The Story Of Our First Home

This day has finally come.......The basement is finished and ready to rent out! It took A LOT longer than expected but we are extremely pleased with the results. I thought I would post the before and after.

Starting with the master bedroom; which actually use to be the smaller bedroom. The original master bedroom was a really odd L-shape and had the fire place in it. We decided to knock the wall out that separated the living room and bedroom and create a smaller bedroom which also made the living room larger. The master bedroom was the easiest room to fix.

Before

Don't you love the old school floors, they remind me of an elementary school's lunch room.

After

We just finished putting the last window in and still have to put up the blind.

This is the old master bedroom which we made smaller as explained before.  After knocking out that wall we had to build up another wall and add a closet. 

Before

 Sorry these pictures are not the best quality.  That door is actally to a closet that we painted and put shelves and a closet rod in.

After

I can't decide whether my favorite is the living room or the kitchen.  I just love how much space is in the living room and that it has the fireplace.  We still need to replace the fireplace screen which is old and gold.

Before

 

Looking toward the storage room, bathroom, and furnace room.

Looking at what will be the kitchen off to the left and the landing which will have a door entrance.

It's hard to tell because it all blends together but the door on this wall leads to the laundry/storage room.

This is the view from the bottom of the stairs looking at the wall we knocked out.

After

View from the bottom of the stairs.

You can see the new door we put on the furnace room on the far left.  I love the exposed brick!

This is a slightly different angle of the picture that has the storage room and bathroom, which is on the right of the picture that you can't see as well as the furnace room.

The bathroom and kitchen had the most work. We had to gut the whole bathroom. It was disgusting and I should be really embarrassed to post pictures but I am going to anyway so you can see the differences.

Before

The shower was tin.  I can't believe anyone used this!

The pipes for the shower were exposed running down the side of it.

After

Chris did such a great job on the tile!

The plumbing had a lot of issues so we ripped everything out and had to build the tub up on this sub floor.  It was a pain but I feel like it turned out really nice.

And we decided to add these shelves off to the side for linens.

I saved what I think is the best for last.  We built this kitchen in and I absolutely love how it turned out.  We had to fix the cupboards and Chris did the counter tops with travertine tile.  We still have to buy a fridge but we are excited it is finally ready to rent.

Before

There is only one before picture becuase this was all the kitchen use to be.

I was  a little nervous when Chris came home with these....but we re did the outside and clean up the inside as well as lined them all with contact paper.  They turned out better than I could have imagined.

After

That small door leads to a small pantry.

We still have to put the covers on the outlets but I love love this kitchen. 

So that is what we have been doing for the last year.  As I mentioned before it took longer than we thought but was worth the wait.  It was hard doing all the work ourselves but we have learned so much through the process and will never forget being first married and fixing up our first home.  We also carpeted the stairway and re did the landing at the top of the stairs but we still have to paint.  Now on to the upstairs, which won't take as long but I am really excited to get my floors in!

If you know anyone needing a place to rent tell them to contact us!  We are listing it to friends and family first and will probably go on ksl next week (as long as the virus issues are fixed).