Ah, ok. I want to flip houses, if I lived a different life that is. Now I just want to be able to buy a house. Do not like renting but the challenges of international living do not make possible for us to buy at this time.
In the right part of the country, I think flipping houses would be an amazing career! If I ever move to Florida, I'd definitely consider it
. Hmmm, maybe I could have my own show?
Flip or Flop Orlando
WOW! The transformation is incredible!
Enjoy your new home
Thank you!
I'm super glad the inside is finally almost complete!
Beautiful home! I wish I had the $$ to transform a few of my rooms, but my vacation budget keeps getting in the way!
Ugh, I hear ya!!
Hence the reason that there will be no Disney day on this trip
. So many extra expenses to do the house up exactly as we wanted it. I'm glad to have my home coming together so nicely, but a little bummed that I couldn't finagle a day at MK or the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival into the budget.
Is it so wrong to want it all?
That’s an amazing price!
I’ve got a Car Rental situation going myself for February. We’re flying to Miami then driving to the keys. The car prices are insane! $100+ per day. When you find a lower rate, do you cancel and rebook? Any tips or suggestions?
I prefer Alamo thru Costco but right now my rate for an intermediate SUV is $500+ with them. I found a code with Budget for $250, but for four days I’d still prefer it less than that.
Yes, when I find a lower rate I rebook at the new rate and then cancel the original reservation (but before hitting that cancel button, triple check that you haven't made a mistaken anywhere in the new booking: the dates, times, locations are all correct). Check every single day, because rate drops don't always hang around .... you really do need to strike while the iron is hot.
Rates were steady for my dates right up until 2 weeks ago (so about a month out from our arrival). Other times, the big drop was months beforehand. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. $100 a day is crazy high
.... surely it will decline at least somewhat before you travel!
What an awesome transformation! It looks like it is out of a magazine. However... that man cave is missing something..... MINIONS perhaps? tee he he he. Love love the cat pillows. So fun but still classy with the decor.
Personally, I love the pink bathroom but I am a retro person. I would have just toned it down some with paint and accessories. While I liked the blue metal cabinets (and am happy to hear they went to a good home). The carpet, blech and the booth did not work at all. The newer design is so much better. The flippers did do a great job of choosing nice fixtures/finishes. It looks like a new build. You have lived there 2 months and 1 year less then I have been in my home and I have nothing that looks as put together, except maybe DDs room because we had to buy her new furniture.
Your bushes may be okay to plant this weekend, but I might hold off on the hosta. They are hardy but this weather has been so horrible. We put some apple trees in two weeks ago and the wind sunday-monday here has one tilted to a 45 degree angle. It will have to be redug this weekend.
With the way spring is going, it may still be snowing when you leave. We had snow in NEPA again this morning.
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Ha ha, I'm not sure Steve would agree about the minions
. While we donated a large amount of them to our local toy drive two Christmases ago (I like to think they brought some very deserving kids some big smiles on Christmas morning) I did still keep a few of them. They're in a bag in our storage room. I wonder what the cats would think of them if I did put them out
I certainly hope that the snow is pretty much over.....heaven knows we've had our share this winter (and then some). If we get any more of the white stuff between now and when we leave in 2 weeks, I'm claiming refugee status and not coming back
. Someone just send me my babies on the next plane to Orlando!
Love the transformation of your home, along with your personal touches! I know you are enjoying it. We have been doing a little work on our home. Just small things like taking down wallpaper and repainting. We plan to get new counter tops and backsplash soon. We are doing all the work ourselves, so it is slow going.
But think of all the money you're saving! $$$
We are going back and forth on whether to do the major work in the back yard ourselves, or whether we should hire it done. The cost savings is huge, but I'm impatient and just want a pretty backyard (and our time to work in the yard is limited, especially when Steve works such long days). Depending on what the quotes come in at, I may have to be content with slow progress, too.
I bet your kitchen will look fabulous once its done! New countertops and backsplash will give it an entirely new look!
Um yeah me too! DH just said the other day (when discussing June vacation plans)-guess we are waiting until next year to do floors (ongoing convo for 9 years now
)
Meh, new floors are highly overrated
. Dole Whips, on the other hand........
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That was in EPCOT at one of the gift shops in Canada!!! Do they not sell that up there?? The actual soap was wrapped up fairly tight, so I wasn't actually able to smell it and no, it did not come home with us!!!
And even though I already told you on Facebook, I love, love, love your house!
YOU DIDN'T BUY THE SOAP?!?!?!?
Now I'll never know what Bear Breath smells like
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If they sell it in Canada, I've never seen it. Perhaps Bear Breath just never caught on as a scent
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Next time, girl, you need to take one for the team and buy the soap!
AND BUY THE SOAP!
I've told you this before, but I love your new house! I think it was a sign that the first place fell thru!
Looks like you have plenty of room for guests
We think so too, Callie
. Things always tend to work out for the best, don't they?
We do have plenty of room for guests
. Should we expect a visitor or two from Indiana this summer?
I have two kitties who would love to meet you!
The people that flipped the house did a great job, though I have to say the way that house was done before totally made sense for the era you could tell it was from. I would almost think they had carpet in the kitchen to keep the floor warm but then there was hardwood in the dining room so that doesn't work. I only say this because, eww I know, but my grandma had wall to wall carpet in the bathroom in the winter and then just mat on the floor in the summer. She also always went barefoot in the summer or anytime she could. Yet the kitchen had linoleum like the bathroom so...
I'm sure the original decor was all the rage in the late 60's/early 70's
. And the owners must have taken good care of the home, too, to not have to update it in more than half a century. The gold curtains on the family room windows made me think of bell bottom pants and disco music
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I'm sure that crazy kitchen carpet made sense at the time (and you're likely right on the money with it being a cold feet solution!) but I'm eternally grateful its gone
. I'll gladly wear slippers if my tootsies get chilly
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(I carried and spread 26 bags of mulch just this morning alone) but we got a TON accomplished. Not only did the grading and gardens get finished, but we also were able to install the new door bells (for some odd reason, the house didn't have one 
and looks like it never did 
... Monday/Tuesday/Thursday both this week and next. They should all be nice, busy days (which tend to pass marvelously quickly) as I work ahead to get things done in an effort to minimize how much my coworkers have to pick up my slack in my absence. I have to make a hair appointment for that final week before we travel so my "unicorn dust" isn't visible (no greys allowed on vacation, its a rule 
), and I have to contact SeaWorld to arrange for a parking pass for the week, but otherwise, there's not much more preparation that I need to worry about. I am thinking of ordering a waterproof pouch for my cell phone for our waterpark day(s)....something like this....
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