First "Before" Pictures of our new home; work starts this week!
We bought a brick ranch home built in 1973, and we are located in the Southeastern U.S. I thought it would be fun to post our progress here. Normally my husband and I would do all the work ourselves, with the help of my handy father. We did this very thing with our previous home. But we now have two small daughters, and my father is busy with his own fixer-upper these days. So we are hiring a contractor for the first time in our lives to do some major (to us) renovation, and we will follow-up with cosmetic work ourselves.
Since our budget won't cover a living space AND kitchen remodel right away, we decided our first priority was to eliminate the formal living room and turn it into a formal dining room. In the process, the family room will be enlarged. This involves moving a load-bearing wall, replacing flooring, and re-routing electrical. The contractor will do all of this as well as paint (a totally new thing for us..I'm nervous!). The old formal dining room will later be incorporated into the kitchen as a keeping area/breakfast room. Boy, the kitchen needs a lot of work too, but one step at a time.......
Since our budget won't cover a living space AND kitchen remodel right away, we decided our first priority was to eliminate the formal living room and turn it into a formal dining room. In the process, the family room will be enlarged. This involves moving a load-bearing wall, replacing flooring, and re-routing electrical. The contractor will do all of this as well as paint (a totally new thing for us..I'm nervous!). The old formal dining room will later be incorporated into the kitchen as a keeping area/breakfast room. Boy, the kitchen needs a lot of work too, but one step at a time.......
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Here are a few snaps of the work.
Thank you.