Comments | saucydwellings: Not too hot on the sauce, but I've done some projects?

redfield79 in saucydwellings

Not too hot on the sauce, but I've done some projects?

Jan 18, 2013 10:19

Hey! So, I'm not sure if anyone is interested in all of this but we moved into a 4 bedroom house a few weeks back and it was a shit hole. Sorry to be blunt but it just WAS. Holy moly! My uncle rented it out to 5 different people who NEVER paid the rent so he had to evict them. He didn't think it was THAT bad and told me he'd hire people to clean it ( Read more... )

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rainy5982 January 18 2013, 15:43:03 UTC

Wow! The changes are quite dramatic and definitely for the better.

redfield79 January 18 2013, 16:09:05 UTC

Thank you! :) Sometimes I wonder if it was all worth it but everyday it gets a little bit better.

kaishin108 January 18 2013, 16:00:42 UTC

What a LOT of work! I am amazed at the energy that must have taken! You did good! So you covered the vanity with wallpaper?! If I understand that right, what a good idea!

Keep us posted please. I am thinking of buying an old fixer-upper, you are an inspiration!

P.S. I don't care for the look of most vinyl flooring but it feels so much nicer on the feet compared to tile. Ceramic tile is so cold and hard!

redfield79 January 18 2013, 16:13:14 UTC

Yes, lots! :) I had a lot of help in my husband and my best friend. I did use wallpaper, haha! I found a roll of wallpaper hidden in the closet that my uncle had left behind and I just "meh" and did it. Haha. My uncle keeps talking like he wants us to buy it and will give us a deal/use our rent towards closing costs or whatever so eventually it'll have to get torn out but it's a great fix for now.

Thanks! I will! If you're willing to put in the work, fixer-uppers are SO much fun!

I hate hate hate the vinyl floors. I think for the most part, the biggest issue is that he's always got friends he's getting out of a pinch...and they have no money so they say "well I'll do this this and this for you instead." And so everything looks horrible. For instance, some guy came by the house a few days ago to "do yard work/cut down some trees" in the backyard because he owed my Uncle some money that he had borrowed. Oi! So a lot of the flooring/painting/work that had been done was done very poorly. I love doing these fix up myself though!

kaishin108 January 19 2013, 17:31:03 UTC

He sounds wayyyy too nice! I see what you mean, little 'patch' jobs here and there, ugh!

silvenwolf January 18 2013, 16:50:05 UTC

OMG the last part - the thing you covered in wallpaper was eyeopening!! It looks a hell of a lot like a marble top - if you hadn't said anything I would have thought it was marble!

You, lady are genius. Looks friggin' amazing.

redfield79 January 18 2013, 19:12:10 UTC

Awe thank you!! IT DOES to me too! That's what I wanted...the marble without the marble! haha.

Aweeee thank you so much! :)

sayga January 18 2013, 17:05:24 UTC

Wow, the before pics are scary! You put in a lot of work and it looks sooooo much better!

redfield79 January 18 2013, 19:11:22 UTC

Legit, they are! Haha. Thank you! I'm glad that someone from the outside can say that to me because it's hard to forget what was there before. Yanno? Like it's finally starting to feel like a home now! :D

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redfield79 January 18 2013, 19:10:36 UTC

No I didn't. I'll make a post if this turns out to be a negative venture. I do worry maybe it'll start coming up but it was really sticky and thin paper so I'm hoping that won't be too much of an issue. Hopefully it won't but I'll let everyone know if it doesn't turn out well. :\