How I Spent My Summer Vacation...This Home is Almost Ready to List

When we first moved here over a year ago, we saw a house that had been neglected.  Our Aunt Lillian had passed on, and it was up to us to bring the house up-to-date...and so we have been working for the past year, painting, hiring builders and restoring this home.  We are crawling towards the finish line.

The house was gray and uninviting..so, we had it painted...Sherwin Williams, "Urban Putty".

 

Before it was painted, you hardly noticed the beautiful Crabtree Orchard stone work on the porch and at the base of the house...now, it pops.

 

My husband spread 90, countem', 90 loads of mulch...

 

 We had the deck(s) painted "Smoketree", by SW, and had spindles added to the upper deck and down the staircase.  We didn't add spindles to the lower-level walk-out, as it would be an ideal place to have a screened-in porch.  We had the once stucco lower-level fireplace chase encased in the t-1-11 siding, and replaced all siding that needed it, and new flashing where it was required.  

We had a wonderful crew, replacing anything that needed to be replaced, new flashing, new gutters on the back.  The house is now in better condition that when it was built.

  The entire back of the house is windows, and the views are spectacular, whether from inside or off the decks.

My husband fishes (I no longer do), and loves to steal a few moments on the dock.  We got a little row boat, and it is just fine for us.  One day, we will get another canoe, and I will go out with him on that...How can anyone resist this beauty?

Moving to the interior, we are not quite ready for the "final reveal", but here are a few "befores" and "in progress"

 

The kitchen was "dated", with borders, wallcovering, applied directly to the drywall, and it took a great deal of time and effort to remove it, patch the damage, and paint.

 

 

 

The computer Gods are after me tonight, so I am going to just finish this with photos...enjoy.