Shorty the Flip House: Week 8

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Come back every Friday to see how this house, aka Shorty, progresses from week to week.  To catch up on the progress on Shorty, check out his previous posts here.  If you’re new here, (Hello!!!) you can find more about my 5 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

I'll start out today by saying that this week wasn't quite the progress leaps and bounds I was hoping for, but still some very important progress was made.  Most notable change?  Half of the house is all drywalled and patched!

In the areas that they haven't patched just yet, they did remove any of the loose/damaged plaster.

While this doesn't look like a huge step in the house, it totally is- drywalling means that painting is coming VERY soon!!  Once we can pull out the paint brushes, things are going to start to look pretty polished pretty quickly.

I was really hoping to see the kitchen tile go down this week, but due to scheduling conflicts (my contractor's tile guy was in the midst of tiling 2 bathrooms) I won't get to see tile on the floor until early next week.  BUT that doesn't mean that no kitchen progress happened!  If you caught my insta-story yesterday, you know cabinets got delivered!!!

Additionally, I ordered light fixtures for about 90% of the house.  They've already started delivering them and I'm excited to see them installed!!  After paint!

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Slated for next week is kitchen floor tile, more plastering, and picking paint colors!!!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

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My Bold Hues

I'm so excited for this first ever round-up of my #MyBoldHues favorites!  Several weeks ago, I snuck the announcement into my weekly flip update about our new hashtag!  #MyBoldHues on instagram is a way to show off and celebrate your lives filled with color. For almost a month now, some amazing people have been tagging #MyBoldHues, whether it be spaces, projects or moments that are full of color!  As promised, the last Wednesday of each month (that's today!!!!), myself and the other co-hosts will be sharing our favorite instagrams on our blogs.  I'm overwhelmed by the stellar colorful things you guys have posted on instagram!!

It was so tough to pick my favorites to feature!

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@coppercorners had several swoonworthy #myboldhues posts!  As a painter, I imagine she's always surrounded by color.  This image in particular I absolutely loved the bold mix of floral patterns and textures.  (designers note: the multiple florals work because the scales are so varied!)

Sometimes it's not about having an explosion of color, but just very well placed touches, just ask @laurenjohnsondesign.  The way the painting and the chairs play so well together is so close to perfection!

One of #myBoldHues cohosts, @cate_stylemutthome had me swooning over this little vignette.  Aside from that credenza giving me all the heart eyes, I love how the hanging kilim pieces and plant pot bring in even more fun without going over the top.

I've accepted that Hubby will never come around to my side on this one, but give me an amazing floral and I'm a happy gal.  @house_of_unicorns used this floral wallpaper so perfectly.  While there are other feminine touches in the space, the classic lines of the mid-century inspired sofa and coffee table give the room an amazing balance.

And because for some strange reason, I have nursery's on the brain...

Even in an overall white space, @themakerista added a swoonworthy stripe treatment behind a beautiful but understated crib.  I don't know about you, but I'm very rarely a fan of "cutesy" spaces for babies, so an amazingly stylish space that just happens to be for a baby makes me want to do a happy dance.

Continuing with my urge to dance, @ariellesgoldman is working on her own nursery and just finished painting this feature for behind the crib.  I can't WAIT to see the rest of the room come together!!  These last 2 images are really getting me revved up to clear my office and start pulling together my little guy's space!

What were your favorite #myboldhues posts this month?  There were so many awesome spaces shared this month I had to follow trend, but I'm hoping in future months we can see more variety too!  Don't forget to tag your items, vignettes, DIYs, and general life moments in addition to your amazing spaces!

Now head over to my awesome #myboldhues cohosts and see what made them weak in the knees:

PMQ for Two

Style Mutt Home

Semigloss Design

Domicile 37

Jest Cafe Blog

Blue i Style

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Shorty the Flip House: Week 7

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  Come back every Friday to see how this house, aka Shorty, progresses from week to week.  To catch up on the progress on Shorty, check out his previous posts here.  If you’re new here, (Hello!!!) you can find more about my 5 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride!!  

This week was filled with build-up and anticipation for next week.  Next week, the first floor drywall is ALL getting patched (meaning paint soon!!!), hopefully the kitchen floor will go down, and cabinets are scheduled to be delivered!  This will be the changing point for the entire house to go from demo zone to finish work.  Well, now that you know that next week will be a big week, this week was a little quiet.

Actually, the entire house is a bit quieter now that a new furnace is installed!  As I mentioned last week, we were having furnace issues and it turns out the only way to really fix it was to replace.  The old furnace was 120k BTUs and the house needed a MAX of 80k BTUs.  Basically the old furnace was jerry-rigged to be installed in the house, but because it would fire up at full capacity and the ducts weren't sized appropriately for such a furnace, it repeatedly had issues.  Heat is kind of a necessity for flipping & repairs- not only do I not want to freeze out my contractors, but things like grout and paint, for example, cannot cure properly below a certain temp.

The new furnace is high efficient and whisper quiet- especially compared to the last.  Additionally, a new furnace allowed us to install central air/AC at a price we couldn't say no to!  The furnace fix has officially busted our projected project budget, but we're optimistic that this will be a selling feature and help us to garner a top price in a hot market this spring!  (she says as she crosses her fingers)

Aside from the furnace, Hubby and I did a bit of running around and picking things up.  We took a trip to IKEA and our marriage survived!!  We picked up the powder room vanity and mirror, and the kitchen farm sink, and then headed to the tile store to pick  up ALL the floor tile for the kitchen and powder room.

So happy I was able to find a 6x24 tile at a reasonable price!  My kitchen herringbone dreams will soon be a reality.

I'm so ready to get covered in paint!  With this flip, there hasn't been much for me to work on just yet.  Once the drywall is all repaired, though, we can get to picking colors, painting, repairing trim, installing light fixtures, and generally all the little finish work that makes everything feel clean and new.  A lot is going to fall into place in the next 2 months until we list!

Have an awesome weekend!

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