A progression thread of a different kind...

[DeesBalls]

Well 1st off, i was going to put this in the "enclosure" area... since it is a type of enclosure... lol

my fiancée and my self just got our 1st house... it is defiantly a "fix-ER-upper". Her dad owns a rental house and we got it from him.

We are completely cleaning out the inside, washing walls, repainting, and doing some remodeling of our own, and me being the photo **** that i am, i took over 60 pics of it so far, i will just however start off with a few, seeing how i have to go to work tomorrow...

Here are a few pics from when we 1st started ( Wed. 5/2/11)










AS YOU SEE.... there were some bad spots on the wall, that i filled with puddy and sanded out to make it smooth.

[stephanbakir]

Was that a vine growing through the wall or something you placed there?

Looks like its gona be pretty if you put the work into it, good luck!

[DeesBalls]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Was that a vine growing through the wall or something you placed there?

Looks like its gona be pretty if you put the work into it, good luck!

It is a thing that is used to hold curtains to the side.. (its gone now) everything is....

[DeesBalls]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Was that a vine growing through the wall or something you placed there?

Looks like its gona be pretty if you put the work into it, good luck!

i think i just seen what you were really talking about, that is a big plant thing.. it was hung up by the window...

I love that style of house - we see them on TV all the time and always say how nice they look. Love the idea of a veranda to sit out on as well as a house that isnt just boring red bricks

Thanks Rob, hopfully tomorrow it will be painted by a few friends while im at work, so ill have more pics!

[Wolfus_305]

Looks like you've been working hard, keep up the good work!

[presspirate]

Nice! Do you know how old the house is? And do you have a snake room picked out? And if your friends are painting while you are at work, I hope you didn't leave TOO much beer in the fridge.

[DeesBalls]

Originally Posted by presspirate

Nice! Do you know how old the house is? And do you have a snake room picked out? And if your friends are painting while you are at work, I hope you didn't leave TOO much beer in the fridge.

UPDATE!!

so we have been working crazy on the house... got the downstairs painted and almost finished. i need to rip up the carpet still and yea, presspirate, the house is around 75 yrs old.. maybe a little more, not 100% sure. and i do have the snake room picked out!! lol its going to be a closet/snake room and the fridge is not hooked up, so no beer... lol.



here are some pics!

OFFICE/COMPUTER ROOM

LIVING ROOM

DINNING ROOM

1 WALL OF THE KITCHEN, THE BLUE WILL BE A LIGHT GREY...

1 ROOM OF CARPET TORE UP...

[shaunyboy]

congratulations on getting your first home together,i say home because that is what your now making it into

it was a house

its a pretty nice looking big place you got yourselves

my wife and i had a bottom flat in a building that contained 6 flats

waynes been to the uk and seen how we live in big long walls with doors in them (its pretty grim )

whats the american equivilant of a block of 6 flats mate ?

your new place looks like a wee dream come true

just being nosey,but have you set a date for your wedding ?

i hope you both spend many happy years in there

all the best with the moving (i hate the hassle of moving house )

cheers shaun

[marionsclan]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

whats the american equivilant of a block of 6 flats mate ?

If they are on top of each other then it would be called a high-rise with apartments or condos in it, but if they are next to each other then they are called Town-houses.

And if they're on one level inside a building then that's called a Motel.

[DeesBalls]

Walls b4 putty:

some after putty:



here are a few outside pics....





ONCE I GET MORE ORGANIZED I WILL HAVE A BETTER "PROGRESSION"

[DeesBalls]

closet door b4;


after:




Bed room windows/trim:
this was brown and as you can see, its being painted white.

[sickvenom]

i like the cool little pond you have out front.

[DeesBalls]

Originally Posted by sickvenom

i like the cool little pond you have out front.

haha thanks, it dried up after a day , but that is where i park my car.. lol so its a pain in the butt.


UPDATE:
we just finished up the 2nd coat on the brown to white trim in our bedroom. i wont show pics of ofther trim because its white being repainted...

this weekend wont be dong much so more pics will probably be here next week

its a great lil 2 bedroom 1 bath house, with a basement, (floods horribly.. terrible town for flooding..) its going to be ours for about 10 yrs. give or take

please be kind, we are both in college and work part time

[DeesBalls]

and as of now, some celing pics of before and after...






and finished!! ( you can see the fresh ceiling to the dull walls....

[infernalis]

nice....................