Pink it is!

Sunday my girls started sanding the kitchen cabinet doors.  Don't cha know that under 2 layers of paint was of course pink paint.  Pink certainly isn't a popular choice today for kitchen designs.  But I wonder, was that the only choice?  Kinda like the olive green or goldenrod kitchen appliance choices or blue bathroom toilets? 

About.com writes, The right feng shui color use can bring a strong shift of energy into your environment. Pink color is the universal color of Love, which makes it a perfect feng shui color to soothe the energy. Its gentle and delicate feng shui vibrations have a proven soothing effect on one's behavior. You could almost say that, as a feng shui color, Pink literally soothes the heart and fills it with love!
The first house we were going to buy had exterior pink paint.  I don't have an old picture of it, I don't think but here it is newly painted.  The owners have done a great job.  We named PinkHouseGirls after this house and the fact the every house we look at seems to have incorporated the color pink in some way.

If pink truely is the color of love, I know we put alot of pink back into the houses we fix.

Day 6 Sorry Grandma

I would say that most old styles are pretty cool, except this one.  I have never seen this, but apparently everyone that's been in the house so far has said, oh yeah, my grandma's house had that, or I used to live in a house with one of those.  The web is pretty resourceful except when it comes to finding what this is.  I'll just call it what it is, an ugly plastic dirty plate that covered a hole in the wall.  Sorry grandma.
Day 6 Progress:  I didn't go to the house today, but someone was definitely at work!  The master bedroom closet is now framed.  It is so big, any woman would love it, the closet that is.

Day 7 All Inclusive where I get to drive everyone nuts

Flipping houses offers me all the things I like to do in a lump project.  Shopping for new things while trying to get them at a good discount.  Designing old with the new to make a place more functional yet stylish.  Recycling (I drive my boyfriend nuts with this) the old things like kitchen hardware, metal sinks, old doorknobs, or just taking those things we are not re-using to local places like Goodwill, Restore, or my all time favorite Uncle Benny's!  (I drive my kids nuts with wanting to go there just to look).  Blogging about the little funny things that happen during a project. Being an owner and boss of everyone (just kidding, I say that kinda stuff to make our workers laugh or drive them nuts.  I think I'm funny.)   Making Money, which is always a plus. So I guess I've found something that I love doing while driving everyone else nuts.  Life is good.  Now if we can just add some of the elements of this kitchen to ours, it will be great!

Day 7 Progress: I remeasured the kitchen space so we can get the cabinets on the Home Depot bulk order.  Both Home Depot and Lowes will give you discounts on a contractors bulk order if it's over a certain amount. We got all of our kitchen appliances for the last house for about 2,100 bucks by doing this.  They are all new with warranties and the new home owners can move into a complete package. I also took down the cabinet doors so I can just sand and paint them separately.  My girls want a project to do, so I am giving them this one.

Lights!

 Here is the view from the front door. We need a light for this room that will really stand out. So many choices! 

  

Day 4 It should be Illegal...

Look at the porch columns! It's going to be so nice.  

The brown house with the mango door is the inspiration for the porch columns.  I love the colors too.  We are deciding between this mango or an orange door with the brown paint!

 

I am highly convinced that paint should only be sold to a professional.  Case in point, look at the house next door.  Green with green trim.  Really? I guess it will only make ours look even better.

Day 4 Progress: 2nd floor ceilings 1/2 demo, porch columns and floor build, all inside demo clean up.

Day 5 1978 Grease vs 1897 Grease

According to the records from Larimer County, this house was built in 1897.  81 years later the movie Grease was filmed.  115 years later I am removing grease from the house's kitchen cabinet latches that I so desperately want to keep. It is the inspiration for the kitchen design.  I am trying so hard to figure out why I do things like this.  I like the latches, I like the movie Grease.  I do not like the 115 years of grease and paint built up on these handles.  I can't find a connection between the two greases except the dates have the same numbers.  Is that enough to justify this tedious job?  Apparently so because all I can think about is how great these will look when I'm done.  So I'll just enjoy my OCD-ness about these fabulous latches and throw on the movie while I clean the grease off.   "Your the one that I want....."

Day 5 Progress: New 30 yd dumpster delivered, 20 yd picked up already, permit for roof, roof demo, inside carpets 2nd floor out, porch columns and porch floor done, kitchen cabinet salvage, 4:00 walk through update and happy hour!


Week 1 plans discussed: concerns about kitchen cabinets, discussed plans for lower cabinets, style, tile floor designs, main bath insert 2 piece verses 1 piece, master bath shower 2 shower heads verses 1, sink re-positioned to other wall, discussed sliding barn doors for bath and shower, barn door build and design, basement door rebuild, closet design, sanding floors with a dark stain finish, 2nd floor carpet verses painting floor, trees down and trimmed and mulch used for yard.  Making 2nd door in master bedroom a window.

Day 3 Lost or Found

The dumpster is filling up quickly.  The porch didn't need to be torn down just secured and leveled.  The blue tub is out, the plan for the master bath is fantastic, the kitchen will come together soon, the roof is coming down and there is a shoe in the dumpster!

Lost during demo or found in the house?

Day 3 Progress: Roof coming down, more carpet out, 2nd bath disassembled, (saved toilets and sinks and mirrors), closet shelves out, columns and porch build.