Before and After Here Are The Results,
Sorry It Took So Long To Blog...
Lot's Of Pictures To Coordinate!
7208 High Drive
First Dinner In The New Home - On The Floor
6 Weeks Out Of House / Renovations - 2 Weeks In Home
Total 8 Weeks
Before / New Roof Going On Before Closing
Before / Lilac Bushes Attracted Bee's All The Time &
Our Friend The Bat
Living Under The Bedroom Shutters...
After / New Front & Back Doors, New Roof, New Gutters,
Painted Shutters Black
Painted Shutters Black
Removed Bad Landscaping
More Exterior Work To Come Spring 2016
More Exterior Work To Come Spring 2016
Before / Hall Entry Way
After / New Storm Door / Kept &
Cleaned All Original Tile / New Light Fixture,
A Bit Dark... Come Over For The To See Yourself - Kept,
But Cleaned Tile Floor
After / Formal Entry
Before / Formal Dining Room
Before / Formal Dining Room
Before / Formal Living Room Looking Into Dining Room
Before / Formal Dining Room
Before / Formal Living Room
After / Flipped Formal Dining With Formal Living Room -
New Paint / Refinished Hardwood Floors
To Dark Espresso Color,
Added Plantation Shutters,
New Light Fixtures & Added Crown Molding
New Paint / Refinished Hardwood Floors
To Dark Espresso Color,
Added Plantation Shutters,
New Light Fixtures & Added Crown Molding
After / Turned The Formal Dining Room Into Family Play Room & Office / Initial Picture Before Plantation Shutters Installed
After / New Bookcases / Lighting & One Great PINK Kitchen
For The Girls
For The Girls
After / Added Floor To Ceiling Plantation Shutters
To All Windows In Playroom &
To All Windows In Playroom &
Formal Dining Room
After / Dark Hardwoods & Light Green Interior Paint, New Plantation Shutters In Formal Dining & Of Course A Fabulous Food Spread From Our Bubb Cribb Team
Client Appreciation Party!
Client Appreciation Party!
After / Kids At Play - What Will This Generation
Be Up To In 20 Years?
After / Office Area of Playroom Off Kitchen
Before / Hearth Room - Metal Railing, Wood Mantle,
Granite Tiled Bar
Granite Tiled Bar
Did Not Match Kitchen Counter Tops
Before / Fireplace Mantle
Before / Living / Hearth Room
After / Removed Mantle / Mounted Flat Screen TV,
New Fireplace Gas Logs With Glass Doors Coming Soon &
In The Christmas Spirit!
After / New Bookshelves, Continued Refinished Hardwoods Into Open, White Kitchen With Matching New Hardwood Floors (Goodbye Linoleum)!
New Microfiber Couch From Nebraska Furniture Mart -
Yes, Kids Can Spill On It & It Cleans Up Well,
New Railing Going Down Stairs,
New Railing Going Down Stairs,
After / New Molding / Rebuilt Counter Breakfast Bar,
New Quartz Counter Tops
New Quartz Counter Tops
Baby Break - Rosie Loves The New Carpet!
After / Painted Out Ceiling Beams & Added
New Furniture / Area Rugs
New Furniture / Area Rugs
After / New Post For Banister Going Downstairs Stained
To Match Floors
To Match Floors
(one of the work in progress pictures)
After / New Banister Going Downstairs / New Tiled
Mudroom Area /
Mudroom Area /
Moved Door To Garage
After / New Tile, Moved Door, Added Mudroom /
Bead Board & Railing
Bead Board & Railing
After / New Thermostat - We Never Could Figure
Out The Old One... Plus it Had Turned That Yellow Color Like Old Computers + New Kitchen Additions
Out The Old One... Plus it Had Turned That Yellow Color Like Old Computers + New Kitchen Additions
After / Fuzzy Picture, But Added Leather Bar-stools &
We Eat Casual Dinner Here As A Family All The Time!
After / New Breakfast Bar With Quartz Counter Top
Looking From Kitchen Into Hearth / Living Room
Before / Mounted Microwave (Without A Handle), Old Oven,
Flat Cook-top, Old Back-splash, Linoleum Floors,
Composite Wood Counters - Everything We Could
We Donated To Habitat Restore
Flat Cook-top, Old Back-splash, Linoleum Floors,
Composite Wood Counters - Everything We Could
We Donated To Habitat Restore
Before / Good Look At The Awesome Floors
We Turned The Oven Space Into A Storage
Cabinet Set Vertically For Pans,
Cabinet Set Vertically For Pans,
Cut Out The Cook-top & Cabinet Replaced
With Stand Alone Stainless Steel Gas Oven & Stove
Before / Decision Point - Breakfast Bar Had Granite Tile,
Was It Worth Matching Or Keeping? We Decided No!
After / Added New Microwave, Ran Gas For Stove,
Refaced All Existing Cabinet Doors,
Refaced All Existing Cabinet Doors,
Added Quartz Counter Tops,
Drop In Deep Stainless Steel Sink &
Drop In Deep Stainless Steel Sink &
Added Crown Molding To Tops Of Cabinets
After / Added White Subway Tile Back-splash /
Installed All New Wood Floors To Replace Linoleum,
Converted Oven Space To Vertical Cabinet
Installed All New Wood Floors To Replace Linoleum,
Converted Oven Space To Vertical Cabinet
After / Eric Bubb Showing Off A Smile At The Breakfast Bar,
Added New Crown Molding To Ceiling
After / Work In Progress Photo of New Cabinet
Refacing & Hardware
Refacing & Hardware
Painted Out All Cabinets, Replaced All Hinged Hardware
Before / Hallway With Carpet, Old Doors &
In Need Of Love
In Need Of Love
After / Finished HallwayCarpeted Hallway
Removed Carpet & Painted Hallway,
Added New Doors To All Rooms
Before / First Shot Off The Purple Master -
Megan Really Wanted To Keep It, But I Won Out - JK
Refinished Hardwoods, New Chandelier in Master,
New Doors, New Paint
Megan Really Wanted To Keep It, But I Won Out - JK
Refinished Hardwoods, New Chandelier in Master,
New Doors, New Paint
Before / 2nd shot of Master Bedroom Purple
Added New Closet Louvered Doors &
Closet Organization Systems
Before / Got Replaced Ceiling Fan With Chandelier,
New Window Treatments &
New Window Treatments &
Of Course Lots of Paint
After / Repainted Master, Added Crown Molding,
Replaced Closet Doors,
Replaced Closet Doors,
New Lighting Fixtures, Art, Refinished Hardwoods
After / Added New Closet Doors, Closet Organization System, Crown Molding & Got A New Bed & Bedding!
Side Note Here - Getting A Nice, New Bed
Is a Real Treat, You Spend A Ton Of Time There & Nothing Is Better Than A Good Night's Sleep - Here Is What The
National Sleep Foundation Says... 7 To 9 Hours!
After / Moved Large Buffet / Cabinet From Previous
Home Dining Room To Master,
Refinished Floors, New Paint, New Lighting
Before / Master Bath - White Tile Vanity Replaced
White Tile Vanity, Medicine Cabinets &
White Tile Floor Replaced
After / New Master Bath - Marble Top Vanity,
Two Medicine Cabinets, New Wallpaper,
New Tile Floors, New Toilet, New Shower Door & Entry Door & Yes - Wallpaper Is Back,
If You Need A Recommendation - CALL US!
After / New Tile Floor
Before / Master Bath Vanity
Before / Bedroom Number 1 (Rosie's Room)
Carpet... Yuck, Original Doors,
Dark Brown Color, No Crown Molding
After / "Rosie's Room" Removed Carpet, Refinished Dark Hardwood Floors, New Closet Doors, New Crown Molding,
New Striped Pink Wallpaper, New Chandelier,
New Window Treatments - A Very Similar Room To What
Miss Megan Bubb Cribb Had As A Child!
After / Work In Progress Picture of New Wallpaper & Chandelier
After / Dark Hardwoods, White Trim &
Pink Striped Wallpaper Provides High Contrast
New Louvered Closet Doors, Closet System
Before / Bedroom Number 2 (Ellie's Room)
With Hallway Carpet, Original Doors
With Hallway Carpet, Original Doors
Before / Bedroom Number 2 (Ellie's Room) 2nd View
After / New Crown Molding, New Dark Refinished Hardwoods,
New Chandelier, Antique Furniture From
North Platte, Nebraska - Thank You Todd Cribb For Going To Get It With Me, New Window Treatments, & You Have To
Love The Vintage Chaise Lounge Megan Had As A Kid!
New Chandelier, Antique Furniture From
North Platte, Nebraska - Thank You Todd Cribb For Going To Get It With Me, New Window Treatments, & You Have To
Love The Vintage Chaise Lounge Megan Had As A Kid!
After / Work In Progress of Pink Polka Dot
Wallpaper & Chandelier
After / New Closet Doors, Closet Organizer System,
Hardwoods Refinished & Window Treatments
Before / Hall Full Bath - "The Blue Room"
After / Added Classy Yellow & White Wallpaper,
New Bathroom Vanity,
New Bathroom Vanity,
New Bathroom Mirror, New Toilet, Removed
]Original Tile & Replaced With White Subway Tile
]Original Tile & Replaced With White Subway Tile
After / New Vanity & Mirror + Lighting
After / Re-glazed Tub - This Picture Was After
Re-glazing With Miracle Method, But Before New White Subway Tile Added By Our Fabulous Contractor -
Hirsch Remodeling (Call Us For His Details)
Good Story Here - You Always Hear About
The Renovation Cost Overages - See HDTV & On This Occasion
We Got Hit. Number One, When We Finally Removed The Old Tile, The Bathroom, The Floor Was Rotten &
We Had To Replace Floor + The Original Faucet Was Stuck
In The Wall & In Trying To Get It Loose,
It Broke Off In the Contractors Hand...
We Needed A New Plan.
We Could Not Source Matching Original Yellow Tiles so We Decided To Install New White Subway Tile (Same As Kitchen) in the Entire Bathroom & Frankly It Was A Great Move &
Looks Much Better Than Before!
After / New Tile Floors & Wallpaper - Work In Progress
Picture, White Subway Tile Now On Edge To Floor
After / New Canned Lighting & Overhead Lighting With Fan
Before / The Basement - Good Space,
But It Wasn't In Good Shape
Before / The Basement - Sort of Finished
Before / The Basement
Unfinished Area / Laundry Room
Unfinished Area / Laundry Room
Before / Basement Bedroom
(AKA our New Walk In Closet)
(AKA our New Walk In Closet)
After / The Basement - Cribb Lounge & Office
After / Cribb Office - New Carpet,
Painted Everything Bright White
Installed Tons Of Tech
(USB Ports, Internet, ATT Microcell)
After / New Couch From Nebraska Furniture Mart
First Option Did Not Fit Down The Stairs
2nd Option - Coral Color Came In A Box & Was Still A Close Fit
The Best Part For Us It Converts Into A Bed!
After / Painted Out Unfinished Basement & Floors
(Yes - This I Did This One Myself - No Contractor! ) :)
Created Wine Cellar Storage Space, New Washer & Dryer
After / Basement Bedroom, Painted Out Bright White, New Carpet, Storage Wardrobes & Shoe Racks
(For Megan & Not Chris) :)
After / One IKEA Blunder in the Process,
We Bought Not One, But Two Large IKEA Wardrobes
& After Moving Garage / Mudroom Door
There Was No Way To Get Them In House.
These Wardrobes Were Built Previously, About 8 Ft. Tall &
Not Made Of Screws, For Some Reason These Were Mostly
Nailed Together - To Finally Make These Work For
High Drive I Deconstructed Both Units In The Driveway, Then
Moved The Units Piece By Piece & Reconstructed Them Inside The Basement Bedroom - Wow, that Was A Process!
After / Every Girl Needs A World Class Shoe Rack
See The Great Movie "Overboard"
With Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell
That's It Folk's End Of The Tour...
I am Confident We Will Have More In The Spring
As We Tackle The Exterior, Backyard, Front Stoop, Etc...
The Current To Do, Big 5 List Is:
1) Exploring Adding 1/2 Bath To Basement
Off Of Basement Bedroom
2) Installing New Bushes, Plants & Landscaping In Front
3) Clean Up Of Exterior Paint
4) Stain of Exterior Back Deck & Possibly Front Walkway,
Add Brick Surround On Both Areas
5) New Privacy Fence In Back Yard On Sides Where
Chain Link Fence Is Currently
My Moral Of This Story - It Is Possible To Find A Place & Renovate It To Make It Your Own... Have Patience, Be Active In The Processs & At The End Of The Day You Will Appreciate The Blood, Sweat & Tears That Go Into The Process.
If That Is Too Daunting, Hire Us - We Are Good At It! :)
If you are looking to sell and list your home or to put an offer in on a new home, renovate as we did... now is the time and The Bubb Cribb Team would love to help you! Fall / Winter rates are outstanding, let us know and we will send you along to one a trusted partner in the mortgage business to get the best rates and customer service in #KC! The Bubb Cribb Team at ReeceNichols would love to be your neighborhood experts in buying or selling your home in any part of Kansas City. We have great area specialists in both condos & single family homes covering such areas as Union Hill, Hyde Park, Brookside, Sunset Hills, Waldo, Mission Hills, Prairie Village, Overland Park, Fairway, Leawood, Kansas City North, Lees' Summit and more; please contact Christopher Cribb, Megan Bubb Cribb or Eric Bubb for assistance!
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