To stage the Fanchon Flip house, we spent a total of $650. And $200 of those dollars were spent on pillows…. not kidding! We knew that in order to keep our expenses low when staging this flip house, we’d need to be very resourceful. Here our my tips on staging an entire empty home for […]
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Completely remodeling 3 1/2 baths in this flip house was very daunting. Especially given the short time window we were shooting to complete the flip by. Not only was it a lot of physical work, it was a lot of design decisions to make. This flip house was a great learning experience because I had
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When I started designing this kitchen, I had no idea what direction it was going to go… only that we were without a doubt using the new IKEA white shaker door: Axstad. If you are an IKEA nerd, like me, you know that the world has been waiting FOREVER for IKEA to finally come out
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This summer has been insane… I’m so grateful for the opportunity to take this flip on, but wow, am I tired. We are now on 17 weeks of working on our first non-live-in flip house. In 3 weeks we should be finishing everything up and listing it!!! Here is a little glimpse into what our
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(See the full kitchen reveal here!) From the moment I first saw the new IKEA Axstad cabinet face, I knew I would need to use it in a kitchen as soon as humanly possible. IKEA has been stubborn and until now, hasn’t had a true white shaker style door. They’ve had some wood shaker styles.
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We are 6 weeks in on the Fanchon Flip project and I feel like we are finally turning a corner. From here on out we should mainly be adding things, not ripping them out. For me, the finish work is so much more rewarding than all the rip-out and demo. So, I am very grateful
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I’ve been having a blast planning out the different design elements for this home. One of its best features are the elegant trim work on the first level. So to stay true to that detail, we are going for a modern-traditional design. We’ll primarily do a light and bright asethetic. Master Bath The nice thing
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This being our first “official” flip, we are expecting to learn so many things and maybe make some mistakes along the way. But, we are still attempting to have a plan and order to how we renovate this house. We have owned it for 3 weeks now, and have almost completed the demo. I know
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We did some significant demo on the new house this past weekend. But I did manage to snap a few before photos. Hopefully the afters will be taken in much better quality and by someone with way more skill than me… The house was built in the late 80’s and actually has new siding and
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As you know from my last post, we’re buying our first ‘non-live-in’ rehab house! (Should I call it a flip house? I mean that’s what it is… but that term just has some ugly connotations. Right?) We had 2 months to plan for this moment, but somehow I still feel unprepared for what is coming
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