By way of introduction, I am Ashley. Mom of 3 (almost 4) and wife to my handyman extraordinaire, Joe. I decided to start documenting our adventures in remodeling our second home and share the journey with you guys.
A little backstory: we bought our first home soon after the birth of our 2nd child and flipped it. When I say "flipped" I mean "did a bunch of remodeling and then life got in the way so it didn't get put on the market for 4 years". But it was a great experience and we learned a lot so we decided we wanted to continue buying fixer uppers and giving them a little TLC while living in them for a few years.
Here we are with house number 2! Here is what it looked like when we purchased it!
Looks like a lovely little duplex, no? The family that owned it lived in it for over 60 years! The left side is the original home which was a sweet little 2 bedroom 1 bath ranch. After they grew in a larger family, they added on the right side, making it a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath. The lady of the house was a beautician and the door to the right is not another unit but the entrance to her beauty parlor along with a tiny half bath.
As you can see, the house looks to be in pretty good shape. We wanted to open up a wall or 2, especially in the kitchen area and have a more open floor plan. We also wanted to rip out carpets to reveal the beautiful original hardwoods and remodel the bathrooms.
So far we have started to do everything we set out to do, although it has taken a lot longer than we anticipated because of running into a few issues. But that's typical when you buy a fixer upper, right?!
As it turns out in our case, not quite.
More on that later, along with some pictures of the house in progress! Come back soon!
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