Denver Transformation

I've been gathering the photos for this post for awhile. Mostly because we wanted to have a record of our first flip transformation. And other people seem to be interested as well so here are some of the details.

This house is in a super desirable area of North Portland but the layout was crazy. There was just one bathroom and it was in a bedroom. So we knew some things would need to change. We took down walls and added other walls to switch the living room and bedroom, so the bathroom would be off of the living room. So some of the indoor before/after photos are more difficult to see what is going on but here is a little glimpse.

Here is the plan Max drew out. It represents the old and new floor plan. In the old floor plan, the living room and bedroom #1 were switched. Also, the washer and dryer were just sitting out on the opposite side of the dining room and we closeted that off.

Before Photos:

My boys love to participate in the demolition, and I love it too. It also excites me that they get to see how we can make something beautiful out off something that originally scared them. (Charlie really doesn't like walking through the "yucky" houses." But once he started to see that we were making it nice he wanted to "fix lots of houses so people that don't have houses can live in them."

Also, the roof went really low in the dining room at the back of the house so they did have to raise the roof a little more to make the space more usable.

I know it would probably be better if I put the before and after pictures next to each other but I didn't, so you get to use your imagination.

Shortly after the house went pending we went over because I wanted to do a family photo on the front porch to represent the beginning of our family business.  So that's what we did!

 And Charlie gave us a lesson on John the Baptist, because we had come straight from church. He also asked multiple neighbors if they wanted to see his "church lesson" He's such a little missionary already.

And there you have it. I'm so proud of Max and all his hard work and problem solving skills to make this happen, and make the other houses happen that are in the works!