My 70's House

Under Contract

My house is under contract! Tomorrow I'll see my handyman and real estate agent to go through repair items that came up in inspection report.

My House is Still On Sale

Day #16 and counting... These are pictures from the other day when I had to go to a park with my dogs because an agent was showing my house. It was strange to be at the park during daytime when I should be working.

Beautiful neighborhood trail

Lili says "Can we do this everyday?"

Silly Jake. Standing on my lap.

My House is On Sale

My 70's house is on the market. Today is only day #3 and someone has made an appointment to see the house this evening. Past two days, I watched people take brochures outside. I wanted to tell them "Thank you for your interest!" But I also was thinking "What are you doing? This is my house. Get out!" Very strange feeling. Hopeful, scared, excited, sad, and very jumpy.
I thought this is a good time to review how my house has changed over the 2 years. Enjoy BEFORE and AFTER pictures. And....please wish me luck for selling my house during this tough market.

Kitchen - BEFORE

Kitchen - AFTER

Work-In-Progress Pictures
A lot of hard work but it all worth it.

Prime. Prime. Paint. Paint.

Jake...What the heck are you doing?

Nightmare. I've cleaned, primed and painted cabinets all by myself.

Kitchen floor. No more vinyl.

Landscaping - BEFORE

Landscaping - AFTER

Dining Room - BEFORE

Nasty Carpet

70's lighting fixture

Dining Room - AFTER

Living Room - BEFORE

Living Room - AFTER

Kitchen Update: Painting Window

I spent yesterday and today painting my kitchen window. This was the first time I painted a window but it was not that difficult. It just took extra time to put painter's tape. I also had to be very careful around the window frame because I could end up a window painted shut. I first primed the window with Behr primer then I painted with white color (semi-gloss).

This is the window before.

So dark and depressing...

Bright and happy!

Labels: painting, window

Removing Cheap Bathroom Lighting Fixture

I needed to replace the lighting fixture because I wanted to paint the bathroom. So I updated the bathroom lighting fixture this week. What I had before was this cheap industrial-like lighting fixture. I think I saw this at Lowe's around $10!

When I took it out, there was wallpaper under it. Interesting choice of wallpaper.

Then when I tired to take the wallpaper, there was a wallpaper under the wallpaper. The wallpaper was very shiny and loud.

Here are AFTER pictures.

Now I need to paint the bathroom. I'm not sure when I'm going to have time to do that.

Labels: lighting fixture

Kitchen Update: New Countertop

I've got new granite countertop at Lowe's. It was about $2500 including installation and the cost of ripping out my old countertop. My handyman did all the plumbing work because Lowe's charges too much. I was without my kitchen for 3 weeks and was getting tired of washing forks and knives in the bathroom but it was worth it.

Before