At long last, the renovation is finished. Come have look!

Due to unexpected surprises, our project took three months longer and cost six thousand dollars more than we had expected (ouch!), but I am happy (and relieved!) to be able to say...SHE'S DONE!!!! And, I think the end results are pretty fantastic. We began showing it to potential tenants and they all seem to love the kitchen. I do too.

To refresh your memories, I'll show you some before photos, as well as some after photos of the end results. We came a long way!

Kitchen before:

Kitchen after:

View to the living room before:

 After:

Downstairs full bath before:

After:

"Bonus room" before:

After:

Master bedroom before:

After:

Because there was only one bathroom in the house, and it was located downstairs and far away from the upstairs bedrooms, we decided to build another full bathroom, with a large walk-in shower, in the center of the second level, so it could be accessed by both bedrooms through a central hallway. We also built a laundry area next to the bathroom--we liked the idea of not having to lug laundry baskets up and down the stairs and thought our tenants would appreciate that convenient feature too!

Bathroom #2 before:

Bathroom #2 after:

Hallway access to the bathroom and laundry area before:

Hallway access to the bathroom and laundry area after (complete with new fron-loading high efficiency washer and dryer):

In order to make room for the new upstairs bathroom and laundry areas, we decided to remove the wall that was separating bedroom #2 and bedroom #3, transforming that space into one large and open bedroom with a fantastic balcony and an exposed brick fireplace.

Bedroom #2 before:

Bedroom #2 after:

Exterior before:

Exterior after:

So there she is, in all her glory! Now we just need some nice tenants to move in and enjoy her new-found beauty and cool features! Any takers? : )