetrock & mauve counters & it was only 9ft wide
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During-excuse the mess
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hall bath before-we bought it with no sheetrock or insulation-that is the kitchen you see through the wall
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During-that's my DH
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THANKS!
we did everything ourselves. My DH is a carpenter by trade, I'm his favorite helper
Finishing a basement is pretty easy, you might just need a pro for electrical. If you are handy you can do the framing, sheetrock & spackle.

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So the house was in such bad condition when you purchased it? Where is this house locted?

I love how it turned out, especially the kitchen and bath

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Posted by KellyFG

THANKS!
we did everything ourselves. My DH is a carpenter by trade, I'm his favorite helper
Finishing a basement is pretty easy, you might just need a pro for electrical. If you are handy you can do the framing, sheetrock & spackle.

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scott...the house had a heating system failure in December of 03 while it was vacant & in contract to a different buyer. All of the pipes froze & many of them burst flooding the basement-it had 3-4 feet of water in it because the house has a well & the water ran for days before the real estate agent noticed. 90% of the sheetrock & insulation was destroyed on the first floor, all of the hardwood floors-some areas even the subfloor was destroyed, interior doors & most of the trim was ruined. The tile in one bathroom was blown apart from the water hitting it. The electrical panel, almost all of the wires & outlets & switches & heating system needed to be replaced. Right after the RE agent discovered the problem they hired a "clean up crew" to pump all the water out of the house & rip out everything wet & treat all the framing with anti mold solutions. The house was a MESS, not to mention it was an outdated 80's before it flooded. They lost the first deal & were getting ready to use the insurance money to renovate & relist the house for market value. That's when I found it(we had been searching this particular neighborhood) We offered to buy it as is & they accepted but that created another problem-we couldn't find a mortgage company willing to finance the house in its uninhabitable condition, so we made a deal with the seller's to hire us to renovate the house & we had 30 days to fix everything on the mortgage co's list so we could get the loan. So we actaully did most of the big work before we even owned the house. We are in Eastern Suffolk County-its called Lake Panamoka/Ridge, right next to wading river.
These are pics from the day we looked at the house & this is the exact condition it was in when bought it.






it looked terrible




FireIsland-it depends if you can work on it nonstop or if you'll be doing it afterwork & on weekends. I'd say if you have a plan, buy all the materials(and have all the tools) it should only take a couple of weeks from start to finish. The other thing I forgot to mention in the last post was heating, you might need a pro for that too. If you need tips let me know.

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Kelly you and your DH are extremely BRAVE ... and talented and hard workers!!! My DH is handy but I cannot get near him when he is doing any work, or we would wind up divorced!! You must be very proud of your lovely home, you've both done amazing work!!

Are you looking for another house to work on? I know this house..in Seaford...

j/k!

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Kara...THANKS! It was HUGE undertaking...totally worth it in the end but
d a m n did we almost kill eachother a few times Luckily we had the same vision & although we had a tight budget we were able to do more by doing it ourselves. We learned alot too. We always say we are the poster children for sweat equity

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Posted by KellyFG

FireIsland-it depends if you can work on it nonstop or if you'll be doing it afterwork & on weekends. I'd say if you have a plan, buy all the materials(and have all the tools) it should only take a couple of weeks from start to finish. The other thing I forgot to mention in the last post was heating, you might need a pro for that too. If you need tips let me know.

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before and after of our master bedroom
(the before is with the previous owners things)
We gutted the room down to the studs(getting rid of the paneling), put in two new windows, crown and base molding and four high hats!

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WOW what a transformstion - Panelling yuk lol
Scott

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UNBELIEVABLE PICTURES!

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ThreeCats - what's the brand/name of your walls? I really like it!

ETA: I love your window treatments, it's beautiful!

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Posted by PiyoPika566

ThreeCats - what's the brand/name of your walls? I really like it!

ETA: I love your window treatments, it's beautiful!

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Before and after of our kitchen

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