So there’s an upstairs in this home and it’s actually the attic of the home and there are two bedrooms up there. So when you go up the oak stair case …. which for all you oak lovers I’m going to give you an opportunity to stop reading right now because I will lightly sand […]
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The Kitchen
So I will switch to using my new iPad for this blog because it allows me to talk and text and it comes out much better than my iPhone. So the next part we are going talk about is the kitchen. I told you in a previous post and that I named some of the […]
Staying in Budget
The last home I did, I just winged it and went very far over budget and had a contractor steal from me so I vowed this time: I will stay in budget no matter what. I’m using the free Google Sheets which is a mini version of Excel and I crafted out a budget that […]
The HORNET
So today I was outside sanding and prepping those barn shelves for the master bedroom and there was this black hornet out there and he was hell-bent on stinging me. I had a can of wasp spray and used almost the entire can and he’s still alive right now as I type. I’ve never done […]
Added Master Bedroom
So today I called Freddie Mac because that’s me….I’ll just go over two realtors to find out my closing date because I have a lot of things to do and everyone is busy and I get that so I just called myself. They are going to try to push it through to this week so […]
Front Room
I started calling this room the “Front Room” because there’s so much cool space in this home I labeled some of the rooms so I can separate which I’m talking about! The attic is “spider room”, the basement is “demo city”, the kitchen is 1960, etc etc. It’s the room you enter from the very […]
Closing
We are waiting to close and Freddie Mac will most likely set closing for this week. Matt, my friend that is helping me, is anxious to tear into the basement and other parts we are tearing out with his music, hammer (30 pound hammer that is) and his fast working technique. This basement, I feel, […]
To use a realtor or not when selling a home.
I think realtors are a great resource in this field. They are knowledgeable and just because they might sell a home for $ 200,000 and we will often think, “wow she showed one home to that person and made a cool 6% profit which means she’s taking home $ 12,207.00 for one showing. Keep in […]
Welcome to the Matt and Cyn reality show where Matt crawls in the attic with the spiders and Cyn sips on her coffee while directing him to point the insulation blower to the left because he missed a spot!!
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates. This blog is about the trials and tribulations of renovating homes. Everything that can […]
Who I Am
I have been told that I have a strong personality and say how I feel and by golly I’d have to agree with everyone who thinks that! It has done well for me over the years. I don’t have any shoe prints on my back and pretty much can figure things out on my own […]
