Condo Before Initial Improvements
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I promised some pictures of our place, both before and after shots of the changes we made once we moved in. Here goes!
1. Dining area
We initially thought we’d have to run electrical conduit up to the center of the room in order to hang a light over the dining room table. Turns out the wires were already there, just covered up by a previous owner. Of course we didn’t discover this until we’d taken a good chunk of drywall out - oh well!
2. Living Room area
The plan here was to take the gas line that ran to the fireplace (er, the old fireplace that was removed by a prior owner) and run it to the kitchen so we could put a gas stove in at a later date. This actually went much easier than expected, as we ran it just above the baseboard behind the drywall. We had some patching to do, but it really came together nicely.
3. Kitchen area
Another large project was to repaint the cabinets in the kitchen. Kristen’s mom spent a ton of time tackling this one, and did a great job. We also painted the walls, cleaned the light fixtures, installed our fridge (and ran a water line for our ice maker), installed an RO unit, and installed a new faucet.
4. Stairway
We spent a good bit of time with the stairway, but not until much of the other work was completed. My dad painted the metal railing white (it was black in this picture), and we painted the hand-rail and runners a khaki color. My dad and I re-carpeted the stairs as well, and they turned out really nice. I learned a ton on this part of the project, and think I could probably tackle a similar one on my own next time.
5. Upstairs bedroom
The entire upstairs is the master bedroom area, including a walk-in closet and master bath. As with the rest of the place, we scraped off the acoustic ceiling (popcorn texture), and re-textured and painted. We also installed new baseboards throughout, but these pictures give you an idea of what the upstairs looked like before we started.
The second bedroom will soon be a nursery, and the bathrooms will also need a little updating, but for the most part, we are extremely happy with the way everything came together. We had tons of help, and could not have done all of this work without the help of our parents and some key friends.
Thanks!