509 Ruston {part 4}

After 7 long months...this flip home is finally starting to look like a home. 

Here are some updated photos that I took the last time I visited this home to see its progress.

It's lookin good and we are almost ready for it to hit the market.



These are the photos before we got in and painted:

 

The next set of photos are after we started our two man painting party:

In the middle of us painting...we had the appliances delivered...this was really exciting. Appliances means the house is SO close to being done!!

The sunroom is not yet complete and the walls were wet..but it belonged in this post..

Then...the carpet arrived as well. We were about done with the painting but we made sure that all the rooms that were getting carpet were painted. WITH the exception of the upstairs bedrooms. We still have this funny curved ceiling to deal with in regards to creating a line with paint.

The discoloration is from light coming in the windows

The kitchen was the most difficult to paint. Given our timeline of cabinet install, arrival of appliances, and carpet installation...our project went a little backwards. We should have painted FIRST. But of course not. Our heads were turning with all the small projects and to do lists, we totally got sideways and painted after a lot of things were complete. Everything turned out fine and we love it BUT if there is EVER a flip house #2....we will paint first!

We are looking forward to showing you guys our finished project. This was an interesting one at that. NOT sure there will be a flip house #2 but I will say this:

WE. LEARNED. SO. STINKIN. MUCH!

~ The Shank Family

509 Ruston Ave {part3}

Get ready to see some awesomeness! O.K. well, maybe not quite yet. This was a small stepping stone towards our complete remodel.  Kale and I were relieved to hire a few people to install various things around Ruston.  We hired professionals to install tile, and carpet. Kale did all of the rest of the work including drywalling the walls and ceilings. He also replaced all of the outlet switches, mirrors, toilets, light fixtures, fans and did a lot more work on small things like caulking around {like} everything! This house was in really bad shape. 

While we were in the mind set of renting the home, things were really nasty for a while. As soon as we started ripping out old cabinets, toilets, vanities etc. things started looking a lot better. It wasn't until the tile was down and the cabinets were installed that we started seeing a real future for this pretty little home.

We began shortly before Christmas. We ripped away at everything ugly, old and nasty about this house. I think Kale and I were both really excited when things started for the flip. These are the photos of the demo. We also had the tile installed before we left for our Texas Christmas Vacation.

We also had our good friend over at Greers Flooring America {the company we hired for tile, cabinets, counter tops and carpet} put together a few pretty samplings for us. We let her run with her own ideas as she has helped people remodel homes for years and years. 

The designer let me choose from about 3 different samplings she put together. This was the one I chose for this home. I wanted upscale looking cabinets and the tile was really pretty. We really wanted this house to shine. We have opted for backsplash at this time but might choose to have it installed after we complete the projects at hand.

I'm excited!!!! This house is coming together and we couldn't be happier with the results. I know Kale is ready for it to be done and I am ready for him to be home more often!!

~ The Shank Family