Making A Home Beautiful Again

This post will be mostly pictures as we wanted to show you what can be done when you take a home and make it beautiful.  We sold our first rehabbed home last week.  It took a lot of money up front, and time, but more importantly there was a lot of courage that went into it.  There were so many times that I got down and didn’t think I could even get it closed when we purchased it all the way to waiting on the close of the sale that got extended 3 times!  Courage, perseverance and belief in myself and all that I can accomplish kept me going.  This was not accomplished alone.  This took a team of people who helped me keep going.  Then, once we closed on the purchase, it was all hands on deck.  Thank you to Chris Hiebert with Next Step Homes, Taryn Kendrick with Worcester Financial, Chad Osborne with RemodelKC, and my loving and supportive new husband, Mark Rothermich.  Thank you!  You guys rock!

Before and after pictures:

Before! Living room, smelly pink carpet.

After all new living room and refinished hard wood floors

Before — Great room, living room-dining room combo. Smelly carpet! P-U!

Great Room After — look at the beautiful refinished hard wood floors!

Before – exterior, old shutters, filthy.

After — Power wash and new shutters

Before, we increased the size of the bathroom to include a 48″ vanity, rather than the 18″ vanity that was in place

Bathroom after

Before – kitchen with old cabinets that did not fit, flooring was ripped out to discover crooked and rotted floors

After, new floor, new tile, all new cabinets and appliances kitchen

Before – right side of kitchen, walled in door for refrigerator, re-routed doors to furnace room. New cabinets, new stove and new pantry — lots of room now!

After – new pantry, cabinets, stove and microwave, walled in door to furnace room

After, check out the wine rack we built! new cabinets and dishwasher Kitchen

We are now looking for our next home to purchase.  Call me today at 816-866-1332 if you know of anyone in your neighborhood who is wanting a cash offer.  Or, if you are wholesaling, we are buying.  karenand[email protected]   I look forward to hearing from you!