Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Ugly Duckling to Swan

 


I will be taking a day or maybe 2  off.. Two more closets 1 cabinet and window washing

The above house, use your mind and remove all the white trim, the screen door and the steps, turn it blue asphalt shingles, add concrete blocks for steps and a horrid roof.
Ugly Blue Sqaure Shack for all the years we drove by it.
UNTIL NOW 
. From 1989 to 2014 it was a mess of a house. It was sitting on concrete blocks and had 4 concrete block as a step up.
In 2014 it sold and was painted and bottom enclosed and remained an ugly box.

it has been  remodeled in phases. I found these photos on the tax records.
By 2018 per tax records it looked like this.





We missed it because we stopped driving that way..
2 weeks ago we found the house completed. 
Below are the photos I took a couple of weeks ago.
The Wraparound Porch Changed the whole house


My New Most Favorite House 



26 comments:

easyweimaraner said...

yes!!! that's like magic somehow... love it with the porch...

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

What a big difference and such a great porch which really makes this place POP now. Enjoy your break, Sandra, but don’t work too hard.

Martha said...

Wow! Someone had amazing vision with this remodel, it's gorgeous! Hurry up and get that work done so you can get back here with us soon. :)

Mevely317 said...

Mine, too! Color me, swooning over that porch. And the shutters, too. Wish I had had that sort of vision (and $) 20 years ago.

Please, take it easy!

DeniseinVA said...

A beautiful transition for sure :) I love to be able to sit on a porch!

Olde Dame Holly said...

Amazing transformation. As my dad used to say, "Just add money"! But someone had to have loved that little house and seen its potential.

Inger said...

Errol would have called that porch a veranda and he would loved it. I like it too, what a nice place to sit and watch the world go by.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Oh my - that was a labour of love and lots of cash!!! Definitely a dez rez now. YAM xx

My Mind's Eye said...

Bravo the new owners had a vision and OMDs what a great improvement. I love the porch. Happy few days off
Hugs Cecilia

Betty Manousos said...

wow! looks so welcoming. love the beautiful porch.
xoxo

Tigger's Mum said...

Sans porch it sort of looked like the kind of houses that kids draw. Wrap around porches have always been my favorite house accessory. It is why I love old houses in NZ much more than newer ones; porches (or verandahs as we call them) were pretty much standard.

Chatty Crone said...

You can never count a house as down and out.

photowannabe said...

Love the wrap around porch. It just makes the home "home-ier"
I'm glad someone moved in that really loves their home.
Sue

Ginny Hartzler said...

That PORCH!!! It is unique and beautiful! And I think the side with the carport is much prettier than any other side of it. They did a fantastic job, must be designers or architects or something.

eileeninmd said...

I love the wrap around porch, it is beautiful!

Enjoy your break, I hope you are not working too hard.

Ann Thompson said...

Oh that wrap around porch is fabulous. Love it. Are those hurricane shutters that I see in the last few pictures?

CheerfulMonk said...

Beautiful! ❤️

R's Rue said...

Beautiful

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

What an amazing transformation!!! Mom LOVES that porch. Nice work.

Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

Ruth Hiebert said...

That porch is absolutely lovely.

diane b said...

Nice to see it has had a makeover.

Forsythia said...

It's a wrap!

LC said...

What a makeover! It is intriguing to me to see the many houses that we pass regularly that obviously now belong to younger folks. Updates and additions plus kids swings, forts an riding toys are evidence of a changing of the guard!

My Tata's Cottage said...

I love a wrap around porch. Sigh....always a big dream of mine. That is a lovely home. Thank you for sharing.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Wow, it looks fabulous!

Carol Henstra said...

love it.