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TwilightSpirit 56F
1044 posts
2/8/2022 6:24 am
An Era is Ending

In just a couple weeks everything on this house will be finished, I almost can't believe it myself. I hope to have it listed at the end of February, weather permitting.
All prior plans for a quick refinish went out the window with the accident. I can tell you clearly that when someone uses the expression, "Busier than a one armed paper hanger." I have more than lived it the last few months, and that is one busy person.
One thing that marks every home I have ever sold, is a completely over the top chandelier. I cannot resist a sparkling over the top chandelier. Another is a passion for built ins. This house has a few things from my list of trademarks. I was rebuilding it for myself and my after all.
Both house and property were very neglected. I remember a car stopping and a comment, "Someone moved into the place, just what we need another drug house" I like to think it was that same person just years later after the exterior was finished that stopped out front, "My God, it is like someone put a brand new house there". I am certain it isn't the same person as from years earlier, but I like to think it was.
More to come on this thread over the next few weeks.



TwilightSpirit 56F
1243 posts
2/8/2022 6:25 am

Upside down is new......


Archer62 83F
7086 posts
2/8/2022 6:31 am

WAS THAT HOUSE FORMERLY A BARN?


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 4:57 pm:
It is a Gambrel House, it was ordered by catalogue either Sears or Wards I think, and the original owners did the finishes,

Holocene55 68M
16 posts
2/8/2022 7:03 am

Great job! You should be most proud of yourself and all who were part of the renovations!


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 10:55 am:
thank you....the garage is done now to match the house.

DAYLILI 81F
149 posts
2/8/2022 7:42 am

You have done a super job. The house looks nice and cozy. Upside down is appropriate as the whole world seems to be going that way.


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 10:56 am:
Thanks Daylilli, wait until the insides get shown, gone are the days of matted green shag carpets

Abelle2 83F
31227 posts
2/8/2022 8:00 am

Are you getting the upside down or right side up house??


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 10:45 am:
Maybe Dorothy will buy it to hang her ruby slippers in

Rocketship 80F
18568 posts
2/8/2022 12:22 pm

Twilight... Do you mean that the picture being upside down is a new picture position or that the upside down picture is the one with all the outside renovations?


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 4:14 pm:
The hose is now red....lol with new windows

TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 4:47 pm:
I was making fun of myself as I have never been able to get two pics to turn out in a row when posting

Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
2/8/2022 2:05 pm

Great job, it looks lovely upside down or not.


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 4:45 pm:
Thank you

_Indigo 57F
244 posts
2/8/2022 3:12 pm

Nicely done! I like both versions though (both the red and blue).


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/8/2022 4:46 pm:
thank you

Rocketship 80F
18568 posts
2/8/2022 5:54 pm

Thanks Twilight..... What an awesome change with the red exterior.... and a whole lot of work!!!

It's a good thing that you have a very good sense of the flexibility needed as we go through life.... Big Warm Hugsss~~~


StarCandy1 69F
1797 posts
2/9/2022 7:46 am

Great job Twilight ! It looks beautiful !


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/10/2022 3:02 pm:
Thank you Star!

MrsJoe 76F
17384 posts
2/10/2022 12:53 am

So that's what "flipping" a house looks like!
My daughter and her husband saw an old rundown house, with windows broken out, doors standing open, dead animals inside, along with urine and feces all over the place. The grounds were so overgrown, it looked like a jungle.
The went to the county courthouse and found out who owned it (the lady had died) and who held the mortgage.
The took pictures of how bad it was, and contacted the mortgage company to make an offer. They bought it for a song...... and then gutted it, replacing floors, wall, and ceilings. They still have a lot to do, like replacing the roof and siding, but they have a lovely home. BUT, OH MY! The work they have put into it.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


TwilightSpirit replies on 2/10/2022 3:01 pm:
They wanted 86K, I walked through and said, wow, the view is worth 20K, it just happened to be what the previous owners owed their mom and while they wanted more, she said sign. I am going to try and print before pictures off a site that has some (thankfully, I can hang them right side up ) Maybe with all the hard work, I will beat my old record of 3 hours for a cash sale. This house is so much prettier

TwilightSpirit replies on 2/10/2022 3:02 pm:
I wish your daughter and her hubby luck, it is a true labor of love, saving these old places.