New Renovations!

Two more rooms...torn apart and being put back together. The living room has been drywalled and painted, but we continued into the other room so we could finish the floors in both rooms all at once. Such a mess--but it will be worth it! 

Our Latest Project: 2nd Floor Bathroom

With a some ideas and a little IKEA, we have almost completed our bathroom project. After gutting it completely, we have constructed something modern, minimalistic and marvelous. We are now getting ready to install our claw foot tub from Architectural Salvage. We added some new and some old to this room like we are doing to the rest of the house.
Next up, the 1st floor bathroom. We will be hand laying a "penny floor" in that bathroom. Yes, a floor made out of pennies. Stay tuned!

Carolyn and Tommy Braden's Kitchen Before and After 2011

With the exception of a few little details, our kitchen renovation is complete. We reused the kitchen cabinets that were in the house when we bought it but transformed them with Rustoleum Transformations. Our open shelving is from IKEA. Tommy created a cabinet for our stainless Bosch dishwasher. We purchased butcher block from IKEA for the counter top above the dishwasher. That will be installed soon. Our other counter top is from Lowe's. Tommy did all the drywalling, painting, some plumbing and all the trim work. The 1st floor bathroom is next. We're off to find a claw foot tub!

Carolyn and Tommy Braden "Kitchen almost finished!"

We still have a few cosmetic things to complete but our new kitchen is totally functional! We are painting the refrigerator white, painting the door, hanging some more trim and adding some more lighting. I don't have to be a laundry room chef anymore! With only a little drywall help (from a friend and his dad), Tommy completed this room by himself! Well, I helped a little too. :) He even built a cabinet to surround the dishwasher. Our old cabinets were transformed with the help of Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations in Espresso.












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Carolyn and Tommy Braden's Kitchen Re-do!

Cabinets to be painted, shelves to be hung but our kitchen is truly almost done!
It takes a while when you have a whole house to renovate by yourself but it's still coming along! Tommy is really loving how our old ratty floors are turning into beautifully crafted hardwood floors. Monica loves them too!




















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Tommy and Carolyn Braden's Beadboard Wall in Kitchen

So many projects all at once! The kitchen is catching up to the foyer.



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Carolyn and Tommy Braden's Foyer Coming Along Beautifully

Tommy and his dad have done all this. Drywalling, painting, trim....
Is there anything they can't do? If there is, Tommy will figure it out!









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Carolyn and Tommy Braden: Kitchen drywalled!

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Tommy and Carolyn Braden: Entry way is drywalled and painted!"

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Carolyn and Tommy Braden's Attic is Finished!

We've worked and worked and now it is complete.  The floors turned out so beautiful!  We are just about finished with the front porch and are also working on the foyer.  The kitchen is after that.  Moving right along.......

Carolyn Braden says "Stripping the Front Door.....Can't Wait Until I am Finished!"

Here is how far I am on stripping the front door.  I am using a heat gun and scraping small amounts away at a time.  I am on day two so I think I've done pretty well for my first time doing this.  There are little intricate wooden flowers along the glass underneath all the thick, ugly, chipping black paint.  Why, oh, why would someone paint over such a beautiful door!?!?  When I am finished stripping it, we will sand it and and varnish it.  It will be so beautiful!