NASHVEGAS II: BEFORE & AFTERS

So our second house is Nashville was a bit more of a struggle therefore I hope you forgive me for the lack of postings!   Since everyone loves the “before & afters” most, here they are;

KITCHEN

BEFORE

AFTER

BATHROOM

BEFORE

AFTER

LIVING ROOM

BEFORE

 AFTER

DINING ROOM

BEFORE

 AFTER

MASTER BEDROOM

BEFORE

AFTER

GUEST BEDROOM

BEFORE

AFTER

MUD ROOM

BEFORE

 AFTER

BASEMENT

*** NOTE- There are NO “before” pictures of the basement- there was nothing to take a picture of outside of rock/dirt and an old coal bin door.  This space was literally a dirt hole with tree trunk supports holding up the 1^st floor of the house- they built the house and then dug out this cellar with pick axes (you can still see the marks).  There were no walls in the basement, no plumbing, no lights, no plugs, etc. - we basically created a room inside of the rock to make space for a laundry room.  Compounding the above obstacles was the fact that the room is roughly 7’x7’ with a poured sloped floor- nothing was even close to square/plumb/level and the simple act of moving tools or cutting 2x4’s required planning.  Lastly, all of our plumbing/electrical connections were in the crawl space area which required crawling on your back and working upside down in about 16” of space.   This was by far the most difficult project I have ever attempted- not only were we creating a “room” with absolutely no frame of reference, we had to add electric & plumbing IN ADDITION to a vertically pumped drainage system for the stationary tub/washing machine (pushing water uphill to flow back down into the bathroom drains).  Everything works perfectly and looks finished. This room is by far my favorite area of the house.