House mods <> Car mods

I haven’t been able to do much with the camaro for a while, mostly due to extra money going into the house which we bought 1 year ago. Honestly, I didn’t expect to do as much as we have in this first year and its coming along really well. The 3 bedroom ranch house we bought was built in 1961, on a nice piece of level land, and hadn’t been updated since. We started by painting the whole inside of the house, ripped up all the carpet (see nasty green carpet in pics below) to reveal a nice hardwood which just needed a fresh clear finish. The kitchen was in need of new cabinets, floor, appliances (the old setup didn’t have a dishwasher), and trim.

Here’s a couple pics of pics of what we started with:
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I just finished up the new kitchen in the last couple of weeks. New cabinets, countertops, dishwasher, fridge, sink, disposal, faucets, range, range hood, and ceramic tile floor were all installed by myself and Lisa. It took about 2 weeks downtime eating at my parent’s house, and then another 2 weeks finishing up with the details. Cost ~ 4k

Couple pics of the new kitchen: (See one of our dogs, Callie, likes to get in the picture)
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Couple pics of the living room with new furniture:
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Couple pics of the dogs (Piston - 80lb Male Chocolate Lab, Callie - 70lb Female Yellow Lab)
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Next up are finishing painting the outside trim, barn type shed, new windows, and a new deck. Then maybe it’ll be time for some car mods.

I want ur TV

nice fireplace

I’m in the same boat. House > car right now.

Looks great. :bigok:

i love your dogs i have a black lab male, o yea that kitchin looks awesome, like the livingroom also

looking good :slight_smile:

awsome, did u do all of the work? like cabinets and everything?

yep, i installed everything

wow, thats awsome, did u redo ur counter tops also, man thats insane, and did the cabinets, thats really amazing and they look really good!!! ive seen soem cabintes done by “pros” while working at the granite and marble shop, and they are sometimes no where near being level

Nice work all around! Hubby does flooring, yours looks great! Grout joints are arrow straight from that perspective! Kudos for a job well done, and handyman = :naughty: LOL JK Nice work

thanks, the little cross spacers help a lot. guess i got lucky and got some good handyman genes.

looks good man

come use them down at my house. i need alot of stuff done. you know how to do decks? i want one about 12’ off the back of the house with a hottub. now get to work

you did an awesome job looks way better. :slight_smile:

looks good bro…looks like what I did…moved in and spent all my $$$ and time to redo the kitchen and bathroom and a million other things…you’ll get your friends making fun of you for neglecting your car…but they will learn in due time

i’m just glad i’m able to have the camaro at all, let alone have another decent daily driver and garage keep my baby. Mac, decks aren’t that hard, if you seriously need some help planning it out or whatever, let me know

Really nice job. If I had to do a kitchen, that’s the way I would do it.

My parents have that same recliner too, it’s nice!

wow great job

very nice brian & House mods > Car mods is correct!

wow, good job…it pays to know how to do that kinda stuff yourself… nice house :beer:

wow, very nice. and i’m with you house mods > car mods. at least with the house you can get your money back.