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Caption: H O M E A Renovated Beauty
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Caption: Welcome to Vanessa's house! She and I do the markets together, and she's recently completed almost all renovations on her gorgeous downtown Kalispell meth-lab-turned-mansion. It's an absolute beauty...I'll let her tell you the story.
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Caption: A little over 2 years ago my husband and I took a complete leap of faith and put an offer on this house. We knew the chances of the sale going through were next to none since we were purchasing it with a VA loan and this house had to be passed by a VA inspector. There was missing trim, light fixtures hanging by wires, missing vent covers, and it was just plain gross! Long story short, we got the house! Even our realtor said, "God must really want you to have this house!" And I believe He did!
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Caption: B E F O R E
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Caption: We renovated the majority of the house within the first 6 months (with a TON of help from both our families). Now all we have left is repainting the entry and hallway and I can officially say we are done!
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Caption: DINING ROOM: BEFORE
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Caption: DINING ROOM: BEFORE
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Caption: I ordered the gorgeous pendants hanging over the dining room table off eBay. I really wanted matching chairs for around the table but didn't have enough...until I remembered I had a bunch of these vintage folding chairs! They're wood and metal and I LOVE how simple they look around the table!
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Caption: We did almost all of the work ourselves with the exception of hiring a professional to stain our floors. I don't know the exact numbers, but I'm pretty confident that we have renovated the house under $20K. That includes all new wiring, plumbing, fixtures, flooring...everything!
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Caption: S U N R O O M: BEFORE
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Caption: S U N R O O M: BEFORE
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Caption: The sunroom was one of the last for us to redo. We used it to store junk. It only took us 2 days to redo it, and I can't believe how gorgeous it turned out!
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Caption: L I V I N G R O O M: BEFORE
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Caption: LAUNDRY ROOM b e f o r e
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Caption: A more recent renovated room is my laundry/mud room. This used to be the mud room, a bathroom, and a stairway to the basement. We covered the stairs to the basement and put them back where we think they originally were: under the staircase going to the upstairs.
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Caption: B O Y S R O O M: BEFORE
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Caption: What is now Eli's room used to be an upstairs kitchen. Did I mention the house was divided into 3 apartments when we bought it?
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Caption: B A T H R O O M: BEFORE
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Caption: The upstairs bath was designed more by my husband than me. The copper piping was installed, again, by my husband. Faucets and the shower head I found on eBay.
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Caption: MASTER BEDROOM
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Caption: GIRLS ROOM
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Caption: And last, but not least, is the girls' room. We'll be painting the floors in here next. I can't wait!! I LOVE my painted floors! Once my little one is out of her crib. we'll have to squeeze two beds in here. That will take some imagination. But I can't wait!
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Caption: This really is a dream home of ours and we are so excited to have it almost done! Of course we will constantly re-design rooms which I expect to do forever. That IS the fun part!
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