Lauren Ipsum · @LaurenIpsum
45 followers · 137 posts · Server beige.party

Here's the view two days before my parents moved in, October 2022.

Everything had to be scrubbed. No one lived in the house for over a year before we bought it, and it showed. We even scrubbed the fan blades and light covers.

We painted every wall and ceiling and piece of trim in the house (though if you look through the door on the left side of the picture, you'll see we hadn't painted the entrance yet. That came two weeks after they moved in.)

We took off all the cupboard doors, sanded them, repainted them, and added new handles.

The blue backsplash was my mom's request.

There's a new countertop made out of good-one-side birch that my dad really liked. It was finished with varathane. The old countertop was not the sort of thing you'd want food getting close to. Replaced the countertop next to the stove too.

Replaced the sink, the pipes under the sink, and the taps.

All new outlets.

Put up new curtain rods (or, in the case of the kitchen, we just put up curtain rods because there weren't any there).

That's just the kitchen. There are two bedrooms, the living room, bathroom, and an entire basement that needed attention.

Before this house, we never tackled any kind of DIY project by ourselves, beyond painting a room. My dad used to do most of it, but that wasn't an option with this place.

We called professionals for the big electrical and plumbing jobs. The plumbing was the biggest. But everything else was done by just my husband and me. (Actually, my aunt painted some trim in the basement!)

Dave (my smarter and less-handy half) referred to the process as "involuntary learning". And we swore up and down that we'd never do this again once it was finished.

It's not perfect, but my parents are delighted with it. Everything works, it's bright and clean, and it's in an amazing location. They seem genuinely happy to live there. And my aunt moved halfway across the country to live with them in it!

Every room in this house has a story now.

#after #diy #thisoldhouse

Last updated 1 year ago

It's painting day for the trim in the Almost done the 2nd coat then I can start nailing it all up.

#pandemicbath #diy #renovations #thisoldhouse #portalberni

Last updated 1 year ago

Marie Greene · @oliveknits
811 followers · 1368 posts · Server realsocial.life

The problem with buying a home built in 1947 is that there's really no end to the ways in which asbestos can 5x the cost of your next home improvement project.

#diy #thisoldhouse #homerenovation

Last updated 1 year ago

PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1594 followers · 19452 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Bathroom ceiling painting complete! Walls will have to wait until we get from Toronto next weekend.

#pandemicbath #painting #diy #homeimprovement #thisoldhouse #portalberni

Last updated 2 years ago

Ben Lovell · @benlovell
266 followers · 177 posts · Server twit.social

is the of and I’m here for it.

#thisoldhouse #comfortfood #television

Last updated 2 years ago

Seth Bokelman :verified: · @Seth
22 followers · 282 posts · Server mastodon.sethb.com

I just watched This Old House 44x14 "Newburyport: Bed Race" trakt.tv/shows/this-old-house/

#thisoldhouse #trakt

Last updated 2 years ago

Seth Bokelman :verified: · @Seth
22 followers · 281 posts · Server mastodon.sethb.com

I just watched This Old House 44x13 "Newburyport: Off-the-Shelf Custom Look" trakt.tv/shows/this-old-house/

#thisoldhouse #trakt

Last updated 2 years ago

Finally getting some of my finished projects (and other stuff) hung on the walls. We've only lived here 4 years already.. πŸ˜‚πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

#fibreart #fiberarts #rughooking #embroidery #art #narwhal #thisoldhouse

Last updated 2 years ago

Nick · @ClearlyWithNick
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Kcountrybear · @Kcountrybear
2 followers · 6 posts · Server mastodon.social

Anyone affected by the password sharing charges? So instead of getting $20 from us a month for a service we watch occasionally, they will now get zero. Grandkids can instead get cartoons from free services like , or . I will live on 24/7 on it's own channel in . is still ok as there are some series we still need to binge. is currently our staple Is going the way of .

#netflix #plex #distrotv #plutotv #thisoldhouse #disney #DiscoveryPlus #thebird

Last updated 2 years ago

Seth Bokelman :verified: · @Seth
17 followers · 238 posts · Server mastodon.sethb.com

I just watched This Old House 44x12 "Newburyport: Design Talk" trakt.tv/shows/this-old-house/

#thisoldhouse #trakt

Last updated 2 years ago

Samhain Night · @samhainnight
606 followers · 19591 posts · Server mstdn.social

Nothing like coming home after a long week of working too hard and finding a pinhole leak in a pipe in the kitchen. 🀬

Fortunately it's in an accessible place where we'd already taken the sheetrock down to work on something. Gonna get some Flexseal at the hardware store tomorrow and fix it.

***inghouse

#cabininthecountry #thisoldf #thisoldhouse #savemebobvilla

Last updated 2 years ago

Stephanie Harris · @sharris
191 followers · 293 posts · Server mstdn.social

For this week’s the windows on my new (very old) house.

#thisoldhouse #windowfriday #fensterfreitag

Last updated 2 years ago

Bob Collins · @Bcollinsmn
252 followers · 37 posts · Server mstdn.social

After 6 weeks of work, did final cleanup today on the bedroom makeover -- paint, new door, flooring, trim etc. That's the "I'll do that this winter" project I've had in mind for the last 10 summers.

#thisoldhouse

Last updated 2 years ago

Nathan Hubbard · @n8foo
799 followers · 313 posts · Server macaw.social

#thisoldhouse

Last updated 2 years ago

Peter Robison · @PeterRobison
216 followers · 168 posts · Server nashtodon.com

I watched a series of This Old House where they restored a three-decker house in Dorchester, and I spent the whole time wishing Nashville allowed houses like those everywhere.

I love that you could buy one and rent out the other two units to help pay for it, maybe to friends or family, and the identical floorplans make them predictable and easier to build.

Nashville's housing crisis needs many kinds of solutions, why not add some of these?

#nashville #threedecker #thisoldhouse

Last updated 2 years ago

Bob Collins · @bcollinsmn_tgot
243 followers · 266 posts · Server mastodon.world

Nothing makes me feel dumber faster than Tom Silva explaining how to do something.


#thisoldhouse #carpentry

Last updated 2 years ago

I'm sure my hallway light is haunted.
It keeps flickering and burning out.

I'll hold a sΓ©ance tonight.

If that does not work I'll check the wiring.

#thisoldhouse #haunted

Last updated 2 years ago

Seth Bokelman :verified: · @Seth
15 followers · 227 posts · Server mastodon.sethb.com

I just watched This Old House 44x11 "Newburyport: Demo Find" trakt.tv/shows/this-old-house/

#thisoldhouse #trakt

Last updated 2 years ago