Reminiscing complete!

As the current bathroom remodeling project is coming along so slowly, it's a good thing I started this little reminiscing series. Since I've been showing old photos of our first house remodel, I had better show the finished product before you think we lived in a wreck. We were so happy in our little bungalow by the end, it was really hard to leave. We felt that first house could have met all our needs for the future, so I'm glad we never saw it as a "starter home". It was just home!

This was no overnight transformation, like they portray on the design shows. The saying in the construction world is "fast, cheap, good; pick two!". I think we only ever got one of those qualities on any single project. It took four years and more thousands than I initially expected to get to the point of the "after" pictures below, but we wouldn't have traded those experiences for anything. 

Exterior before

After

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After

Living room before

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Dining room before

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Kitchen before

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Study before

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Downstairs bath before

After

Master bedroom before

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South bedroom before

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Gable bedroom before

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Upstairs bath before

After

No before shots, but carriage house/garage after

Carriage house loft after

Fish pond we added

Front yard in spring