Fixer Upper No Longer!

I've been meaning to put my final pictures of our renovation project up, but kept on forgetting.  Though we no longer live in Baltimore, I like to look through these pictures as a reminder of the work we did, and also the fun we had decorating this fixer upper and making it a home. 

 

Of course, most of the work that was done can't be seen in these pictures...like completely replacing the radiators in the house, re-plumbing the whole plumbing system, and putting in new sheet rock.  

But the differences you CAN see in these pictures (like the paint colors, added closet, re-done hardwood floors) are well worth it. 

 

I will post the before picture, and directly underneath that, the "after", finished product. 

 

This is the front porch, before.

 

And this is after.  As you can see, we didn't do too much with it.  Replaced the window, put a security door on, and re-stained the wood door. 

 



The Front of the house before.  

After.  We painted the whole foundation of the house a darker color.

 



 

 

This is the dining room/stairway view before.

 

 

 And after.  We did a lot of paint scraping in here and then re-mudded the whole room (as well as the licing room).  After re-painting, we pulled up the nasty carpet (which had served as a paint drop cloth) and sanded and varnished the hardwoods.  Also, there was no light fixture before.  So we purchased the cute, old-looking lamp fixture and installed it. 

 

 

 

The Living room before.

 

 

The living room after.

 

 

View of the living room/Dining room before

 

 

And after

 

 

The kitchen before

 

 

The kitchen after

 

 

The master bedroom before

 

 

The master bedroom after.  This room, though it was the biggest room, had no closet.  So Dan made a large walk-in closet by shortening the room next to this one. 

 

Basically everything else, we kept the same.  

 

The middle room before.

 

 

The middle room after.  Yes, we picked a crazy color for the walls...it was the only paint we had, and we didn't feel like going and buying more since this room wasn't being used very much. 

 

The bathroom before.

 

 

The bathroom after.

Dan completely re-configured the set-up of this bathroom.  So he had to re-direct pipes and stuff.  And he built the vanity, medicine cabinet, and large shelf on the left as well. 

 

 

 

And THAT was our house in Baltimore.  It was fun to watch it come together.  I must confess, I didn't do much of the hard work; just the painting and sanding, pulling up carpet and things like that.  Dan is the mastermind behind all of our renovation projects. 

 

 

 

Soon, I'll begin posting a new renovation project pictures.  We purchased a house in New York and are going to be working this next year, fixing it up as well.  So stay tuned to my blog for more fixer upper pictures!