1616 E St SE- Mostly Done

This was a house that we finished and sold about four months ago. It came out awesome. We were still doing some minor projects around the house (customizing for the new owner), so I was waiting to post the finished pics. The truth is that we're still not 100% done, but the house is far enough along that I wanted to at least give an idea of the finished product. Keep in mind that the house hadn't been cleaned or anything before I took these pics ("excuse the clutter!").

I learned so much from this project. It was my first foray into green building. We were able to incorporate a TON of environmentally-friendly items, including: tank less hot water heating, no-VOC paints, recycled cork flooring, energy star appliances, low-E windows, soy-based insulation and sustainably harvested bamboo floors. Pretty amazing!

Here is the finished kitchen. We used Armstrong cabinets that are made without any harmful chemicals or stains. The backsplash is a glass subway tile with a metallic accent tile. The granite is black honed. I'm going to use the same style of cabinets in my new condo conversion project.




I love the wallmounted oven/cooktop combo. Definitely more expensive, but it just looks so much better.



The floors on the first floor are made of recycled cork.












The master bathroom is really special. I'm between using this same scheme at the condo project and using a white glass or subway tile.




The fireplace was exisiting but was in such bad shape that we ended up building a new one. The homeowner used a piece of naturally-fallen wood for the mantel.

Manassas Townhome- Renovation

We are in between flips, so I took on this project for a friend in Manassas, VA. It was a bank foreclosure, and it needed some major updating. The house was built in the 1980's, so the plumbing, electric and HVAC systems were in good shape. We came in to open up some walls, redo the kitchens and baths, and install hardwood flooring throughout. We also painted the entire house and rebuilt the steps.

I got to the house the day after demo started, so unfortunately I didn't get any original pics. However, you can still see the progress between these and the new pics I will upload in the next few days.

The exterior looks fine. All we will do here is install a new front door.



Here is the master bath after we removed the tile.



This is the main floor. We took out some half-walls to open up the space.



Here is the same floor, looking into the dining room and kitchen.




These are the steps once the carpet came up. I wanted to just sand the treads and paint the risers, but there are so many nicks to be filled that we decided to just lay down new wood.



This is the powder room bath. The toilet is fine, but we will replace the vanity and tile.