Before and After

The wall color in the living room is more of a brownish tan rather than the peachy shade it appears. We've got plenty of artwork to cover it up anyway. If you look out the windows in this and the next set you can see some of the landscaping we uncovered. The yard initially looked lush and foresty but was really just terribly overgrown with vines.





You can really see the difference removing the drop ceiling made in the dining room (above.)







Besides the ceiling and electrical work, the kitchen got a fresh coat of paint on everything and new oak flooring. We lucked out with the floor, originally intending to cover up the old vinyl with some newer vinyl until Jorge's floor guy stumbled upon a close out at Home Depot. It's a pretty close match and cost less than vinyl.





These are taken from opposite ends of the kitchen, but you can see we ripped out the upper cabinets, took the gross tile off and removed the pieced together counter top. We're going to put open shelves and a microwave above the range and hang a dish rack on the wall to the right of the sink. The single bowl sink is being replaced with a double and the counter top will be replaced with stainless steel. Still have to get all the drawer pulls...





The bathroom is nothing fancy but the ceiling has been repaired and replaced and it's clean and neat.



This was the one alteration we made to the floor plan. On the office side (with the white tile floor) we took out a closet so small you could not hang anything in it and close the door, and then cut a doorway through to the back side of the master bath's closet so that we can access the bath from the office as well. The doorway still needs to be trimmed out, the door installed, and the remaining closet space rebuilt.