Our Home Remodel

Farmhouse Hutch Makeover

For a couple years now, I've had half my kitchen painted and decorated farmhouse style. It's taking a little longer on the other half since I want to add new countertops, so I decided to go ahead and share what I've done so far, including this farmhouse hutch...

Guest Bathroom Makeover

Next to the kitchen, the bathrooms were in the worst shape in our little HUD repo house we bought. They had to be totally gutted. This is the guest bathroom in the hallway. We hired a plumber because we needed the whole house replumbed. He offered to rebuild both...

Guest Room Makeover

So the guestroom in our little HUD repo house was a horrible yellow color with a weird shelf on the one wall. The floor was in nice shape though, so it was sanded and refinished along with the other hardwoods in the house. We painted the walls an off white with off...

Master Bedroom Makeover – Number 1

All three bedrooms in our little HUD repo house were in pretty good condition to start with. They just needed a little cosmetic making over. The hardwoods floors under the carpets were in good shape - we had them sanded and refinished. Fresh paint on the walls and...

House Remodel – Kitchen Makeover

I would have to say the kitchen was in the worst shape when we got the house. We knew it would need to be completely gutted down to the studs. The cabinets had to go; the paneled walls had to go - everything! Yuk. The floor was uneven, so we even had to have the house...

Our Home Remodel Begins

How It All Began In 2003, friends of ours that used to buy HUD repos to flip, told us about a little house they thought we might be interested in. Our daughter had just recently gotten married and moved to Peoria and our son was engaged and about to move to Ecuador....