Before and After: What's Old is New Again

This basement remodel started because we decided to add a heatpump and the ceiling was torn out of the dated basement rec room which is shown in the first 2…

We completed this basement addition by excvating the crawl space beneath the existing home and adding a new foundation. The addition added over 1300 square feet to the house and provided…

Our efficient (small) 1925 Craftsman home features just under 900 square feet on the main floor with another 200 square feet on the typical half second floor. As home to…

This is our kitchen remodel that spanned 6 years.  We started in 2003 on our 1960's ranch style kitchen and had made pretty good progress by 2006.  Then we had…

This kitchen is in a 2 family house that was a neglected rental property for many years.  It was in really poor shape.  I gutted as litlle as possible and…

This half-bath still had the original wild looking yellow wall paper the 1970’s before we launched our attack on this room.    We chose to buy all our products, materials…

This small master bathroom still had the original shower doors from the 1970’s!  Not only was this room ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair.  The original shower…

I tend toward obsessive when it comes to efficiency, so for me the layout of our kitchen was labored over during many a restless night. Back in 1952 when our…

This bathroom was straight from the 1970’s!  Not only was it ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair.  The original tub / shower was cracked, flaking apart and…

Here’s our 1970’s kitchen with what’s left of the ugly wall paper, mustard yellow countertops, crooked kitchen cabinets, leaking plumbing fixtures, broken appliances, a wobbly...