Flipping In Flops: Eastern Pkwy

Eastern Parkway was the first house Steve and I lived in together. This is also the first house I renovated/moved into the 21st century.

Here are some pictures and descriptions of what all "we" did.

Exterior Before

Exterior After

Here's what we did:
Fenced in the backyard and stained
Repaired brick on porch
Removed bushes in front
Painted stucco, trim, and porch
New roof
Thank you city of Louisville - brand new nice grass in front and new driveway/sidewalk

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Here's what we did:
Painted the walls
Removed super old and gross carpet
Installed laminate flooring
New light plate switches
Spray painted ceiling fan

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Here's what we did:
Painted the room, trim and chalkboard
Installed laminate flooring
Restained the cabinets a mahogony color
Spray painted ceiling fan

Spare Bedroom ("Dewey's Room") Before

*What you're seeing is not beige paint on the wall. It's dirt. I know.

Spare Bedroom After

Here's what we did:
Ripped up old carpet
Laid new carpet
Painted walls, ceiling, and trim
Fixed water damage on wall/ceiling
Removed tons of ceiling stars
Spray painted ceiling fan

Master Bedroom Before

Unfortunately I never took any before pictures of this bedroom. But it pretty much was the same as Dewey's room.

Master Bedroom After

Here's what we did:
Removed old carpet
Installed new carpet
Painted walls and trim
Painted ceiling fan
Fixed closet doors
New hardware on closet doors

Upstairs Bathroom Before

*I had already painted the color at this point.

Upstairs Bathroom After
*the first is while we were still living there. The paint reads very close on the second and third pictures.

Here's what we did:

Painted wall and trim

Restained the vanity

Built a frame around mirro

Installed new light fixture, hardware, shower head, and toilet "guts"

Installed tile floor

Back Hallway Before

Back Hallway After

Here's what we did:
Installed laminate flooring
Painted walls and trim
Installed new light fixtures and wire shelves above laundry
New hardware on door

Basement Bathroom Before

Basement Bathroom After

*The green is reading very dark, but it's really more of a mint green. This was by far the biggest project in the house. The only things that stayed in this room was the toilet, shower surround and some drywall.

Here's what we did:Ripped out the carpeting (who puts carpet in bathrooms?)

Tiled floor

New hardware, vanity, light fixture, mirror, door (water damage), toilet "guts", some trim

Painted walls, trim, door

Removed molded drywall and hung new

Large Basement Bedroom Before

I forgot to take pictures of this one too. Above the paneling there was an "interesting" stucco pattern that I had to get rid of. Sanding, sanding, sanding, drywall mudding, sanding, mudding, sanding, priming, mudding, sanding and priming again.

Large Basement Bedroom After