Girls Bathroom

Girls Bathroom

So this is a before picture of the girls bathroom.  The cabinets were old and the floor was awful.  The door lead to a room that was not very useful because it was almost unfinished.  I think that the laundry and dryer were out there.

We took the cabinets out and when we redid the hallway that was on the backside of the house the area out the door became a dressing room for the girls.  (The back hallway went most of the length of the house and was divided into parts).  We left the tub because it was almost new and it was nice.  I painted the walls and the ceiling.  We put a grey stone on the floor.  I spent many hours grouting and cleaning and sealing the tile.  There is a linen closet to the right when you come in the door.  We cleaned it up and painted it and took the door off.  I have added basket to hold things so it will stay organized.  Beside the toilet we put a screen so that it will offer some privacy should  someone open the door.

We put in pedestal sinks to open up the bathroom.  Since that takes away the storage I put a metal shelf between the sinks for holding toothbrush, toothpaste etc.

It was a lot of work, but in the end it is a nice bathroom.  Now if i could just get the girls to keep it clean.  Any ideas on that?

Have a nice afternoon.

Melanie

The House

The House

So this is the house that we bought three years ago while we were living in Norway.  We have almost completed the remodel and so now I thought would be a good time to start the blog post of the before and after.

Some background on how we ended up here in middle Tennessee.

We spent three tours at Ft. Campbell.  After our second time there we decided to look for some land to buy for retirement or at that time we thought we might be leaving the military at about 10 years of service.  We looked at this house and 175 acres of land.  They were being sold as separately, but owned by the same people.  The house and five acres adjourned the 175.  We made an offer for both, but in the end only bought the land.  There is a road that goes to the backside of the land, and it had two houses that were owned by a mother and daughter.  We approached them and ask that if they ever decided to sell if we could make the first offer.  So about two years later we bought those houses.  We did that to control the road to the backside of the property and because we thought we would build on that side.

We saved and saved to build without taking a loan.  We thought we were good, but then prices went up and so we decided to look for houses nearby that we could get and remodel.  You can get more house for the money in something already there.  

This house had been on and off the market for years and just months after we started looking there it was for sell.  So we bought it.

It has been hard work and long days and nights.  The house had a wall down the center and had two kitchens.  We had to com up with a good inside design and try to do it with as little tearing down of wall as possible.

We are happy with the results and I am looking forward to sharing our story with you.

So here is the first after picture.  We have done a little more to the outside since this one was taken, but I do not have a picture yet.

Thanks for visiting.

Melanie