| Our Home |
| Westwood Horse Center |
| We have learned a lot about home improvement as a result of taking on the renovation of this wonderful old Farmhouse. We had no idea what was actually in store for us as we set out to bring our Dream to life. While we are tackling each project, we continue to learn more and more about this old house, and upon completion of each task, we look forward to the next! I hope you enjoy looking through our before and after pictures. We have a lot to do yet, but have already come a very long way! Click on the thumbnails below for larger pics. |
| The kitchen was a complete remodel. We had hoped to make due until after we moved in, but as we began to clean and evaluate the condition of the room, it quickly became out #1 priority! JR and I complete gutted this kitchen. In the process, we also decided to switch the pantry and the bathroom, as their prior location did not make much sense with the overall layout of that area. As you can see below, we walled off the door that used to go to the pantry and made that a small bathroom because it also has a door to the living room. We learned as we installed the new kitchen cabinets that nothing in a home of this age is square! What was flush to the floor on one end of a wall, was 3 inches off the floor to be level at the opposite end! We still have to reinstall trim around the doors and windows, and do some decorating too, but this task is starting to wind down! |
| The complete remodel of the master bathroom is our next big undertaking. Again, the bathroom was not in usable condition when we moved in. The flooring was molded from the moisture (carpet), and the smell was unbearable, not to mention unhealthy! While we work on it, we are all making the steep trek up that attic stairs to the only other full bathroom in the house. There was a large tub in the floor of the bathroom that we had removed. We hired professionals to repair the flooring so it could be weight bearing again. Of course, our we also have the most wonderful Plumber and Electrician that are able to come at a moments notice to help us as well! We can't wait until this project is complete and we can say goodbye to the attic stairs for good! LOL |
| The bedrooms were less of a chore than the rest of the house, but still needed quite a bit or work. First, there was cleanup, then repairs to the walls and ceilings, then more cleanup, then we could finally move the furniture in. The walls and ceilings of this home are mostly plaster. The walls had many years of cracks to repair. We also had to cover one of the ceilings (Randi's room) with dry wall in order to make a permanent repair to a weakening roof situation. We didn't want it falling on her while she slept! I also refinished all the wood floors throughout the home. We have not done anything with the 'walk-in' closet yet. That is a project for another time :) We had a lot of drywall repair to do in the guest bedroom (finished attic) due to water and mold damage as the result of a leaky roof. THANK YOU to the previous owners for repairing the roof before they left! |
| MASTER BEDROOM |
| LIBRARY/BEDROOM |
| GUEST ROOM & GUEST BATHROOM |
| I need to take a lot more pics of the Living Room, Dining Room, Office, Basement, etc....here are a few of the "Before's" to tide you over until I can get some more pics posted. |
