So I've been wanting to do this since we closed on the house. Jenny doesn't seem crazy about it, so we'll see how often she posts.
There is a great deal to cover in the beginning, so I'm going to split this into a few posts.
We bought a house! You probably already know this. You may or may not have been to it. I am going to set up a photo album to serve a couple of different purposes. First and foremost, we want to preserve the original (and I mean ORIGINAL) look of the house. Secondly, I want everyone who hasn't yet toured it to know what we're up against. Lastly, I want a way to compare. This is the room before and after; the floor before and after, the door before and after, etc.
If you've already been here or are privy to the tale so far, you can skip this paragraph. Jenny and I purchased a house in Baton Rouge. The house was built in the 1960s. It is a Ranch-style, 4 Bedroom, 3 bath, 2500 sq. ft. brick house. It sits on a decent sized lot: 100' x 180'. The house has not been updated since it was built. You only think I'm exaggerating. The dining room, kitchen and den (a later addition to the original house) have paneling. The refrigerator is avocado green. All of the light fixtures are original. The bedrooms had blue or green sculptured carpet.
Been to the house? Skip this one too. You can look at the album (once it's published) to get the full idea. All of the flooring in the house will be replaced, except for the parquet floor in the front room. That will be refinished. Everything will be sheetrocked. All of the bi-fold, louvered doors will be gone. The list goes on...
The plan is to post (with pictures) all of our weekend projects. My friends have already been a big help (thanks to Michael and Nathan and Chris B). A number of other people have offered their assistance and will appear later in the blog. Our plan is to do whatever we can feasibly do ourselves and to pay contractors to do the rest.
In the upcoming posts I will bring you up to date on what has been done thus far. I will post on facebook when I update (if you don't know what this means, don't worry about it) to point people over here. As we plan to be working on the house frequently, we should be updating pretty frequently.
Wish us luck!
