Nothing gets us more excited than seeing a space transform from bland or outdated into fabulous!
Follow along with our total house renovations and tiny DIY projects to learn how to improve your house on any budget.
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If you or someone you know have a house that needs some work that you’d rather not do, feel free to give us a call. We’d love to chat about how we can help you out. If we can’t buy it from you as-is, we probably know someone who can OR we can help you make arrangements for repairs/maintenance so you can sell it.
Check back often, we are always working on something!
Cover up your ugly popcorn ceilings with this affordable DIY coffered ceiling installation
Do you have ugly popcorn ceilings in your house? Ever thought about scraping them, spackling them or covering them up somehow? Learn how to hide your ugly popcorn ceilings with this affordable DIY coffered ceiling installation
Master Bathroom Reno
If you’ve ever done a project on a house that you are currently living in, you are well aware that things always take longer than you thought they would. My latest bathroom project is no different. In February of 2018 (almost two years ago now!) I wrote a blog post...
Real Estate Investing—My Thoughts From the BiggerPockets Conference
My brain is still spinning from the beginning of this week when I got to hear from some of my favorite authors and podcast personalities, such as David Osborn, Brandon Turner, J & Carol Scott, and Joshua Dorkin, in person. The BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing...
How to Fund Your Project House
I get a TON of questions about where the money comes from on my projects. I’m happy to be super transparent about how it all works, where the money comes from, and how much different things cost, because that’s how we all learn! First off, I just want to be clear...
DIY Entryway Shoe Shelf
This quick little project has been a long time in the works. If you’ve got kiddos, you know that shoes and coats and hats and mittens and backpacks and all kinds of outside junk pile up pretty quickly. In new construction, we have been seeing the trend of larger...
Amy’s Retro Townhouse Rehab Project
PHEW! It was a crazy January! I’m just now feeling the literal dust settle after that whirlwind of a project. If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you know what I’m talking about...if you don’t, then you’re probably like, huh?! (Why aren’t you following us?!)...
Why Regular Maintenance and Updates are Essential as a Homeowner!
So, there you sit looking at your current home and thinking to yourself, “This home just isn’t working for me anymore. Maybe it’s time to move??” You call you favorite real estate agent (such as myself 😉) to get set up on an online search so you can start perusing...
Grout.
So, as I sit here on my due date trying to think of good “how to get baby out of my body” projects, it dawns on me that whomever thought it was a good idea to use white grout for floor tile was an evil, evil person! Either that person did not have any kids, pets, a...
Mission: Cindy Buys a Rental—Off the path option?
The idea of flipping a house is one that has been swirling around in my mind for quite a while. It’s always seemed so risky but so rewarding at the same time. You see all these shows that make it look so easy, but I know that’s not the case at all. I’ve had experience...
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