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Remodel No 6: Our Fireplace

The living room is the hub of our home. It’s the place where friends and family gather and memories are being made that will forever live long after we are gone.  One of Abbie’s dreams when looking for a home was to have a fireplace that would be reminiscent of some of her homes she had growing up in Georgia. Since growing up in Houston, I never shared in that sentiment but part of love is compromise so we always knew we would add a fireplace to our home at some point.  When we started the initial living room renovation, we knew that we would later come back and add the fireplace to the room. The room originally had a dingy white wall with a gas wall heater. This worked to our advantage because we would later repurpose the gas line to use for the ventless natural gas fireplace.  We…

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LEGACY

Remodel No 5: Our Bathroom

The most rewarding things are often the most difficult to obtain and our bathroom was no different. We absolutely love the transformation we were able to create but it was no small feat for first time DIYers. After many lessons learned and two long weekends our bathroom renovation is finally complete and we can’t wait to share it. When we first purchased the home, the bathroom was a beige nightmare with dark features, a yellow sink and a black plexiglass vanity complete with old wood features and a black medicine cabinet. There was also sliding door to enter the bathroom. During our first few days in the house we started by taking down the dual wall medicine cabinets and towel racks. We also hung a new door with a vintage inspired mortise lock to match the character of the home. After months of planning out what the bathroom would look…

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INTERIORS & DECOR

Remodel No 4: Our Dining Room

One of our shared values in purchasing a home was to be able to have a space full of love and laughter that could easily host friends and family. Originally our kitchen and dining room were separated by a wall which really made the house feel divided. We started by removing the original wall heaters and relocating the outdated electrical panel from the dining room. The second major project was to demo the wall to open up the space. Having the natural light coming in from the kitchen made such a big difference and the two rooms together now helped our home have the open floor plan we were hoping for. We also decided to add a matte black shiplap accent wall to bring interest and continuity with our white shiplap wall in the living room. We replaced the stained glass in the two small picture windows with new panes…

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LIFESTYLE

Our Journey Begins: Major Renovations

The journey began  and we wanted to get our hands dirty, but we also knew that with this house there were several projects that required a general contractor to do some of the permitted work. Here’s the major list of what was completed over a seven week timeline: Rewire house to code and remove all knob and tube. Install recessed ceiling cans in living room. Install HVAC. Replace hot water heater and move from kitchen to the attic. Install new gas piping for stove, water heather, furnace and future fireplace. Joist and framing repair in living room due to extensive termite damage. Remove carpet and refinish floors throughout most of the house. Remove drywall and install two windows in the sunroom/living room. Remove 5 windows and repair wood frame damage and replace with vinyl windows. Remove all burger bars from windows. Remove large furnaces from wall and AC units. Remove…

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LEGACY

We Bought a House

Last year in the midst of planning our wedding (what were we thinking?!), we decided to start looking for our first home together. Several people warned us about the long, heart breaking process of searching for that first place, and they could not have been more right. For about a year we consistently searched, viewed homes and had our offers rejected. Then in the midst of our search Harvey devastated our city, so while we were looking for a home, millions of people lost theirs. As our city rebuilt we tried several routes, including buying an abandoned home that was set to be demolished and having it moved to another property. This also fell through, but through this process we were able to connect with our loan officer and learn more about the 203K program, which is the direction we decided to go.  Finally we found the house on King Street.  It had…

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