Before and After

To my best friend A.L.,

As per your request, I have uploaded the “before and after” pictures of my house in Seattle.

AL probably thinks we were stupid to have spent so much money on remodeling since we can’t get the money back when we sell the house. I appreciate her concerns, but we didn’t plan on the economy crashing before we put the house on market. At least, the dogs and I enjoy the clean and new environment. Guess what, when we move to Japan, we will be back to living in an old and small house. The most expensive part of the remodel was not the interior, but the roof. This was a priority since we needed to keep dry in rainy Seattle. The HOA allows only the most expensive type of roofing. When we bought this house, we were told that it would cost only 15K to change the roof. But it ended up costing 30K. Never trust seller’s mouth, eh?

So, here you go;

You can see where all of our hard work and money went to.

Erika

 

 

Kitchen Before



Kitchen After

  

Kitchen After

 

  

Hallway Before - all purple tiles



Hallway After - Changed to bamboo flooring and
George made the shoji screen and the art on the wall


 

Front Yard - Before, We removed all the roses

 

Front Yard After - planted a lot of maples and azaleas
and added two rock walls



Living Room - After - new paint and moulding,

George made the mirrored mantel over the fireplace

Living Room - After - George made a window seat

for the dogs. Kiley loves to spend hours

on the bench looking outside

 

Master Bathroom - Before



Master Bathroom - After