House Tour

Welcome to 12 Oaks! We moved into our 1960’s home with accompanying 5 acre property October 2012. A “short sale” that sat abandoned for a couple of years, we have had our work cut out for us. Here is a tour of our home showing how far we’ve come.
Here we go, starting with the driveway which was just gravel and so overgrown.

Here is the same view now:

The front of the house was in need of some major TLC. Overgrown weeds, old broken windows, chipped paint, etc., etc.

After A TON of work including a new roof, windows, landscaping, door, and paint, here she is now:

Moving to the back of the house and pool, we had this mess:

And now after a deck, pergola, small addition (left side of the pergola), pool fence, garbage enclosure, landscaping, etc. (More on the backyard transformation here.)

Here was the entryway/stairs when we bought it:

And now after removing the closet, putting in french doors to the now playroom, new hardwood floors, stain, paint, etc.:

See more about our stair and entryway makeover here.

Here was the living room when we bought it, which was closed off from the kitchen:

And now its all one big open space with barn wood beams, new built-ins, and more:

Here was the kitchen before:

And here it is now after a full gut and kitchen remodel:

This was the dining room before:

And now after opening it up to the kitchen, installing french doors to the deck, new stain, paint, wainscoting, lighting, etc.:

There was a weird den on the other side of the stairs:

We turned it into a fun & functional playroom:

And built a mudroom on the other side of the playroom off of the garage:

There used to be a powder room/laundry room combo on the first floor:

We incorporated that space into the kitchen and walk-in pantry:

And then built a separate powder room and laundry room as part of the addition:

Moving upstairs, we have the old guest bathroom:

Which turned into what I affectionately call the “Pinterest bathroom,” after it got really popular on there, ha! (See more after pictures/sources of the bathroom here.)

This was what our master bedroom looked like when we bought it:

And here it is now:

Connected to our master is the upstairs part of the addition which includes a new walk-in closet and master bathroom:

There was another Sharapova bedroom when we bought it:

This turned into our nursery:

Another upstairs bedroom before:

Is now our daughter’s “big girl” room:

The former master bathroom, which is now a guest bathroom, looked like this when we bought it:

And here is the renovated guest bath now:

Lastly, here is our current guest room, which admittedly is a catch-all for old furniture. I will re-do it hopefully soon.

Whew! I’m super proud of all we’ve been able to accomplish at our home over the past 5+ years, not to mention the 3 flips/income property houses we also renovated during that time, plus welcoming 2 amazing kiddos!

There’s still plenty left on our to-do list, particularly on the outside/pool area, the garage, basement, and maybe even building a barn.

Thanks for following along on our journey!

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