The Afters!

And After...
Honestly, these pictures are enhanced by Aunt Maurie's decorating skills. The upstairs has a full kitchen, diningroom/livingroom, master bedroom and bathroom, a den, 2 more bedrooms and another bathroom. I took photos of the main living space...not wanting to intrude in on our renters :).
This is the new and improved hardwood staircase and handrail all built by Rod. If you look at the blog post before this one you can see the treacherous tile before.
We also glazed the door. It is a bright yellow stain, now it is much more interesting and beautiful.

Moving on....to the living room!Ceiling, and walls with new paint. New wood doors. The first door is a closet and the other is the den (which Maurie has turned into an office/beautiful guest room.
We only kept one of the fans (which we want to find new dark wood ones) All the light fixtures are like the one you see below.

And the kitchen/dining room. We painted/distressed/stained the cabinets
and Rod tiled the counter.

The new stove! Pretend like the eyesore of a white microwave isn't there-envision a stainless steel one-hold on to that image because we will replace it when we can...which is not now. A detail of our cute back splash.

There is more-a hand-built cabinet in the bathroom/new mirrors/light fixtures/Rod's hardwood floor in the den/new carpet...but you need to just come and see it!
And it took only about 5 1/2 weeks!