Flipping Houses: Rehabs Revealed Part 4 – Interior Spaces

December 16, 2014

The cast iron railings at the entryway stairs were replaced with wood spindles from Home Depot. Both custom-built and painted by our contractor. Instead of walking into the front door of the house and looking at walls to the kitchen (like it was originally), we opened up those walls. We also built a gorgeous granite bar overlooking the dining room and living room area from the kitchen.

The entryway door was in great condition, so we simply repainted the outside of it. Most of the lower level had 1970’s wood paneling, which we had to remove and install drywall. There was a funny looking storage area going across all the walls of the family room that looked like a gigantic continuous toybox. We eliminated that. Also, in the demolition process, we eliminated many shelves and cabinets and closets that were just randomly placed throughout the lower level.

Once the lower level was finished, we had created a huge family room, a huge master bedroom suite, and a gorgeous laundry room with tile floors and Martha Stewart storage units from Home Depot. By keeping some of the existing glass block windows in the lower level, it gave some really nice lighting effects in the master bedroom closet and in the family room, plus it saved money from having to buy more windows.

Material list:

Wall and Ceiling Color – Aged Beige (Behr PPU 7-9)
Trim Color – Riviera Beach (Behr PPU 7-7m)
Door Color – Rolling Pebble (Behr PPU 7-23)
Hardwoods – Tanzanian Wenge (12mm)
Carpet – Touchdown Caramel (528-529)
Living Room Light – 13″ Bronze 2-Light Flushmount Twin-Pack (790-545)
Dining Room Chandelier – 3-Light Bronze Riverside by Progress (661-224)
Baseboards – Pro-Pack of 7/16″x3″x12′ (143-210)